Jim Mattice is the Air Force senior executive in residence and a senior faculty member at the Federal Executive Institute, Charlottesville, Va., the administration's single center of excellence for continuing education of both career and non-career federal senior executives. His responsibilities include coordination and management of residential "Leadership for a Democratic Society" programs, facilitator of leadership development teams, mentor and counselor of program participants and development and delivery of courses in the area of science and technology public policy. In previous positions, Mr. Mattice served as deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for research and engineering in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon; executive director in the commander's office and director of development planning at the Aeronautical System Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. These assignments culminated 33 years of experience involving conduct of in-house laboratory research and leadership of all aspects of basic research, exploratory and advanced development and manufacturing technology development programs and organizations. Mr. Mattice is internationally recognized for his accomplishments as a research and development establishment leader, corporate strategic planner, international cooperative program architect and inter-service, inter-agency collaborative policy and program agent. He has served on numerous boards, special study panels and advisory committees in government and with industry and academia, here and abroad. Mr. Mattice and his wife, Darla, have eight children: Darrell, Gail, Joseph, Kimberly, Kristen, Linda, Pauland, and Stephen.

EDUCATION:

1959 Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry, University of Portland, Oregon

1959 - 1961, graduate studies in chemistry, Ohio State University

1966- 1967, Sloan Fellowship, business, certificate of completion, Stanford University

CAREER CHRONOLOGY:

1. Air Force Materials Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

2. 1962- 1966, Supervisor, Coatings Section, Air Force Materials Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

3. 1966 - 1967, Chief, Chemical Processing Branch, Air Force Materials Laboratory, Wright -Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

4. 1967- 1968, Executive Sloan Fellow, Stanford University, Calif.

5. 1968- 1971, Chief, Technical Activities Office, Air Force Materials Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Acting Chief, Operations, Air Force Materials Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

7. 1972- 1974, Assistant Chief, Manufacturing Technology Division, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

8. 1974- 1982, Director, Air Force Manufacturing Technology Program, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

9. 1982- 1985, Deputy Director, Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

10. 1985- 1988, Deputy Director, Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

11 . 1988 – 1990, Director, Development Planning, Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

12. 1990- 1992, Executive Director, Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

13. 1992- 1995, Deputy Assistant Secretary (Research and Engineering), Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

14. 1995- ??, Air Force Executive-in-Residence, Federal Executive Institute, Charlottesville, Va.

AWARDS AND HONORS:

1994 Presidential Meritorious Executive Rank Award and Stipend

1987 Presidential Meritorious Executive Rank Award and Stipend

1985 Certificate of Recognition - Federal Women's Program

1984 Award for Outstanding Mission Support - Air Force Certificate of Merit

1984 Gold Certificate for Leadership and Achievement - Combined Federal Campaign

1983 National Distinguished Contributions Award - Society of Manufacturing Engineers

1980 Harold Brown Award Nominee- Air Force Systems Command

1979 Air Force Meritorious Civilian Service Award

1978 Equal Employment Opportunity Achievement - Air Force Certificate of Merit

1976 Outstanding Supervisor of the Year, International Personnel Management Association

1966 Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship- Stanford University