DEIDRA A.W. EBERHARDT Ms. Deidra Eberhardt, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Director of Atlas, Space Systems Command, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California. She leads a team of 800-plus including the U.S. Space Force’s Commercial Space Office and International Affairs, and delivers mission essential support in financial management, Information Technology, business innovation, small business, and acquisition workforce development to the command. She drives data-informed decision making and collaboration across internal and external organizations and agencies. Prior to this position she was the Director of Requirements, Integration and Strategy (SSC/S5), responsible for identifying and addressing interdependencies and gaps in the space enterprise and collaborating with space stakeholders to develop future resilient capabilities in support of the joint warfighter. She was also the Deputy Director for the Space Systems Integration Office managing the organize, train, and equip functions for approximately 300 military and civilian personnel. She held several positions at Space and Missile Systems Center before its designation as Space Systems Command including managing SMC’s investment funding and acquisition reporting at the portfolio-level and the center’s independent cost estimating and earned value efforts. In between her two time periods at SMC, she spent seven years at the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency as a Program Analyst, the agency’s human and animal research focal point, and lastly as an Assistant Director, Program Management for one of the seven technical offices. Her experience with the government before becoming a civil servant was as a support contractor in various leadership and financial roles. EDUCATION 1990 Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, Calif. 2020 Master of Business Administration, University of Tennessee, Knoxville CAREER CHRONOLOGY 1. 2002–2005 Chief, Acquisition Cost, Space and Missile Systems Center, El Segundo, Calif. 2. 2005–2007 Program Analyst, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and Info Exploitation Office, Arlington, Va. 3. 2007–2011 Assistant Director, Program Management, DARPA/Defense Sciences Office, Arlington, Va. 4. 2012–2013 Supervisory Financial Management Analyst (FM Staff), Space and Missile Systems Center, El Segundo, Calif. 5. 2013–2019 Director, Program Executive Officer Portfolio Integration, Space and Missile Systems Center, El Segundo, Calif. 6. 2019–2021 Deputy Director, Portfolio Architect, Space and Missile Systems Center, El Segundo, Calif. 7. 2021–2022 Deputy Director, Space Systems Integration, Space Systems Command, El Segundo, Calif. 8. 2022–2024, Director, Capabilities, Integration, Planning and Innovation, Space Systems Command, El Segundo, Calif. 9. July 2024–present, Director, Atlas, Space Systems Command, El Segundo, Calif. AWARDS AND HONORS 2003 Air Force Acquisition Cost Analyst of the Year - Civilian 2009 Office of the Secretary of Defense Exceptional Civilian Service 2011 Office of the Secretary of Defense Exceptional Civilian Service 2017 United States Air Force Distinguished Civilian Service 2021 United States Space Force Distinguished Civilian Service 2021 Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service (Current as of February 2025)