LISA M. HARRINGTON Ph.D.
THE RAND CORPORATION
1200 HAYES STREET, ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA 22202-5050
EMAIL: LHARRING@RAND.ORG PHONE: 703.413.1100 X5255
EDUCATION
Air Force Institute of Technology
Operations Research
Dayton, OH
August 1991 - March 1995
PhD, March, 1995
Dissertation: Selecting optimal experiments for feedforward multilayer perceptrons
MS, March, 1992
Thesis: Multilayer perceptrons for classifying Air Force retention
Distinguished graduate
Industrial College of the Armed Forces (now the
Eisenhower School for National Security and
Resource Strategy)
Washington, DC
September 2001 – June 2002
MS, National Resource Strategy
Academic distinguished graduate
Michigan Technological University
BS, Mathematics
With high honor
Houghton, MI
September 1983 – May 1985
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Arlington, VA
October 2011 - Present
Primarily focused on research within Project Air Force (PAF) Manpower, Personnel and Training
Program, ranging from examining the Air Force academic degree requirements/processes, to
performing cost analyses for Air Force Academy faculty, to competency classification methods for
senior leaders
Principal Investigator: Human Capital Across the Total Force (FY13)
Co-Principal Investigator: Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics for Officer Accessions
(FY13)
Principal Investigator: Air Force Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics Requirements
(FY12)
Co-Principal Investigator: Total Force Personnel Requirements and Component Mix (FY13)
Researcher: Active Component/Reserve Component Mix (FY12)
Researcher: USAFA Faculty Mix (FY12)
RAND Corporation
Senior Operations Researcher
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Air Force Institute of Technology
Dean of Students
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Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
2008 – 2010
Set direction for and managed Air Force’s Civilian Institute Program responsible for 2100 Air
Force members in advanced academic degree programs across the U.S. and abroad
Responsible for military, student services and registrar aspects of the AFIT educational
experience for 800 in-residence students pursuing Masters and PhD degrees
Member of Air Force-wide Scientific Analyst Career Field (61XX) Development Team
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MacDill AFB, FL
Director of Manpower and Personnel (CCJ1)
2006 – 2008
• Reported to 4-star Commander, leading directorate of 125 personnel formulating/executing
policies for USCENTCOM manpower and personnel programs
• Liaised with OSD, Joint Staff and Services managing wartime operations, casualty reporting,
contingency planning, entitlements and Joint Manning Documents
• USCENTCOM single-point for General/Flag Officer matters—120 at headquarters/in-theater
Headquarters U.S. Central Command
Air Force General Officer Management Office
Pentagon, Washington, DC
Deputy Director
2005 – 2006
• Advised Air Force Chief/Secretary on optimal development and assignment of over 350 General
Officers (GOs)—involved daily with creative process of matching right person to right job
• Coordinated with Joint Staff, OSD, COCOMs, MAJCOM/CCs and functionals to ensure DoD
compliance and Congressional approval of assignments, promotions, retirements
• In-house expert for refocusing GO analytical tools to ensure relevance
8th Mission Support Group
Commander
Kunsan Air Base, Republic of South Korea
2004 – 2005
Headquarters Air Education and Training Command
Executive Officer to the Commander and Director, Command Action Group
4th Mission Support Squadron
Commander
Office of the Chief of Staff of the Air Force
Member, Chief of Staff of the Air Force Operations Group
Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel
Personnel Issues Team Officer
Randolph AFB, TX
2002 – 2004
Seymour Johnson AFB, NC
1999 – 2001
Pentagon, Washington DC
1998 – 1999
Pentagon, Washington DC
1997 – 1998
Chief, Air Staff Model Development
Pentagon, Washington DC
1995 – 1997
1 Test Squadron
Clark Air Base, Philippines
Air Force Personnel Operations Agency
Chief, Test and Evaluation Data Management
Headquarters Human Systems Division
Systems Concept Analyst
Air Force Military Personnel Center
Chief, Assignment Control and Procedures Section
1988-1990
Brooks AFB, TX
1986 – 1988
Randolph AFB, TX
1985 – 1986
PUBLICATIONS
Keller, K., Lim, N., Harrington, L., O’Neill, K., Haddad, A. (2013). The Mix of Military and Civilian Faculty at
the United States Air Force Academy. Santa Monica, Calif.:RAND Corporation, MG-1237.
Belue, L.M. and Bauer, K.W., “Designing Experiments for Single Output Multilayer Perceptrons” Journal of
Statistical Computation and Simulation, Vol 64, 1999.
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Belue, L.M., Bauer, K.W. and Ruck, D.W., “Selecting Optimal Experiments for Multiple Output Multilayer
Perceptrons,” Neural Computation, Vol 9, No 1 Jan 1997.
Belue, L.M. and Bauer, K.W., Determining Input Features for Multilayer Perceptrons,” Neurocomputing,
Vol 7, No 2, 1995.
MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW
Harrington, L., Daugherty, L., Moore, S., Terry, T. Air Force-Wide Science, Technology, Engineering,
Mathematics (STEM) Needs (PR-131-AF), under review.
Robbert, A. and Harrington, L. Modernizing AC/RC Interactions: Three Proposals (PR-346-AF), under
review.
Robbert, A., Bigelow, J., Boon, J., Harrington, L., McGee, M., Moore, C., Norton, D., Taylor, B. Suitability of
Missions for the Air Force Reserve Components (DR-5881-AF), under review.
Keller, K., Robson, S., O’Neill, K., Emslie, P., Burgette, L., Harrington, L., Curran, D. Promoting Airmen with
the Potential to Lead: A Study of the Air Force Master Sergeant Promotion System (PR-356-AF), under
review.
Robbert, A., Harrington, L., Terry, T., Massey, H.G. Air Force Manpower Requirements and Component Mix
(PR-802-AF), under review.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Michigan Technological University Presidential Council of Alumnae
Military Operations Research Society
Institute of Operations Research and Management Sciences
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