Sue Carol Payton (born September 29, 1950) was United States Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition) from 2006 to 2009.[2] She was born in Champaign, Illinois.[1]
Education
Sue C. Payton was educated at Eastern Illinois University, receiving a BS in education in 1972.[3] She later returned to school at the University of Southern California and earned an M.S. in systems acquisition management and systems technology in 1985.[3]
Career
In 1989, Payton joined Martin Marietta in Reston, Virginia as Senior Site Systems Integration Manager.[3] She worked there until 1994, when she moved to Lockheed Martin (also in Reston), as Manager of Advanced Technology in the Office of the Vice President (Business Development).[3] She left Lockheed Martin in 1998.[3] She then completed the Executive Program of the Goizueta Business School later in 1998.[3]
In 1999, Payton became Director of the National Center for Applied Technology in Springfield, Virginia.[3] She joined ImageLinks, Inc. (later acquired by the Harris Corporation) as Vice President (Applied Technology) in 2000.[3]
Payton joined the United States Department of Defense in Washington, D.C. in 2001, when she was named Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Advanced Systems and Concepts.[3] On April 25, 2006, President of the United States George W. Bush nominated Payton to be Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition).[3] She subsequently held this office for the rest of the Bush administration.
Personal life
Sue Payton is married to astronaut and aerospace educator Col. Gary Payton and they have a daughter Courtney.[4]
References
- ^ a b United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services (2007). Nominations before the Senate Armed Services Committee, second session, 109th Congress: hearings before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, on nominations of Hon. Preston M. Geren; Hon. Michael L. Dominguez; James I. Finley; Thomas P. D'Agostino; Charles E. McQueary; Anita K. Blair; Benedict S. Cohen; Frank R. Jimenez; David H. Laufman; Sue C. Payton; William H. Tobey; Robert L. Wilkie; Lt. Gen. James T. Conway, USMC; Gen. Bantz J. Craddock, USA; Vadm. James G. Stavridis, USN; Nelson M. Ford; Ronald J. James; Scott W. Stucky; Margaret A. Ryan; and Robert M. Gates, February 15, July 18, 27, September 19, December 4, 5, 2006. U.S. G.P.O. ISBN 9780160790881. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
- ^ Presidential Nomination: Sue Carol Payton
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Bio from the Air Force
- ^ "Sue C. Payton, speaker bio at West Point's Force Projection Symposium".