Cedarville Area
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50 N. Main St., P.O. Box 283,   Cedarville, Ohio 45314   Phone (937)766-5418
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Meet The Candidates Night

Tuesday February 19, 2008, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Cedarville University’s Apple Technology Resource Center
251 N. Main St. Cedarville

Jerome P. Sutton
For
Greene County Commissioner

Qualifications – Jerome P. Sutton
Greene County Commissioner

EXPERIENCE

            Retired after nearly thirty-three year as an employee of the federal government in various technical, managerial and executive positions.  Nine of these years as a member of the federal senior executive corps.

·         04/99 to present:      Engaged in the practice of mediation and arbitration while supporting numerous community and volunteer organizations.

·         06/98 to  retirement (04/99):      Director of acquisition reform at headquarters Air Force Material Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH.  Responsible for instituting changes within business practices across the command resulting in efficiencies within the $ 37 billion operation.

·         07/92 to 06/98:      Executive Director of Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

·         Senior civilian executive with 'Chief Operation Officer' responsibilities over a 14,000 person organization including four major divisions:

·         The Air Base Wing providing host security and services for 100 tenant organizations and the 18,000 military and civilian individuals employed on the 820 acres of Wright-Patterson. 

·         A 300 bed Medical Center which extended primary medical service to military members of all services within a seven state region.

·         Wright Laboratory [merged into Air Force Research Laboratory as a separate entity in October 1996] the Air Force's largest laboratory with an annual research budget of $ 1 billion.

·         The AF major system acquisition operation with over a $ 11 billion annual budget and responsibility for developing and acquiring the aircraft the Air Force flies; this includes: B-2, C-17, F-15, F-16, F-22.

·         During tenure as a member of the senior staff, served on a number of State and local boards:

·         Ohio Science and Technology Council (co-chair 1996-97)

·         Miami Valley Research Park

·         Edison Material Technology Center

·         National Center of Industrial Competitiveness

·         Wright Technology Network

·         Dayton Area Gradute Study Institute (DAGSI)

·         11/89 to 07/92:      Senior executive at Eglin Air Force Base, FL.

·         Deputy program director for the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile program during its critical development, test and initial production phases.  This air-to-air missile is now used by the Air Force, Navy and our allies.

·         Director of the range and target systems program office.

·         05/83 to 11/89:      Senior manager at major Wright-Patterson weapon system program offices.

·         Deputy director of the reconnaissance and electronic warfare program office. 

·         Senior civilian and assistant program manager within the B-1B program office during the final development, test and production phases of this $ 20.5 billion program.  Advanced project manager within the B-1B program office during initial development.

·         05/82 to 05/83:      Attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Joint Program in the Management of Technology.

·         06/79 to 05/82:      Project manager and analyst involved in advanced planning of major development and acquisition programs.

·         06/79 to 10/70:      Project engineer within Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory managing assorted advanced aeronautical technology programs.

·         10/66 to 10/70:      Junior Air Force officer within the engineering staff of Wright-Patterson supporting numerous development & acquisition programs.

EDUCATION

·         1966            Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD.

·         1972            Masters of Science in systems engineering, Wright State University, Dayton, OH.

·         1977            Juris Doctor, Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University,

Covington, KY.

·         1983            Science Masters in the Management of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of

Technology, Cambridge, MA.

CERTIFICATES

·         1977      Admitted to the Ohio Bar

SPECIALIZED TRAINING

·         2004      Divorce Mediation Training, Columbus OH

·         1999-04       Mediation courses, Conflict Management Services, Columbus OH

·         1997      Mediation and Conflict Management Skills: Federal Sector Workplace Disputes, Justice Center of Atlanta, Inc., Atlanta, GA

·         1996      Strategic Public-Sector Negotiation Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

·         1990      Alternative Disputes Resolution, Federal Publications Inc., Washington DC

OTHER ACTIVITIES

·         Charter, life member, and past president of the Wright State Alumni Association.

·         Past member of the Wright State University Foundation Board of Trustees.

·         Past-President, OKI Tri-State Chapter, NAIC (National Association of Investors Corp.) & member of the Board of Directors – Life Member of NAIC (a 501(3)(c) organization)

·         Life Member of the Senior Executives’ Association (SEA) a professional/fraternal organization of current & former Federal executives.

·         Member Greene County Bar Association

·         Greene County DR Court Approved Mediator (05/04)

·         Montgomery County Common Pleas Court adjunct mediator

·         Arbitration roster Montgomery County Courts, Dayton, OH

·         Volunteer for Yellow Springs, OH – Village Mediation Program

·         Dayton Mediation Center Volunteer

·         Chairman – Yellow Springs Community Council

·         Member – Yellow Springs Men’s Group

·         Treasurer – Greene County Democratic Party (06/08)