Lt Col Deborah Gaddis

Deborah is a United States Air Force Tanker Pilot with 18 years of tactical, operational, and strategic experience ranging from U.S. Strategic Command, Air Mobility Command, and Air Combat Command. She holds a Master of Arts in Strategic Studies and a Graduate Certificate in Ethics and Emerging Military Technology from the U.S. Naval War College, where she was a Distinguished Graduate with high distinction, and a Master of Arts from Webster University in International Relations. Deborah has published research papers on leadership and AI-based predictive policing and its implications for the Department of Defense.

Deborah’s primary research focus is on the ethics of AI and the integration of automated systems into the military, great power competition, and strategic readiness.