Keysha J. Webb, a Defense Intelligence Senior Leader, serves as the Senior Advisor for Strategic Integration and Governance, Office of Competitive Activities, Headquarters Department of the Air Force, responsible for the synchronization, integration and oversight of sensitive activities and special access programs to increase the Department’s competitive posture.
Prior to her current position, Ms. Webb served as the DAF Mission Partner Environment Lead in the Office of the Chief Information Officer, responsible for the strategy, planning, and governance that informs Air Force and Space Force leadership decisions on current and future DAF MPE capabilities and investments.
Before joining the Air Force in May 2020, Ms. Webb was the Director of the Defense Intelligence Innovation Office for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, executing a $20M+ annual budget and overseeing the identification, curation, and transition of invested technologies in support of Combatant Command, Military Service, and Defense Agency operational needs, as well as identified Defense Intelligence Enterprise gaps.
Ms. Webb has an extensive and varied DoD background serving in diverse positions including the Deputy Director of the DoD Foreign Materiel Program, managing resource execution and providing policy guidance to the Military Services and the Defense and Intelligence components for the acquisition and technical exploitation of foreign materiel in support of national and defense strategic goals. Additionally, she served as the Special Assistant to two Under Secretaries of Defense for Intelligence and Security. Ms. Webb began her DoD career in 2002 as an Office of the Secretary of Defense Presidential Management Fellow.
EDUCATION
1994 Bachelor of Arts degree in History and East Asian Studies, Minor – Political Science, DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind.
2002 Master of Public Affairs, Comparative and International Affairs Concentration, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington
2008 Fellow, Manfred Wörner Seminar, The German Marshall Fund
2013 Leadership for a Democratic Society, The Federal Executive Institute, Charlottesville, Va.
2017 Program Management Level I Certification, Defense Acquisition University, Fort Belvoir, Va.
2019 Ministry of Defense Advisors (MODA), Defense Security Corporation Agency, Arlington, Va.
2023 Executive Certificate in Public Leadership, Executive Education, Harvard Kennedy
CAREER CHRONOLOGY
1. September 2002–September 2004, Presidential Management Fellow, Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
2. September 2004–November 2005, Resource Analyst, Homeland Defense, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
3. November 2005–July 2007, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
4. July 2007–December 2008, Defense Fellow, International Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.
5. July 2007–December 2008, Director of Strategic Outreach & Public Affairs, Secretary of Defense Task Force on Nuclear Weapons Management, Washington, D.C.
6. January 2009–December 2010, Associate Director for Enterprise Innovation, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Washington, D.C.
7. January 2011–February 2014, 5, Senior Analyst, Foreign Material Program, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
8. February 2014–October 2016, Deputy Director, Foreign Material Program, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
9. October 2016–December 2017, International Programs Manager, International Armaments Cooperation, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
10. December 2017–May 2020, Director, Defense Intelligence Innovation Office, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
11. May 2020–November 2021, Technical Operations, Mission Partner Capabilities Office, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
12. November 2021–June 2023, Executive Agent Operations, Mission Partner Capabilities Office, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
13. June 2023–December 2024, Senior Advisor, Mission Partner Environment Department of the Air Force, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
14. December 2024–present, Senior Advisor, Governance, Competitive Activities, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
AWARDS AND HONORS
2020 Award for Exceptional Civilian Service
2016 Award for Excellence, Office of the Secretary of Defense
(Current as of December 2024)