Warren Berry

Lt. General Warren Berry, USAF (Ret) has nearly 35 years of direct experience leading and managing highly complex aerospace programs as an acquisition and logistics leader. Known for strategic leadership and enterprise logistics expertise, he has led organizations to reach daunting goals by building and motivating collaborative teams who use their diversity and creativity to build timely, elegant solutions. General Berry worked at the highest level of the USAF where his portfolio included three diverse functional areas (maintenance/logistics, civil engineering, and force protection), encompassing 280,000 personnel and nearly $40B in resource authority and oversight. He was the driving force behind developing a new sustainment strategy and then operationalizing it to bring improved performance and readiness at lower cost and he fundamentally altered the USAF’s facility and infrastructure strategic investment processes, substantially improving the health of a $375B physical plant. General Berry held leadership positions in a variety of major acquisition and logistics organizations to include: Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection, Headquarters (HQ) USAF, Pentagon; Vice Commander, Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB); Director of Logistics, HQ Air Mobility Command (AMC), Scott AFB; Director of Logistics, Installations and Mission Support, HQ USAF in Europe and Air Forces Africa, Ramstein; and Commander, 78th Air Base Wing, Robins AFB.

• As Deputy Chief of Staff at the Pentagon, was solely responsible for effective resourcing, talent management, and operation of four diverse business areas encompassing 40% of the USAF budget and 280,000 personnel.
• Created and operationalized a new sustainment strategy to fundamentally improve the USAF’s materiel readiness across a $27B enterprise.
• As Vice/Deputy Commander at HQ AFMC, assisted the Commander in leading 80,000 people and a $60B budget, to deliver game-changing capabilities and after-market sustainment to USAF weapon systems.
• Led a multi-functional team to identify and remove enterprise constraints, greatly enhancing USAF readiness and mission effectiveness.
• Re-envisioned HQ AMC’s aerial port global positioning as Director of Logistics, to enhance proficiency and pioneered sustainment strategy for the USAF’s newest aerial refueler, KC-46.
• Led all elements of mission support (logistics, civil engineering, and security) for USAF missions and operations across both Europe and Africa as Director of Logistics at HQ USAFE and Air Forces Africa.

• Deputy Chief of Staff, USAF, Pentagon
• Vice/Deputy Commander, AFMC
• MAJCOM Director of Logistics (A4), HQ AMC
• MAJCOM Director of Logistics, Installations and Mission Support (A4), HQ USAFE and Air Forces Africa
• Assistant Deputy Director, Politico-Military Affairs, Western Hemisphere, Joint Staff, Pentagon
• Commander, 78^th Air Base Wing, Robins, GA
• Commander, 435^th Mission Support Group, Ramstein AB, Germany

• BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame
• MA, Aviation Management and Operations, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• MA, Military Operational Art and Science, Air University
• Squadron Officers School
• Air Command and Staff College
• Air War College
• National War College
• John F. Kennedy School of Government: Executive Fellow in National Security Affairs, Harvard University