Phillip E. Lacombe

PHILLIP E. LACOMBE is Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives of
Veridian Corporation. In this position, he leads the homeland security
and C4ISR business lines that focus Veridian capabilities from across
the company into cohesive solutions for national security, defense and
other government customers. Mr. Lacombe serves on the Boards of several
organizations including the national Information Technology-Information
Sharing and Analysis Center (IT-ISAC), where he is the Secretary of the
Board. Before joining Veridian, Mr. Lacombe was the Director of the
President’s Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection, a position
he held from September 1996 until delivery of the Commission’s report in
September 1997. Before joining the Commission, Mr. Lacombe was the
Managing Director of the Aerospace Education Foundation, a not-for-
profit element of the Air Force Association providing educational
programs nationwide. He also served as the Special Assistant to the
Chairman of the Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces
from July 1994 through August 1995. He was responsible for drafting the
Commission’s report, ‘Directions for Defense.’ He is a graduate of the
National War College, Air Command and Staff College and Squadron
Officers School. He has a Master’s degree in Journalism from the
University of North Carolina and a BA from the University of
Massachusetts.