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JANET MARSHALL WIRTH

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Mrs. Janet M. Wirth is the Vice Director, 88th Air Base Wing, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. She is responsible for assisting in managing a wing comprised of more than 5,000 active-duty, Air Force civilians, and contractor employees.  The wing is responsible for three primary missions:  operating the installation; training and deploying expeditionary Airmen in support of joint operations; and defending the base and its people.  The base is home to approximately 30,000 employees and is the largest single site employer in the state of Ohio with a $4 billion annual economic impact.

Mrs. Wirth began her career with the Air Force in 1987 as a financial management trainee in the Aeronautical Systems Division.  She has diverse acquisition and base-level management background in all phases of the acquisition life cycle at various organization levels.  She has served in various positions as an acquisition cost analyst and estimator, program analyst, scheduling analyst, budget analyst, financial manager, chief financial manager, and base-level deputy comptroller. 

Prior to assuming her current position, Mrs. Wirth was the Director of Staff for the 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory.

EDUCATION
1986 Bachelor of Science, Psychology and Business, Wright State University, Ohio
1989 Master of Business Administration, Central Michigan University, Ohio
1997 Carnegie Mellon Executive Excellence Course, Ohio
1999 Executive Leadership Development Program, Washington DC
2002 Executives in Government, Ohio
2003 High Performing Organizations, Ohio
2007 Air War College, by seminar
2010 Federal Executive Institute, Leadership in a Democratic Society, West Virginia
2013 Mindset of Leadership, Ohio

CAREER CHRONOLOGY
1. May 1987 – September 1992, Program/schedule analyst, Aeronautical Equipment, Propulsion, SRAM II and C-17 Systems Program Offices,  Aeronautical Systems Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
2. October 1992 – March 1993, Cost Analyst, C-17 Systems Program Office, Aeronautical Systems Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
3. April 1993 – June 1995, Aircraft SPO, Chief, Financial Management Branch in Aeronautical Systems Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
4. July 1995 – December 1998, Technical Cost Lead, Acquisition Cost Division, Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
5. January 1999 – November 2001, Chief, Estimating Branch, Acquisition Cost Division, Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
6. December 2001 – January 2005, Deputy Comptroller/Acting Comptroller,  88th Air Base Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
7. February 2005 – March 2008, Chief, Financial Management Division, Human Effectiveness Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 
8. April 2008 – June 2013, Chief, Financial Management, 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 
9. July 2013 –May 2018, Director of Staff, 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
10. May 2018 – Present, Vice Director, 88th Air Base Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

AWARDS
1999 ELDP 1st Rosemary Howard Leadership Award
2002 Air Force Meritorious Civilian Service Award
2005 Air Force Meritorious Civilian Service Award
2008 Air Force Meritorious Civilian Service Award
2008 Air Force Research Laboratory/Air Force Materiel Command Financial Management Comptroller Individual of the Year Award
2012 Air Force Meritorious Civilian Service Award
2016 Air Force Meritorious Civilian Service Award

(Current as of August 2019)