Brig. Gen. Mary-Kathryn Haddad serves as the Mobilization Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Cyber Effects Operations, Headquarters Air Force, Arlington, Virginia. She is responsible to the Secretary of the Air Force, Air Force Chief of Staff and the Deputy Chief of Staff, ISR and CEO for policy formulation, planning, evaluation, oversight and leadership of Air Force ISR and CEO capabilities. She supports a 73,000-person intelligence and cyber operations enterprise with a portfolio valued at $72 billion across the Air Force. She also provides guidance and counsel to the Deputy Chief of Staff, ISR and CEO on Reserve issues.
Brig. Gen. Haddad entered the Air Force in 1996 through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps as a Distinguished Graduate from the University of Virginia. She graduated from the Intelligence Fundamentals course at Goodfellow AFB, Texas in Feb 1998 and was assigned to United States Air Forces Europe, Germany, for her first operational assignment. While later stationed in the National Capital Region, she attended Georgetown University and graduated With Honors from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.
As a career intelligence officer, Brig. Gen. Haddad has served in Combined, Joint and Air Force command, staff and operations positions, and served overseas in Germany, Italy and Iraq. She served as the Commander, Geospatial and Signatures Intelligence Group, National Air and Space Intelligence Center. Prior to that, she served as the Chief of the Director’s Action Group for the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance at Headquarters, United States Air Force. Before that, she served as the Division Chief for Current ISR Operations, ISR Operations Directorate, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Intelligence), where she concurrently served as the Vice Chair for NATO’s Joint ISR Project Group in Brussels, Belgium. Prior to her current position, Brig. Gen. Haddad was the Mobilization Assistant to the Director of Intelligence, Headquarters, Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.
EDUCATION
1996 Bachelor of Arts, International Relations, with Intermediate Honors, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
2004 Master of Arts, Security Studies (International Security Policy), with Honors, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
2005 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., by correspondence
2005 Intelligence Masters Skills Course, Goodfellow AFB, Texas
2009 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2012 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2016 Advanced Joint Professional Military Education (Hybrid in residence/by correspondence)
2022 National Security Fellow, The Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. May 1997–February 1998, Student, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas
2. March 1998–October 1999, USAFE Intelligence Intern, Ramstein Air Base, Germany
3. November 1999–May 2000, Executive Officer to the USAFE/IN, Ramstein AB, Germany
4. May 2000–May 2001, Executive Officer to the Deputy Director for Surveillance and Reconnaissance, HAF/XOIR, Headquarters Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
5. June 2001–July 2002, ISR Analyst, HAF/XOIR, Headquarters Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
6. August 2002–June 2005, Branch Chief, WMD Analysis, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Alexandria, Va.
7. July 2005–April 2008, Branch Chief, Acquisition Intelligence, HAF/A2RP, Headquarters Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
8. July 2009–April 2014, Deputy Division Chief, ISR Strategy and Plans Division, HAF/A2DS, Headquarters Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
9. May 2014–May 2017, Division Chief, Current ISR Operations, Directorate for Defense Intelligence, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. (Warfighter Support), Office of the Undersecretary of Defense (Intelligence), the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
10. June 2017–August 2018, Chief, Director’s Action Group, Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Headquarters, United States Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
11. September 2018–June 2019, Deputy Director, ISR Readiness and Talent Management, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Headquarters, United States Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
12. June 2019–July 2021, Commander, Geospatial and Signatures Intelligence Group, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
13. August 2021–June 2023, Mobilization Assistant to the Director of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, United States Space Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
14. July 2023–November 2024, Mobilization Assistant to the Director of Intelligence, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.
15. December 2024–present, Mobilization Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Cyber Effects Operations, Headquarters Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. May 2014–May 2017, Division Chief, Current ISR Operations, Directorate for Defense Intelligence, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. (Warfighter Support), Office of the Undersecretary of Defense (Intelligence), the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., as lieutenant colonel
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster
Air Force Achievement Medal
National Defense Service Medal with device
Iraq Campaign Medal with device
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal with “M” device
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
First Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance Reserve Colonel selected for Active-Duty Group Command, National Air & Space Intelligence Center, 2019-2021
First Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance Reserve Colonel selected as Chief, Director’s Action Group, Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance, Headquarters, United States Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C., 2017-2018
Readiness Management Group’s Selection for the Lance P. Sijan Leadership Award, 2011
United States Air Forces Europe Intelligence Internship Program, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, 1998
Distinguished Graduate, Reserve Officer Training Corps, Detachment 890, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., 1996
(Current as of December 2024)