Richard E Hawley

General Richard E. Hawley (USAF Ret.) has been a director since 2005. Since 1999, General Hawley has been an independent consultant to the U.S. government and various aerospace companies. He retired in July 1999 after a 35-year career in the U.S. Air Force, where he served as Commander, Air Combat Command from 1996 to 1999 and as Commander, Allied Air Forces Central Europe and Commander, U.S. Air Forces Europe from 1995 to 1996. General Hawley holds a Bachelor's degree from the U.S. Air Force Academy and a Master's degree in Economics from Georgetown University. He is a director of the Astronautics Corporation of America and McNeil Technologies, Inc., an affiliate of Veritas, and a member of the Board of Advisors of Christopher Newport University's School of Business.