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Barbara McConnell Barrett (born December 26, 1950) is an American businesswoman, attorney and diplomat who served as the United States secretary of the Air Force from 2019 to 2021. She is also an instrument-rated pilot, and cattle and bison rancher.As the 25th secretary of the Air Force, Barrett led the affairs of the Department of the Air Force, comprising the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force. Barrett is former chair of the Aerospace Corporation and a member on the boards of California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, RAND Corporation, Smithsonian Institution, Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, and Lasker Foundation. On May 21, 2019, President Donald Trump announced he would nominate Barrett as Secretary of the Air Force. The U.S. Senate confirmed her nomination by a vote of 85–7 on October 16, 2019. She was sworn in October 18, 2019. On June 23, 2021, Barrett was appointed to the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution by a joint resolution of the House of Representatives and the Senate, filling the vacancy created by the expiration of David M. Rubenstein's tenure on the board. Barrett's appointment will last for a term of 1912 days, ending on September 17, 2026. Early life and education Barrett earned her Bachelor of Science in liberal arts, Master of Public Administration in international business, and Juris Doctor degrees at Arizona State University. Honorary doctorates have been conferred by ASU, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Thunderbird School of Global Management, University of South Carolina, Pepperdine University and Finlandia University. Business career Barrett was founding chair of Valley Bank of Arizona, and partner at Evans, Kitchel and Jenckes, a large Phoenix law firm. Before the age of 30, she was an executive of two global Fortune 500 companies. In her community, Barrett was chair of the Arizona District Export Council, World Affairs Council, and Economic Club of Phoenix. She also served on the boards of Space Foundation, Sally Ride Science, the Center for International Private Enterprise, the Smithsonian Institution, Caltech, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Hershey Trust Company, Mayo Clinic, the Lasker Foundation, Exponent Corporation, Raytheon, and Piper Aircraft. She was president of the International Women's Forum from 1999 through 2001. Barrett has been the owner and CEO of the Triple Creek Guest Ranch since 1994. Political and diplomatic career Gubernatorial campaign In 1994, she sought to become the first female Republican candidate for Governor of Arizona. She ran in the Republican primary against incumbent governor Fife Symington, but failed to win her party's nomination. U.S. ambassador to Finland In 2008 and 2009, Barrett was U.S. ambassador to Finland under President George W. Bush. Barrett was also a senior advisor to the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a participant with Global Leadership Foundation, Club of Madrid and World Economic Forum. She served as chairman for the State Department's Women's Economic Empowerment Working Group, U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy and U.S. Secretary of Commerce's Export Conference. Secretary of the Air Force On October 16, 2019, Barrett was confirmed as the 25th secretary of the Air Force by a vote of 85–7. She was sworn in on October 18, 2019. On January 12, 2021, Barrett announced that she would resign as Air Force Secretary a day before January 20 inauguration. Academic career Barrett is a fellow teaching leadership at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. In 2012 Barrett was interim president of Thunderbird School of Global Management, now a unit of the Arizona State University Knowledge Enterprise. She was CEO of the American Management Association. As a member of the U.S. Afghan Women's Council, she founded Project Artemis, a program to train and mentor Afghan women entrepreneurs at Thunderbird. In 2000, Arizona State University renamed its Honors College “The Craig and Barbara Barrett Honors College” or Barrett, The Honors College in recognition of a $10 million donation from Barbara and her husband, the then-CEO of Intel, Craig Barrett. Aviation career An instrument-rated pilot, Barrett was the first civilian woman to land in an F/A-18 Hornet on an aircraft carrier. In 2014, Barrett was inducted into the Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame and received the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Presidential Medal from President Laurie Leshin. She has trained as an astronaut, and was the backup spaceflight participant for the Soyuz TMA-16 flight to the International Space Station. Barrett was also deputy director of the Federal Aviation Administration and vice chairman of the U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board. Awards and recognition Barrett has been recognized with the Administrators Award for Distinguished Service by the FAA, Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service, Horatio Alger Award for Distinguished Americans, Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship and Sandra Day O'Connor Board Excellence Award. Barrett received the 2018 Heritage Award from the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Personal life Barrett was born on a farm in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. She is married to Craig Barrett, retired chairman and CEO of Intel. She climbed Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro in August 2007 and bicycled 900 kilometers throughout Finland while ambassador. References External links Appearances on C-SPAN USAF biography. Discover the Barbara Barrett popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Barbara Barrett books.

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  • Paradise by Design synopsis, comments

    Paradise by Design

    Barbara Barrett

    Architect Keegan Bock has it all: celebrity, money and a job that takes him to the world's most fabulous hideaways. But this sumptuous lifestyle has gotten old. He yearns for more,...

  • Jokers Wild synopsis, comments

    Jokers Wild

    Barbara Barrett

    Marianne Putnam's oneact play is about to come to life, if she can put up with the guidance of an egotistical New York director who seems to think his primary job is tormenting the...

  • Snared by the Snake synopsis, comments

    Snared by the Snake

    Barbara Barrett

    Nailed It Home Reno owners Rowena Summerfield and her daughter, Valerie, thought they'd seen it all, but the derelict Mehaffy House is a first. Rumor has it the place is haunted. T...

  • Homicide by Hammer synopsis, comments

    Homicide by Hammer

    Barbara Barrett

    Rowena Summerfield is so close to finishing the renovation of boyfriend Chuck's wine bar, she can practically taste the champagne. But the project she's doing with her daughter and...

  • Connect the Dots synopsis, comments

    Connect the Dots

    Barbara Barrett

    How could a thirtysomething man fall to his death from a fourthfloor balcony he knows isdefective? That's the question freelance writer Micki Demetrius is asked to answer by theman...

  • Courtesy Call synopsis, comments

    Courtesy Call

    Barbara Barrett

    Katrina Faulkner hurts almost as much as the man in her life when he loses his bid to be reelected sheriff. But for the first time since she met Rick Formero, she's not worried abo...

  • Love in the Third Act synopsis, comments

    Love in the Third Act

    Barbara Barrett

    Wedding planner Hadley Mayhew makes the mistake of sharing with a new client her mother's bizarre request to help her find a man, never contemplating the woman will think the idea ...

  • Change Up synopsis, comments

    Change Up

    Barbara Barrett

    Soft? His boss says he's soft with clients? Entertainment attorney Ryan Donahue is simply more "in tune" with his clients' needs than his resentful associates. But if he wants to m...

  • John Denver synopsis, comments

    John Denver

    John Collis

    John Denver was America's biggestselling solo star of the '70s. In commercial terms he was on a par with Sinatra in the '40s, Elvis in the '50s and the Beatles in the '60s. He expe...

  • Death by Drywall synopsis, comments

    Death by Drywall

    Barbara Barrett

    Renovating a restaurant is hard enough. Renovating it for your boyfriend who thinks his milliondollar smile will make up for his everchanging whims is even harder. But running the ...

  • The Charleston Challenge synopsis, comments

    The Charleston Challenge

    Barbara Barrett

    Oh, her aching feet! Micki Demetrius questions her sanity for agreeing to compete in Serendipity Springs' Annual Charleston Challenge when clearly she and her partner, Guy Whitney,...

  • Bamboozled synopsis, comments

    Bamboozled

    Barbara Barrett

    Despite all the healthful benefits of essential oils, they can't prevent the murder of distributor, Dorcas Wiley, nor keep Cathy Broderick, one of her team members, from being arre...

  • Nuts and Bolts synopsis, comments

    Nuts and Bolts

    Barbara Barrett

    Excop Rowena Summerfield would do just about anything for longtime friend Ryder Tompkins. When he discovers he has a half sister he never knew about and pressures Ro to use her inv...

  • And He Cooks Too synopsis, comments

    And He Cooks Too

    Barbara Barrett

    Chef Reese Dunbar's ambition to hit the big time is fried when she walks out on a conniving boss and gets blacklisted from every decent restaurant in New York. Compelled to find a ...

  • Irene Weloy Crandall and Jack W. Barrett v. Barbara Michaud and John Michaud synopsis, comments

    Irene Weloy Crandall and Jack W. Barrett v. Barbara Michaud and John Michaud

    Court of Appeal of Florida

    Appellants motion for rehearing is granted. We withdraw our prior opinion and substitute the following in its stead.

  • R.E.M. Fiction synopsis, comments

    R.E.M. Fiction

    David Buckley

    R.E.M.'s public image has always been tightly controlled. Icons of anticelebrity rock, who bacame huge celebrity rock stars, they were, according to the story, the first U.S. p...

  • Driven to Matrimony synopsis, comments

    Driven to Matrimony

    Barbara Barrett

    Dina Maitland spends almost as much time extricating her moviestar mother from personal messes as she invests in her forensic accounting jobso much time, she may no longer have a j...

  • Love In The Third Act synopsis, comments

    Love In The Third Act

    Barbara Barrett

    Wedding planner Hadley Mayhew makes the mistake of sharing with new client her mother’s bizarre request to help her find a man, never contemplating the woman will think the idea of...

  • Beware the East Wind synopsis, comments

    Beware the East Wind

    Barbara Barrett

    Beware the east wind! It's hurricane season in Florida, and everyone's attention is focused on preparing for the latest tempest. But in Serendipity Springs, mah jongg pals Marianne...

  • Loose Screw synopsis, comments

    Loose Screw

    Barbara Barrett

    All Rowena Summerfield wants to do is finish her latest home renovation with her daughter, Valerie. And it seems like all building inspector Mortimer Fonseca wants to do is get in ...

  • Driven to Matrimony synopsis, comments

    Driven to Matrimony

    Barbara Barrett

    Dina Maitland spends almost as much time extricating her moviestar mother from personal messes as she invests in her forensic accounting jobso much time, she may no longer have a j...

  • Craks in a Marriage synopsis, comments

    Craks in a Marriage

    Barbara Barrett

    Overhearing fellow Mah Jongg player Olivia Schwimmer arguing with her husband, Paul, over the phone is the first time Sydney Bonner realizes the couple's "perfect marriage" is in t...

  • Change Up synopsis, comments

    Change Up

    Barbara Barrett

    Barbara Barrett, http://www.barbarabarrettbooks.com, shapes the characters of her contemporary romances against the backdrop of their careers. In her new series, UnderWright Produc...

  • Flower Power synopsis, comments

    Flower Power

    Barbara Barrett

    Kat Faulkner is finally about to relaunch her singing career at Lombardi's Supper Club. Even mystery man Roger Flower, the new owner of the restaurant, has brought an entourage to ...

  • The Dragon Lady Gets Her Due synopsis, comments

    The Dragon Lady Gets Her Due

    Barbara Barrett

    When the dragon lady down the street invites Sydney Bonner's husband to join the block's holiday lighting extravaganza, Syd figures the venture will distract him while she manages ...

  • Measure Twice, Murder Once synopsis, comments

    Measure Twice, Murder Once

    Barbara Barrett

    It's bad enough when your business partner buys a property without consulting you, but when she accidentally acquires a brothel, it's enough to make Rowena Summerfield want to thro...

  • Barbara Barrett v. State Mutual Life Assurance Company synopsis, comments

    Barbara Barrett v. State Mutual Life Assurance Company

    Supreme Court of New York

    [49 A.D.2d 856 Page 856] Plaintiff, Barbara Barrett, brought this action as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy on the life of her husband, Joseph F. Barrett (hereinafter B...

  • Mah Jongg Mysteries Boxed Set, Books 1-5 synopsis, comments

    Mah Jongg Mysteries Boxed Set, Books 1-5

    Barbara Barrett

    Welcome to Serendipity Springs and the first five books in the Mah Jongg Mystery series!Mah jongg can generate killer competition. But murder? The answer is yes when it comes to fo...