Anthony W. Everidge, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Director of Contracting, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. He steers contracting policy for 12 operating locations, ensures workforce development for more than 2,100 contracting professionals and manages a support and contract execution staff of more than 200 personnel. Mr. Everidge guides more than $40 billion in annual obligations for 12 Program Executive Officers and two Direct Report Divisions. He is also responsible for more than 550 Air Force, joint and allied warfighting programs valued at more than $256 billion in active contracts. These programs include F-22 and F-16 fighter aircraft; C-17 and C-5 cargo aircraft; KC-46 tanker aircraft, B-1 and B-2 bomber aircraft; Presidential Aircraft Recapitalization; and Predator, Global Hawk and Reaper remotely-piloted aircraft.
Mr. Everidge entered government service in 1986 as a Contract Specialist at Wright-Patterson AFB. He also held positions as a Contracting Officer, Branch Chief and Division Chief in the Air Force Research Laboratory and served on the Air Force Materiel Command Staff. Additionally, he served in key leadership positions as the Deputy Chief of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Aeronautical Systems Directorate, and the Director of Personnel and Resources for Air Force Installation Contracting Center. He has worked Joint-Service propulsion programs with the Army and the Navy, and has extensive experience collaborating on projects with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity.
EDUCATION
1986 Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, Urbana University, Urbana, Ohio
1991 Master of Science, Economics, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
2015 Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., by correspondence
CAREER CHRONOLOGY
1. November 1986–May 1992, Contract Specialist, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
2. June 1992–May 2000, Contracting Officer, Propulsion Directorate, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
3. June 2000–May 2003, Procurement Analyst, Headquarters, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio
4. June 2003–September 2008, Branch Chief, Turbine Engine Division, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
5. September 2008–August 2012, Division Chief, Advanced Research Contracting Division, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
6. September 2012–December 2018, Deputy Chief, Research and Development Contracting, Aerospace Systems Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
7. January 2019–May 2020, Director, Personnel and Resources, Air Force Installation Contracting Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
8. June 2020–March 2025, Executive Director, Air Force Installation Contracting Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
9. April 2025–present, Director, Contracting, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
Contracting, Acquisition Professional Development Program Level III.
Certified Associate Contracts Manager
AWARDS AND HONORS
2012 Secretary of Defense Award for Excellence
2003 Secretary of the Air Force Civilian Achievement Award
1997 AFMC Quality Contracting Employee
(Current as of April 2025)