The Reserve Advisory Council is composed of officers, enlisted members and civilians who serve (or have served) in the Air Force Reserve. They represent the different constituencies of the Air Force Reserve.

The responsibilities of the Reserve Council are as follows:

1. Develops Air Force policy recommendations on quality of life and quality of service issues, which impact Air Force Reserve members.
   
   
2. Identifies and prioritizes quality of life and quality of service issues, driven by legislative action, which impact Air Force Reserve members.
   
   
3. Prepares input, to include background information, and recommend action by the Air Force on these issues.
   
   
4. Makes recommendations to the Air Force Reserve through AF/RE on policy issues which impact Air Force Reservists.
   
   
5. Responds to Air Force Reserve requests for study, evaluation, and/or recommendation on issues affecting members of the Air Force Reserve.
   
   
6. Performs such other duties as may be assigned by the Air Force Reserve.

Colonel Michael F. LoGrande is currently assigned as Chief, Policy Integration Division (AF/REI), Pentagon, Washington DC, where he is responsible for all legislative matters pertaining to the Air Force Reserve.

Colonel LoGrande graduated from the United States Air Force Academy and was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1986. He attended Undergraduate Pilot Training at Williams Air Force Base, Arizona. He remained at Williams AFB after graduation and served as a T-37 instructor pilot teaching primary jet training. He went on to fly the C-141at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey where he was a Flight Commander, instructor pilot and Assistant Wing Executive Officer. He then served as an Inquiry Officer and Executive Officer to the Director of Legislative Liaison at the Pentagon, Washington D.C. He returned to McGuire AFB to fly the KC-10 on both active and Air Force Reserve. There he served as Flight Commander, instructor pilot and Chief, Wing Flight Safety. He returned to the Pentagon to serve as an Assistant for Congressional Matters, Budget and Appropriations Liaison Division, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington DC where he was responsible for monitoring congressional actions on Air Force Reserve appropriations including Operations and Maintenance, Military Personnel, and National Guard and Reserve Equipment Accounts.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from the United States Air Force Academy, a Masters Degree in Aviation Management from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and a Masters Degree in National Security Strategy from National Defense University, Fort McNair, Washington DC. He also completed Squadron Officers’ School (in residence), and Air Command and Staff College (seminar) and National War College (in residence).

Colonel LoGrande is married to the former Colleen Huner of Uniondale, New York. They have three children, Michael, Catherine and Matthew.

Brandon Bailey
Major
brandon.bailey@pentagon.af.mil

Ericka Brewington
Major
Ericka.Brewington@cox.net

Melanie Englert
Captain
melanie.englert@auab.centaf.af.mil

Armando J. Galarza
Staff Sergeant
armando.galarza-02@andrews.af.mil

Alan Gingras
Chief Master Sergeant
Alan.Gingras@McChord.af.mil

Chief Master Sergeant Alan “Al” Gingras was selected to serve on the Air Force Association Reserve Advisory Council in 2006. He is currently a traditional reservist serving at McChord Air Force Base Washington as the 446th Maintenance Squadron Accessories Flight Chief.

Chief Gingras was born in Springfield Massachusetts and after high school graduation in 1977, enlisted in the Air Force. After initial training was completed he was assigned to McChord AFB and the 62nd Field Maintenance Squadron as an Airframe Repair Specialist. After separating from active duty, he joined the Massachusetts Air National Guard in 1982 and was assigned to the 104 Tactical Fighter Group at Barnes MAP. In 1983 he returned to McChord AFB and enlisted in the Air Force Reserve and the 446 FMS (later to become the 446 EMS then 446 MXS) were he currently serves.

Chief Gingras resides in Mill Creek Washington with his wife, Brenda, daughters Cherlyn and Darla and son, Ethan.

He is employed at Boeing Commercial Airplanes in Everett WA as an Field Operations Manager.

Dominique Hogan
Staff Sergeant
dominique.hogan@krab.centaf.af.mil

Staff Sergeant Dominique D. Hogan joined the Air Force Reserve Advisory council in September 2006. She is currently assigned as Security Forces Journeyman for the 920th Security Forces Flight, Patrick AFB, Florida. SSgt Hogan entered the Air Force Reserve in November, 2004. Prior to her enlistment to USAFR she served a 4-year tour as a Military Police member in the U.S. Marine Corps in which time she deployed to Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. She was recently awarded the 920th Rescue Wing Airman of the year for 2005.

A native of Long Beach, California, SSgt Hogan and her husband Tim reside in Melbourne, Florida with her step-daughter McKayla, a dog named Zim and two black cats named Bullet and Vegas.

Phyllis Joyner
Chief Master Sergeant
Joynerp@socom.mil

Chief Master Sergeant Phyllis M. Joyner joined the Air Force Reserve Advisory Council in May 2006. She is the Senior Air Force Reserve Advisor and Assistant Budget Director to the Deputy Commander Mobilization and Reserve Affairs, United States Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. During her tenure in the personnel career field, she served on active duty for seven years, spent five years in the Air National Guard as a traditional guardsman and twelve years as an Individual Mobilization Augmentee (IMA). Her background includes assignments in the personnel and administration career fields during her Air Force career. As part of her duties she assists the Senior Reserve and National Guard Advisors of the Air Force, the Army and the Navy; in fulfilling force monitorship, readiness and mobilization responsibilities. CMSgt Joyner received her degree in Business Administration from St Leo University. She resides in Tampa, Fl

Jennifer Kowalski
Captain
Jennifer.Kowalski@pentagon.af.mil

Captain Jennifer Kowalski joined the Air Force Association Reserve Council in September 2006. She is currently assigned as the Officer in Charge, High Level Congressional Inquiries, on the Headquarters Air Force, Policy Integration staff. She enlisted directly into the Reserve, as a traditional reservist for two years and then transferred to the IMA program for almost thirteen years with positions held at the Air Force Reserve Command, Special Operations Command Central and Headquarters Pacific Air Force, Intelligence Division. Upon graduation from Wayland Baptist University, she was commissioned through the Academy of Military Science (AMS) training into the Communications and Information arena. Captain Kowalski resides in Gaithersburg, MD with her husband Joseph and their two sons Jacob and Jarret.

Mark Loeben
Lieutenant Colonel
Mark.Loeben-02@mcguire.af.mil

Sean O'Connor
Staff Sergeant
Sean.OConnor@mcguire.af.mil

Robert Palmer
Lieutenant Colonel
robert.palmer@pentagon.af.mil

Major Rob Palmer is serving on an AGR tour as the Chief of Strategic Communications for the National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) in Arlington, Virginia. He was appointed to the council in 2005. After fifteen years as a public affairs officer and field artillery officer in the Army National Guard, he joined the Air Force Reserve as an IMA at Headquarters, Air Mobility Command. In 2001, he deployed to Bosnia as a public affairs officer for Task Force Eagle and in 2004, he spent four months as the interim chief of public affairs for the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman AFB.

Major Palmer is a 1990 graduate of The Citadel and has earned a Master of Public Affairs from Indiana University and a Master of Arts from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He has completed Squadron Officer School and Air Command Staff College via correspondence and is currently enrolled in the Reserve Component Advance Joint Professional Military Education (RC-AJPME) program at the Joint Forces Staff College.

A native of Indiana, Major Palmer and his wife Kim reside in Springfield, Virginia with their two sons, Grant and Andrew, a golden retriever named Reagan and a cat named Winston.

Anthony Rittwager
Chief Master Sergeant
Anthony.Rittwager@McGuire.af.mil

Chief Master Sergeant Anthony J. Rittwager joined the Air Force Reserve Council in September 2006 upon completion as a council member of the Air Force Enlisted Council. He is currently the Accessories Flight Chief in the 514th Maintenance Squadron, 514th Air Mobility Wing, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey. Born in Queens New York, he enlisted in the United States Air Force in October 1980. Upon completion of Basic Military Training at Lackland Air Force Base, and Technical Airlift/ Bombardment Aircraft Maintenance Course at Sheppard Air Force Base, he was then assigned to McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey. After separating from the active Air Force in January 1985, CMSgt. Rittwager joined the reserves and was assigned to the 514th Military Airlift Wing, at McGuire Air Force Base, as an Air Reserve Technician, civilian repair and reclamation specialist, and Reserve Team Chief in January 1985. In June 1989 he became the Repair and Reclamation’s Air Reserve Technician (ART) shop chief. As a change in the Air Force’s command structure took place under production team maintenance, CMSgt. Rittwager was selected to become one of the first Production Superintendents, resulting in his reassignment to the 514th Aircraft Generation Squadron. When McGuire Air Force Base prepared to down size the C141B fleet and bed down the C17, CMSgt. Rittwager was selected to become the Accessories Flight Chief in the 514th Maintenance Squadron. CMSgt Rittwager is married and he and his wife Susan have two children, Anthony Jr. and Alyssa who currently attend Northern Burlington High School.

Ramon Roldan
Senior Master Sergeant
ramon.roldan@arpc.denver.af.mil

Kris Winder
Staff Sergeant
Kris.Winder@march.af.mil

Senior Airman Kris A. Winder joined the Air Force Reserve Advisory Council in September 2006. He is an Intelligence Journeyman assigned to the 701st Combat Operation’s Squadron as an Analysis, Correlation, and Fusion analyst at March Air Reserve Base, California. Senior Airman Winder started his military service upon entering the Marine Corps Reserve in August 1999, and transferred over to the Air Force Reserve in 2004. Senior Airman Winder graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in June 2004 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice. In August 2005, he started his Master’s Degree in International Relations at Pepperdine University, California after spending much of 2005 training and gaining operational experience. Senior Airman Winder has several military awards to include the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Presidential Unit Citation, and the Small Arms Expert Ribbon. SrA Winder is also the 10th Air Force Airman of the Year for 2005.

Please provide any necessary changes or additional information to Shane Barker at
1-800-727-3337 ext. 4842, Fax: 703-247-5853, E-mail: SBarker@afa.org

As of January 25, 2008