Colonel Anita M. Edmonds is Director for Human Performance and Development at the Headquarters Air Reserve Personnel Center, Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado. She leads a team responsible for providing enterprise-wide support to the center. Her directorate is the focal point for executing the center’s strategic and operational plans, research analysis, data management, and business process validation. Her directorate also leads the center’s modernization and innovative processes related to business processes and delivery systems across all Air Reserve Personnel Center programs. Her directorate is also responsible for workforce and professional development across the center.
Col. Edmonds earned her commission in 1997 as a distinguished graduate of the Air Force ROTC program at Boston University. After ten years on active duty, she transitioned into the Air Force Reserve. She is a master cyberspace operations officer having served in various positions at the squadron, center, Major Command, and joint levels. Prior to her current position, Col. Edmonds was the Deputy Director, Infrastructure, Data, and Innovation for the United States Space Force Chief Technology and Innovation Office at the Pentagon.
EDUCATION
1997 Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Mass.
1997 Distinguished Graduate, Basic Communications Officer Engineer Course, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. 2002 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2005 Master of Science, Electrical Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 2007 Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2015 Reserve Component National Security Course, Washington D.C. 2015 Cyber 400, Washington D.C.
2015 Advanced Joint Professional Military Education Course (JPME II), Norfolk, Va. 2018 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2023 Certified Information Security Manager Certificate
ASSIGNMENTS
1. June-October 1997, Student, Basic Communications Officer Engineer Course, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss.
2. November 1997 – May 1999, Communications Project Manager and Chief, Project Management, 66th Communications and Information Division, Hanscom AFB, Mass.
3. June 1999 – September 2000, Project Officer, Deployed Communications, Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom AFB, Mass.
4. October 2000 – June 2002, Theater Network Engineer and Chief, Enterprise Systems Branch, USAFE Computer Systems Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany (deployed February-June 2002 as Base Communications Engineer, 363d Expeditionary Communications Squadron, Prince Sultan AB, Saudi Arabia)
5. July 2002 – July 2003, Mission Systems Flight Commander, 886th Communications Squadron, Sembach Annex, Germany
6. August 2003 – March 2005, Student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
7. April 2005 – September 2007, Chief, Capital Management Branch and Director of Operations, Networks Division, National Air and Space Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
8. October 2007 – January 2013, Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the Commander, 707th Communications Squadron, Fort Meade, Md.
9. February-June 2013, Director of Support, 315th Network Warfare Squadron, Fort Meade, Md.
10. July 2013 – July 2015, Joint Knowledge Management Officer, 953d Reserve Support Squadron/Joint Enabling Capabilities Command, Norfolk, Va.
11. August 2015 – August 2018, Commander, 960th Network Operations Squadron, Peterson AFB, Co.
12. September 2018 – May 2020, Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the Director, Current Operations, Joint Forces Headquarters-Department of Defense Information Network, Fort Meade, Md.
13. June 2020 – February 2023, Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the Director, Cyberspace and information Dominance, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.
14. March 2023 – March 2024, Deputy Director, Infrastructure, Data, and Innovation, Chief Technology and Innovation Office, Headquarters United States Space Force, Pentagon, Va.
15. April 2024 – Present, Director, Human Performance and Development, Headquarters Air Reserve Personnel Center, Buckley Space Force Base, Co.
SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 2013 – July 2015, Joint Knowledge Management Officer, 953d Reserve Support Squadron/Joint Enabling Capabilities Command, Norfolk, Va., as a major and lieutenant colonel
2. September 2018 – May 2020, Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the Director, Current Operations, Joint Forces Headquarters-Department of Defense Information Network, Fort Meade, Md., as a lieutenant colonel
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster Joint Service Achievement Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant May 28, 1997
First Lieutenant May 28, 1999
Captain May 28, 2001
Major March 1, 2007
Lieutenant Colonel December 1, 2013
Colonel May 1, 2020
(Current as of May 2024)