Patricia Craighill is Special Advisor to the Chief, Warfighting Integration, and Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Air Force (SAF/XC) for the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). In this role, Ms. Craighill represents the Air Force as Executive Agent for the Department of Defense (DOD), serving as the Assistant Director of the Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO). She also manages the efforts related to Net-Centric Information Exchange design and planning for the JPDO. Prior to joining the Air Force, Ms. Craighill was founder and president of KeenEdge Associates, an independent contractor serving companies in the Federal contracting space, and positioning for growth into direct Federal contracting. She advised companies on business strategy, sales and marketing, and assisted with pursuit of major government procurements. Ms. Craighill has held senior executive roles in large ($1B+) and small ($40M) systems integrators and service providers such as SI International (SERCO), UNITECH (Lockheed Martin), Horne Engineering, Bearing Point, PRC (Northrup Grumman), SAIC, and GTE Government Systems/ISD (CSC). She has been responsible for both general management/operations and business development.

Patty Craighill has a bachelor’s degree from the College of William and Mary.