Sabre Society Speaker Series: Brig Gen (Ret) Dana H. Born '83, Ph.D.

Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Dana H. Born is the faculty chair of the Senior Executive Fellows Program, Faculty Advisor for the Black Family Graduate Fellows, and lecturer in public policy, and served as Co-Director, Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. She is also a Distinguished Fellow for Moral Leadership, The HOW Institute for Society.  During her 30 years in the Air Force, Born served two terms as the dean of the faculty at the U.S. Air Force Academy and was a permanent professor and head of the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership.

She was also a commander of the 11th Mission Support Squadron at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, D.C., and served in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Born earned a B.S. in behavioral sciences from the Air Force Academy, an M.S. in experimental psychology from Trinity University, an M.A. in research psychology from the University of Melbourne, and a doctorate in industrial and organizational psychology from Penn State University. She serves as an officer, member, or consultant to numerous professional associations and boards including the Air Force Academy Foundation and the Falcon Foundation.