Donna K. McMannes, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Deputy Director of Manpower, Organization and Resources for Manpower, Personnel and Services, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. She oversees the management and oversight of the Air Force’s manpower enterprise encompassing more than 694,000 Total Force personnel and the programming of more than $61 billion in annual funding for the manpower portion of the Air Force Program Objective Memorandum. Additionally, she guides the setting of standards and policy for strategic manpower sourcing, performance management, organizational structure and manpower data systems.

McMannes was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in 2021. Prior to her current assignment, she served as Chief, Manpower and Organization Division, Manpower, Personnel and Services Directorate, Air Force Materiel Command. She was principle manpower advisor for the creation of Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center as well as co-leading the effort for AFMC support to U.S. Space Force Garrisons. She was responsible for the management of 80,000 manpower authorizations sourcing Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, six centers, seven Air Force Bases and seven U.S. Space Force Garrisons.

McMannes began her civil service career in 1988 at Baumholder, Germany, in the Army Civilian Personnel Office. She has held diverse positions at the base, field operating agency, major command and Air Staff. Since entering civil service she has been given a multitude of opportunities to create and consolidate organizations and find more effective and efficient methods for mission accomplishment.

EDUCATION
1999 Bachelor of Science, Magna Cum Laude, Bellevue University, Bellevue, Neb.
2001 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., by correspondence
2005 Master of Science, Bellevue University, Bellevue, Neb.
2007 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2011 Executive Leader Development Program
2013 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence

ASSIGNMENTS
1. 1988–1993, Staffing Clerk, Baumholder Army Post, Baumholder, Germany
2. 1993–1996, Staffing Clerk, 55th Mission Support Group, Offutt Air Force Base
3. 1996–2007, Manpower Analyst, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, Neb.
4. 2007–2012, Deputy, Manpower and Organization, SAF/AARM, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
5. 2012–2012, Chief, Programming Branch, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio
6. 2012–2017, Deputy, Manpower & Organization Division, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio
7. 2017–2021, Chief, Manpower & Organization Division, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio
8. 2021–present, Deputy Director, Manpower & Organization Directorate, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Multiple Air Force Meritorious Civilian Service Awards
Special Act or Service Award
Multiple Air Force Civilian Achievement Awards

(Current as of April 2022)