Michael B. Donley - Career Chronology

Career Chronology

• 1972 - 1975, U.S. Army, XVIIIth Airborne Corps and 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina
• 1978 - 1979, Editor, National Security Record, Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.
• 1979 - 1981, Legislative Assistant, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.
• 1981 - 1984, Professional Staff Member, Senate Armed Services Committee, Washington, D.C.
• 1984 - 1987, Director of Defense Programs, National Security Council, The White House, Washington, D.C.
• 1987 - 1989, Deputy Executive Secretary, National Security Council, the White House, Washington, D.C.
• 1989 - 1993, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management and Comptroller), Washington, D.C.
• 1993, Acting Secretary of the Air Force, Washington D.C.
• 1993 - 1996, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, Va.
• 1996 - 2005, Senior Vice President at Hicks and Associates, Inc. (a subsidiary of SAIC) McLean, Virginia
• 2005 - 2008, Director of Administration and Management, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washington, D.C.
• 2008 – present, Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, D.C.