Colonel Timothy Lundberg serves as the Director, Selection Board Secretariat, Air Reserve Personnel Center, Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado. The Selection Board Secretariat is responsible for the planning, policy, implementation, execution, and debriefing of over 175 promotion boards annually. These boards impact all Reserve and Guard officers assigned to the United States Air Force. Previously he served as Director, Commander’s Action Group, at ARPC where he advised on actions to the ARPC Commander in support of center-wide projects, and guided the Executive staff in projects as assigned by the Commander.
Col. Lundberg received his commission from the Air Force Officer Training School in November 2002. He has served on Unit, Wing, Numbered Air Force, Air Force Major Command, Joint Task Force, Multinational and Combatant Commands, and within the Office of the Secretary of Defense as the director of public affairs, the chief of public affairs, media relations chief, community relations chief and as a planning officer. He is a fully joint qualified officer and he also served as an information operations and S-3 operations officer on a joint Air Force and Army provincial reconstruction team in Afghanistan.
EDUCATION
2001 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minn.
2003 Air and Space Basic Course, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
2003 Defense Information School, Fort George G. Meade, Md.
2007 Advanced Public Information Officer, FEMA Emergency Management Institute, Emmitsburg, Md.
2008 Squadron Officers School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2012 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. by correspondence
2014 Master of Arts, Military History, American Military University, Charles Town, W.Va.
2017 Master of Military Studies, Marine Command and Staff College, MCB Quantico, Va.
2019 Joint and Combined Warfighting School-Hybrid, Norfolk, Va.
2020 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala. by seminar
ASSIGNMENTS
1. November 2002 – November 2004, Public Affairs Officer, Kadena Air Base, Japan
2. November 2004 – September 2006, Public Affairs Officer, Air Force Material Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
3. October 2006 – June 2009, Public Affairs Planner, North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command, Peterson AFB, Colo.
4. July 2009 – July 2012, Chief of Public Affairs, Andersen AFB, Guam
5. July 2012 – May 2013, Executive Officer, Air Combat Command Public Affairs, Langley AFB, Va.
6. May 2013 – September 2014, Chief of Operations, Air Combat Command Public Affairs, Langley AFB, Va.
7. September 2014 – August 2015, Public Affairs Executive IMA, 45th Space Wing, Patrick AFB, Fla.
8. August 2015 – July 2016, Chief of Public Affairs, 20th Air Force & 90th Missile Wing, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo.
9. July 2016 – June 2017, Student, Marine Command and Staff College, MCB Quantico, Va.
10. June 2017 – July 2019, Director, Strategic Communication & Public Affairs, Defense Personnel and Family Support Program, Alexandria, Va.
11. July 2019 – March 2023, Director of Public Affairs, Joint Task Force Civil Support, Joint-Base Langley-Eustis, Va.
12. March 2023 – December 2023, Director of the Commander’s Action Group, Headquarters Air Reserve Personnel Center, Buckley SFB, Co.
13. December 2023 – Present, Director of the Selection Board Secretariat, HQ Air Reserve Personnel Center, Buckely SFB, Co.
DEPLOYMENTS
1. May 2005 - November 2005, Media Analyst, Strategic Communication, Multi-National Forces-Iraq, Baghdad
2. June 2010 - July 2011, Information Operations Officer and Deputy Operations Officer, Provincial Reconstruction Team Kapisa, Kapisa Province, Afghanistan
3. May 2013 - November 2013, Chief of Public Affairs, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Bronze Star Medal
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Joint Service Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Joint Service Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster
Army Achievement Medal
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
2008 NORAD and USNORTHCOM Company Grade Officer of the Year
2014 Master’s Degree with Honors
2017 Marine Command and Staff College Distinguished Graduate
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTIONS
Second Lieutenant Nov. 12, 2002
First Lieutenant Nov. 12, 2004
Captain Nov. 12, 2006
Major Nov. 1, 2012
Lieutenant Colonel Aug. 31, 2018
Colonel Sept. 1, 2023
(Current as of April 2024)