MS. ANN J. WOOD, SES

Ms. Wood currently serves as the Executive Director for Commander, Fleet Readiness Centers (COMFRC). Taking on this role in May 2024, she is responsible for more than 20,000 civilian, military, contractor and industrial personnel across nine Fleet Readiness Centers. COMFRC also provides in-service repairs and fleet support teams in support of the operational fleet globally, with an annual budget of $4.4 billion.

In August 2022, Ms. Wood was selected to serve as the acting Director of the Sustainment Group for the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). She was responsible for maintenance and logistics policies and plans for naval aircraft, weapons, weapon systems and equipment. Additionally, she oversaw a workforce that provides resources, processes and tools to design equipment for supportability, develop maintenance capability, and to maintain product support for fleet operations and maintenance throughout the full life cycle of aviation weapon systems.

Ms. Wood was appointed to the Senior Executive Service Corps in January 2021, first serving as Director, Product Support Management within the Sustainment Group, NAVAIR. She was responsible for the integration of product support elements required to develop, field, sustain, and retire naval aircraft and aviation weapons systems. Prior to this appointment, Ms. Wood served in PMA-265 within the Program Executive Office for Tactical Aircraft Programs (PEO(T)) as the Deputy Program Manager for the F/A-18A-D Hornet and then transitioned to the Deputy Program Manager for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet where she was responsible for development, acquisition, test, fielding, sustainment and retirement of aircraft and supporting systems. In these roles, she led the rapid acquisition of advanced radar and sensor capabilities, production of Super Hornet Block III aircraft, readiness recovery efforts, Blue Angel Squadron transition and service life extension and modification programs.

Serving as the Production Director for Commander, Fleet Readiness Centers from 2013 to 2018, Ms. Wood oversaw the maintenance, repair and overhaul of Navy and Marine Corps aircraft, engines, components and support equipment across eight globally dispersed Fleet Readiness Centers. She successfully led the annual production of 500 aircraft and over 200,000 equipment repairs totaling $4B annually.

From 2008 to 2013, Ms. Wood served as Division Director for multiple divisions within the Logistics and Industrial Operations Department at NAVAIR. She developed specialized tools and processes to aid the workforce in Supportability Test & Evaluation, Design Interface, Maintenance Planning, Reliability Centered Maintenance, Environmental Logistics, Engineering Technical Services, and Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages.

Ms. Wood began her tenure with NAVAIR in January 2000 as an Acquisition Logistics Intern. After completing the program, she served as the Enterprise AIRSpeed Project Lead and Performance Improvement Branch Manager, implementing Theory of Constraints and Lean Six Sigma principles throughout naval aviation activities.

Prior to beginning her career at NAVAIR, Ms. Wood served in the U.S. Navy from 1989-1998 as an avionics technician, assigned to Patrol Squadron Forty-Nine (VP-49), Patrol Squadron Seventeen (VP-17), and Naval Aviation Maintenance Training Unit. During her nine years of active-duty service, she received flight orders, served as CNO Special Projects technician and avionics instructor, and completed PACOM and EUCOM deployments. She was commissioned as an USNR Aerospace Maintenance Duty Officer in 2000.

Ms. Wood holds a bachelor’s of science degree in aviation management from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and a master’s of science degree in management from Florida Institute of Technology.