Jennifer M. Orozco, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Director of Security, Special Program Oversight and Information Protection, Office of the Administrative Assistant, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Arlington, Virginia.
Ms. Orozco served as an officer on active and reserve Air Force from 1996 to 2016 in a variety of Security Forces assignments. She entered federal civil service in 2008 with the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence. She transferred to the Department of the Air Force in 2013 and was instrumental in standing up the Air Force Counter Insider Threat program and leading Department of Defense efforts in personnel vetting and security reform. She was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in 2020 as the Deputy Director, Security Special Program Oversight and Information Protection.
In her current position, she provides security leadership, policy direction, integration and oversight of the Department of the Air Force’s Special Access Programs and Information Protection Enterprise to protect the nation’s most sensitive information, technologies and capabilities. In this capacity, she is also the Functional Manager for the Department of the Air Force’s more than 2,000-member civilian security community.
EDUCATION
1996 Bachelor of Science, Criminal Justice, Pace University, New York
2001 Squadron Officer School, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2002 Master of Arts, Business and Organizational Security Management, Webster University, St. Louis
2010 Master of Military Operational Art and Science, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2017 Master of Arts, National Security and Resource Strategy, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
CAREER CHRONOLOGY
1. 1996–1998, Flight Leader, 10th Missile Squadron, Great Falls, Mont.
2. 1998–1999, Flight Commander, 341st Missile Squadron, Great Falls, Mont.
3. 1999–2000, Flight Commander, 11th Security Forces Squadron, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C.
4. 2000–2002, Flight Commander, Detachment 1, 11th Security Forces Squadron, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
5. 2002–2016, Commander, U.S. Air Force Reserve (various assignments)
6. 2002–2008, Contractor, Department of Defense, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
7. 2008–2013, Security Specialist, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
8. 2013–2015, Program Manager, Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
9. 2015–2016, Division Chief, Strategy, Readiness and Force Development, Directorate of Security Forces, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
10. 2016–2017, Student, Eisenhower School, National Defense University, Washington, D.C.
11. 2017–2020, Division Chief, Security Policy and Oversight, Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
12. 2020–2022, Deputy Director, Security, Special Program Oversight and Information Protection, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
13. 2022–present, Director, Security Special Program Oversight and Information Protection, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Air Force Meritorious Civilian Service Award
Meritorious Service Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal with “N” device
Armed Forces Reserve Medal
(Current as of August 2023)