Vice President Profile

Sean Cosden Vice President

Olmsted Scholar Class '06

  • Rank:

    Colonel

  • Branch:

    Air Force

  • Status:

    Retired

  • City of Study:

    Sofia

  • University:

    Sofia University

  • Language School:

    Defense Language School

  • Language:

    Bulgarian

  • Assignments:
  • 2021 - Present:

    Vice President

    The George and Carol Olmsted Foundation

    Falls Church, VA

  • 2021:

    Retired

  • 2020 - 2021:

    Director of Operations (A3), Air Forces Central Command, Shaw AFB, SC

  • 2019 - 2020:

    Commander, 370th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group, Baghdad, Iraq

  • 2018 - 2019:

    Director of Operations (A3), 9th Air Force, Shaw AFB, SC

  • 2017 - 2018:

    Deputy Commander, 80th Operations Group, Sheppard AFB, TX

  • 2016 - 2017:

    Student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, AL

  • 2012 - 2016:

    Senior Defense Official/Defense Attaché, US Embassy, Dublin, Ireland

  • 2011 - 2012:

    Student, Joint Military Attaché School, Defense Intelligence Agency, Bolling AFB, DC

  • 2011 - 2011:

    A-10C Evaluator Pilot, Assistant Director of Operations, 81st Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem AB, Germany

  • 2010 - 2011:

    A-10C Instructor Pilot; Chief, Wing Inspections, 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem AB, Germany

  • 2009 - 2010:

    A/OA-10 Instructor Pilot, 81st Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem AB, Germany

  • 2005 - 2008:

    Olmsted Scholar Program – Sofia, Bulgaria

  • 2003 -2005:

    A/OA-10 Instructor Pilot, Flight Commander, Chief of Operations Training, Search and Rescue Liaison Officer, 75th Fighter Squadron, Pope AFB, NC

  • 2000 - 2003:

    A/OA-10 4-Ship Flight Lead, Standardization and Evaluation Liaison Officer, 355th Fighter Squadron, Eielson AFB, AK

  • 1999 - 2000:

    Student, A-10 Aircraft Initial Qualification Training, 358th Fighter Squadron, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ

  • 1998 - 1999:

    Student, Undergraduate Pilot Training, 37th and 50th Flying Training Squadrons; Student, Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals, 49th Flying Training Squadron; Columbus AFB, MS

  • 1997 -1998:

    Casual Lieutenant, Sortie Support Flight Commander, 77th Fighter Squadron, Shaw AFB, SC

  • Education:
  • 2017:

    MA, Strategic Studies, Air University

  • 2008:

    MA, International Political Relations and Security, Sofia University

  • 2002:

    MS, Engineering Management, University of Alaska Fairbanks

  • 1997:

    BS, Aerospace Engineering – University of Notre Dame