COL Adam V. Coyne

Chief of Contingency Contracting Policy
(OUSD/DPC) Pentagon

Colonel Adam V. Coyne serves as Chief, Contingency Contracting Policy, Office of the Undersecretary Secretary of Defense, Acquisition and Sustainment, Defense Contracting and Pricing (OUSD/DPC), Pentagon, Washington DC. He is responsible for shaping DoD contracting policies and operational issues covering a workforce of 30,000 acquisition professionals in support a $385 billion global portfolio of contingency, disaster relief, emergency procurement, and humanitarian and peacekeeping operations.

Colonel Coyne commissioned in 2002 through Reserve Officer Training Corps. Charleston SC. His career includes operational, system, enterprise, and department-level contracting assignments as well as four contingency deployments in support of NATO, Defense Contract Management Agency, and Air Expeditionary Wing operations. He is a two-time graduated contracting squadron commander with staff assignments at Air Force Materiel Command, Headquarters, Pacific Air Forces, DCMA Boeing-Seattle, Secretary of the Air Force (Contracting), and OUSD Acquisition and Sustainment (DPC).

EDUCATION
2000 Associates Degree in Avionic System Technology, Community College of the Air Force 2002 Bachelor of Arts Degree in Corporate Communication, College of Charleston, SC
2003 Air and Space Basic Course, Maxwell AFB, AL
2004 Certified Acquisition Professional Development Program, Level I (Contracting)
2005 Certified Acquisition Professional Development Program, Level II (Contracting)
2007 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, AL (in-residence)
2009 Masters of Business Administration, Naval Postgraduate School, CA
2010 Certified Acquisition Professional Development Program, Level III (Contracting)
2011 Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM), Institute for Supply Management 2014 Masters of Political/Military Affairs, ACSC, Maxwell AFB, AL (in-residence)
2022 Masters of Science, National Resource Strategy, Eisenhower School, DC (in-residence)

ASSIGNMENTS
1. May 2002 – Jun 2005, Flight Commander, 374th Contracting Squadron, Yokota AB, Japan
2. Jun 2005 – July 2008, Administrative Contracting Officer, DCMA Boeing-Seattle, Kent, WA.
3. Aug 2008 – Dec 2009, Graduate student, Naval Postgraduate School/AFIT, Monterey, CA
4. Jan 2010 – May 2012, Chief, Strategic Sourcing Operations Flight, 771 ESS, WPAFB, OH.
5. Jun 2012 – Jun 2013, Commander, 354th Contracting Squadron, 354 FW, Eielson AFB, AK
6. Jul 2013 – Jun 2014, Student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, AL
7. Jul 2014 – Apr 2016, Political Affairs Strategist, Headquarters PACAF, Hickam Air Field, HI
8. Apr 2016 – Jul 2017, Executive Officer to the PACAF Vice Commander, Hickam Air Field, HI
9. Jul 2017 – Jul 2020, Commander, 48th Contracting Squadron, 48 FW, RAF Lakenheath, U.K
10. Jul 2020 – Jul 2021, Deputy Chief, Installations, Operations/Sourcing, SAF/AQC, Pentagon
11. Jul 2022 – Current, Chief, Contingency Contracting Policy, OUSD A&S/DPC, Pentagon

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Air Force Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters Joint Service Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Achievement Medal Air Force Achievement Medal
AF Outstanding Unit Award with Valor Device with one device AF Organizational Excellence Award with one device National Defense Service Medal with two devices Afghanistan Campaign Medal with one device
Iraq Campaign Medal with two devices
Global War On Terrorism Expeditionary Medal Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon w/ Gold Border with three devices NATO Medal
Taiwan Exemplary Service Medal

OTHER AWARDS AND HONORS

Eisenhower School of National Strategy & Resourcing, Honor & Distinguished Graduate, 2022
Defense Acquisition University Senior Acquisition Course – Best Research Paper, 2022
USAFE Contracting Field Grade Officer of the Year, 2020
Air Staff and Command College, Distinguished Graduate, 2014
AFMC Ronald L. King Contingency Contracting Officer of the Year, 2011
Naval Postgraduate School, Outstanding Thesis, 2009
Squadron Officers School, Top Third (replaced DG Program), 2007 Air and Space Basic Course, Outstanding Performer, 2003 Reserve Officer Training Corps, Distinguished Graduate, 2002

PUBLICATIONS “Electronic Reverse Auctions — Removing Barriers to Unleash Savings in Federal Procurement”, Air Force Journal of Logistics, Summer 2011

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:
Second Lieutenant, 29 May 2002
First Lieutenant, 29 May 2004
Captain, 29 May 2006
Major, 1 May 2012
Lieutenant Colonel, 1 Apr 2017
Colonel, 1 Jun 2023

Leslie Schweitzer

Founder and Chair, Friends of the American University of Afghanistan (FAUAF)

Leslie M Schweitzer founded the Friends of the American University of Afghanistan (FAUAF) in 2008, a 501c3 that supports not for profit, private, co-educational, non-sectarian higher education in Afghanistan and is a member of the Board of Trustees of AUAF.

Over four decades, Schweitzer has accumulated a unique combination of establishing businesses in emerging and post conflict markets and facilitating capacity building projects throughout the world. She has amassed on-the-ground experience in over 20 countries including Afghanistan, Iraq, China, Hungary, Poland, Rumania, Turkey, Chile, Russia, Caribbean, and Central America. Schweitzer pioneered U.S.-China trade beginning in 1977 as a co-founder of Noble Trading Company.

After selling her company, Schweitzer served as the Senior Trade Advisor for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Schweitzer’s multiple responsibilities included: founding a private public partnership to promote trade between Turkey and US; creating Trade Roots, the first and only sustained national grassroots international trade education program to promote support for Congressional passage of China PNTR, TPA, trade agreements with Chile, Singapore, Australia, Morocco, CAFTA, Peru, South Korea, Panama, and Colombia; and working on the Iraq Business Initiative to re-energize U.S. investment in Iraq.

Currently, Schweitzer is the CEO of the Osage Group, an international consulting company focused on economic development in third world countries.

Schweitzer has spent a lifetime promoting women’s economic empowerment and entrepreneurism around the world.

Schweitzer is a member of U.S. Afghan Women’s Council, the Advisory Board of International Programs-University of Kansas, International Stability Operations Association Advisory Council, Board of Trustees of the Command and General Staff College Foundation, Ayenda Board of Trustees, VP of Afghan American Chamber of Commerce, and Advisory Board of Four-Star Global Security.