Project AIR FORCE Management
Vice President and Director
Andrew Hoehn is Vice President and Director of Project AIR FORCE at the RAND Corporation, where he is responsible for overseeing a studies and analysis effort that focuses on strategy, force employment, personnel and training, and resource management. » Read More
Associate Director
Carl Rhodes is the Associate Director of Project AIR FORCE. In this capacity, his primary responsibility is overseeing the PAF quality assurance process. Carl joined RAND in 1997. » Read More
Director of Operations/Air Staff Liaison
Rich Moore joined the RAND Corporation as a Senior Engineer in 1999, where his research focused primarily on the U.S. Air Force’s development and employment of advanced technologies and weapon systems. During his Air Force career, » Read More
Director of Staff Development and
Intra-RAND Research Coordination
Michael Kennedy is a senior economist who has been with RAND since 1977. He has served as the Project AIR FORCE Program Director for Resource Management and System Acquisition, as Associate Program Director for Aerospace Force Development, and as the RAND-wide Group Manager for Economics and Statistics. » Read More
Program Directors
Strategy and Doctrine
Director
Paula served as the Commandant of the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio from 2006 to 2009. In addition, Paula has taught at the Air Force Academy and been assigned to the Air Staff, the Joint Staff, the U.S. Strategic Command, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. » Read More
Associate Director
Jennifer is a Senior Political Scientist and has been with RAND since 2003. Her work has focused on U.S. government security cooperation, building partner capacity, global defense posture (i.e., basing and access) in Europe/Eurasia, and training U.S. military forces to work better with inter-agency and coalition partners. » Read More
Force Modernization and Employment
Director
Donald Stevens leads a research program within Project AIR FORCE that examines force modernization, recapitalization, and force employment issues. This program examines the modernization and employment of combat systems, uninhabited aircraft, mobility assets, ISR systems, space capabilities, and cyber systems. » Read More
Associate Director
Jim has led a variety of efforts in the defense field since starting at RAND in 1997, ranging from aircraft– and weapons–related force mix issues to detailed modeling and simulation of aircraft and air defense interactions. » Read More
Manpower, Personnel and Training
Director
Al Robbert joined RAND in 1994. During his tenure here, he has conducted research on compensation, workforce planning, outsourcing, training infrastructure, leader development, and other aspects of human resource management. » Read more
Associate Director
Bart Bennett joined RAND in 1984. He received his B.S. in mathematics from the University of California, Los Angeles and his Ph.D and M.S.E. in mathematical sciences at the Johns Hopkins University. » Read more
Resource Management
Director
Laura Baldwin joined RAND in 1994 after completing a Ph.D. in Economics from Duke University. Her research has addressed a variety of Air Force logistics and acquisition challenges associated with System Program Office (SPO) staffing, the structure of transfer prices for reparable aircraft components, growth in aircraft heavy maintenance costs as aircraft age, public/private competitions for provision of services, implementation of best commercial purchasing and supply management practices, and provision of combat support activities in a joint contingency environment. » Read More
Associate Director
Don Snyder, a Senior Physical Scientist, joined RAND in 2000. He received his Ph.D. in Geology and Geophysics from the University of California, Berkeley, and majored in Mathematics and Geology as an undergraduate at Franklin and Marshall College. » Read More
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