Director Profile

Steven M. Shepro Director

Olmsted Scholar Class '93

  • Rank:

    Lieutenant General

  • Branch:

    US Air Force

  • Status:

    Retired

  • City of Study:

    Strasbourg, France

  • University:

    University of Strasbourg

  • Language School:

    Defense Language Institute

  • Language:

    French

  • Assignments:
  • 2020-Present:

    Vice President, Global Business, Boeing Defense, Space & Security

  • 2019-Present:

    Senior Mentor, NATO Defense College

  • 2019-Present:

    Teaching Fellow, Tower Center for Public Policy and International Affairs, Southern Methodist University

  • 2016 - 2019 :

    Deputy Chairman, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Military Committee, Brussels, Belgium

  • 2014 - 2016 :

    Vice Director, Strategic Plans & Policy (J5), Joint Staff, Pentagon

  • 2013 - 2014 :

    Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, Plans and Requirements (A3/5), HQ USAF, Pentagon

  • 2012 - 2013 :

    Commanding General, NATO Air Training Command – Afghanistan, NATO Training Mission, Combined Security Transition Command, and Commander, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Air Combat Command, Kabul, Afghanistan

  • 2010 - 2012 :

    Director, Strategy, Policy and Plans (J-5), Headquarters U.S. Southern Command, Miami, FL

  • 2009 - 2010 :

    Commander, 316th Wing, Air Force District of Washington, Andrews AFB, MD

  • 2007 - 2008 :

    Vice Commander, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing, Balad AB, Iraq

  • 2005 - 2007 :

    Commander, 18th Air Support Operations Group, Pope AFB, NC

  • 2004 - 2005 :

    Student, National Defense University, Ft Leslie McNair, Washington, DC

  • 2002 - 2004 :

    Commander, 2nd ASOS, Wurzburg IAD, Germany

  • 2002 - 2002 :

    Operations Officer, 52nd Operations Support Squadron, 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem AB, Germany

  • 1999 - 2001 :

    Chief, International Fighter Programs, Secretary of Air Force (International Affairs), Pentagon

  • 1998 - 1999 :

    Student, Argentine Air Command and Staff College, Buenos Aires, Argentina

  • 1995 - 1998 :

    Chief, Wing Weapons, 388th Operations Support Squadron, Hill AFB, UT

  • 1993 - 1995 :

    Olmsted Scholar Program – Strasbourg, France

  • 1991 - 1992 :

    Flight Commander/Instructor Pilot, A-10, 78th TFS, 510th TFS, RAF Bentwaters, UK (Deployed)

  • 1990 - 1991 :

    Flight Commander, A-10, 509th Tactical Fighter Squadron (TFS), RAF Alconbury, UK (Deployed)

  • 1989 - 1990 :

    Fighter Lead-in Training/Replacement Training Unit, Holloman AFB, NM; Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ

  • 1988 - 1989 :

    Fixed Wing Qualification Training, Vance AFB, OK

  • 1987 - 1988 :

    Weapons Officer/Instructor, H-1N, Detachment 9, 67th Special Operations Squadron, Zaragoza AB, Spain

  • 1985 - 1987 :

    Flight Safety Officer, H-1F, Det 10, 37th Air Rescue & Recovery Squadron, FE Warren AFB, WY

  • 1984 - 1985 :

    Undergraduate Pilot Training-Helicopter, Ft Rucker, AL

  • Education:
  • 2005:

    MA, National Security Studies, National War College

     

  • 1995:

    MA, International Affairs, University of Strasbourg

     

  • 1984:

    BS, United States Air Force Academy