James B. Culpepper
United States Air Force Biography
 James
B. Culpepper, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is director,
Logistics Management Directorate, Warner Robins Air Logistics Center,
Robins Air Force Base, Ga. As director, he is the principal logistics
adviser to the center commander. He is responsible for financial
oversight for the maintenance, requirements and acquisition budget
providing policy, guidance and support for long-range planning,
logistics management systems, management of worldwide inventory levels,
depot supply and overall depot maintenance and repair.
Culpepper entered federal service in 1969 as a co-op engineer trainee
at Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins Air Force Base, Ga. He has
worked with the government of Japan as the base closure officer for Naha
Air Force Base, and negotiated joint use agreements and relocation
construction programs. Culpepper has directed acquisition logistics for
the joint cruise missile engine and program management for the logistics
management system modernization. He served as deputy of Detachment 25
and the Aircraft Management Directorate at the Sacramento Air Logistics
Center, McClellan Air Force Base, Calif. In these positions he directed
ALC program management, depot maintenance, and engineering and inventory
control.
EDUCATION:
 | 1973 Bachelor of science degree in industrial systems engineering, Georgia Institute of
Technology, Atlanta, Ga. |
| 1978 Professional Military Comptroller School, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base,
Ala. |
| 1979 Master of science degree, Systems Management Course, Defense Systems Management,
University of Southern California. |
| 1983 Department of Defense Program Management Course, Defense Systems Management
College, Fort Belvoir, Va. |
| 1983 Air War College, by seminar. |
| 1990 Program for Senior Executive Fellows, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Mass. |
| 1995 Federal Executive Institute, Charlottesville, Va. |
ASSIGNMENTS:
- January 1969 - June 1972, industrial engineer co-op in avionics
maintenance, Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins Air Force
Base, Ga.
- June l972 - January 1976, industrial engineer in avionics
maintenance, Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins Air Force
Base, Ga.
- January 1976 - March 1981, chief, Industrial Engineering Branch,
18th Tactical Fighter Wing Civil Engineering, Kadena Air Force Base,
Japan
- March 1981 - January 1983, logistics management specialist, Joint
Cruise Missile Project Office, Washington, D.C.
- January 1983 - February 1985, chief, Program Formulation Group,
Directorate of Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
- February 1985 - September 1985, chief of program support for staff
development, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics Management Systems,
Headquarters Air Force Logistics Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force
Base, Ohio
- September 1985 - January 1986, director of program and management
support, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics Management Systems,
Headquarters Air Force Logistics Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force
Base, Ohio
- January 1986 - September 1988, deputy commander's Program Control
Action Office, Logistics Systems Management System Center,
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
- September 1988 - March 1989, deputy, Space Systems Division,
Sacramento Air Logistics Center, McClellan Air Force Base, Calif.
- March 1989 - January 1991, executive assistant to the commander,
Sacramento Air Logistics Center, McClellan Air Force Base, Calif.
- January 1991 - September 1994, deputy, Detachment 25, later,
deputy director of aircraft management, Sacramento Air Logistics
Center, McClellan Air Force Base, Calif.
- September 1994 - October 1998, director of financial management
and comptroller, Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins Air
Force Base, Ga.
- October 1998 - present, director, Logistics Management
Directorate, Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins Air Force
Base, Ga.
(Current as of August 2000)
Source: Air Force Library Web Site,
via Kathy Griffin.
Last Revised: 04 Apr 2001
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