Samantha Lackey
Samantha S. Lackey is the Director, Academic Partnerships, School of Strategic Force Studies, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. She is responsible for planning, programing, budgeting, and executing (PPBE) the department’s resources. Ms. Lackey also directs and evaluates academic research projects and oversees the achievement of the department’s strategic and operational long-term goals to implement advanced education for the nuclear command, control, communication community, and related career fields. Ms. Lackey will also serve as the senior advisor to the Dean of the School of Strategic Force Studies. Ms. Lackey spent eight years on active duty with the Air Force in the Communications and Information career field. After leaving active duty, Ms. lackey continued serving the government in various capacities and locations in the Information Technology career field.
CAREER CHRONOLOGY
Apr 2000 – Mar 2008, United States Air Force
Jul 2008 – Nov 2008, Veterans Service Representative – Department of Veteran Affairs San Diego, CA
Nov 2012 – Sep 2012, Information Technology Specialist – Department of Veteran Affairs San Diego, CA
Sep 2012 – Nov 2015, Information Technology Specialist – Department of Veteran Affairs Syracuse, NY
Nov 2015 – Jun 2020, Senior Information Technology Specialist, Systems Analyst – Department of Veteran Affairs Syracuse, NY
Jun 2020 – Aug 2021, IT Manager – National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC), WPAFB, OH
Aug 2021 – Mar 2022, Chief, Cybersecurity Branch – Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, WPAFB, OH
Mar 2022 – May 2025, Information Systems Security Manager – 505th Command and Control Wing, Hurlburt Field, FL
Jul 2022 – Jan 2023, Interim Special Security Officer – 505th Command and Control Wing, Hurlburt Field, FL
May 2025 – Present, Director - Academic Partnerships Department, AFIT/EX, WPAFB, OH.
EDUCATION
2005 Associates of Applied Science in Information Systems, Community College of the Air Force
2009 Bachelor of Science in Business Management, University of Phoenix
2012 Master of Business Administration, University of Phoenix