The National Center for Defense Manufacturing & Machining Board of Directors
Lawrence P. Farrell, Jr.

Lieutenant General, USAF (Ret.)
President and CEO, National Defense Industrial Association

Lt. Gen. Lawrence P. Farrell, Jr., USAF (Ret.) became the President and CEO of NDIA in September 2001.  Prior to his retirement from the Air Force in 1998, General Farrell served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. He was responsible for planning, programming and manpower activities within the corporate Air Force and for integrating the Air Force's future plans and requirements to support national security objectives and military strategy.

Previous positions include Vice Commander, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, and Deputy Director, Defense Logistics Agency, Arlington, Virginia .  He also served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs at Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe.  A command pilot with more than 3,000 flying hours, he flew 196 combat missions in Southeast Asia, and commanded the 401st Tactical Fighter Wing, Torrejon Air Base, Spain. He was also the system program manager for the F-4 and F-16 weapons systems with the Air Force Logistics Command, Hill Air Force Base, Utah.

General Farrell has had in-depth business development experience, having served on various business strategy groups for such companies as LABBLEE Corp, Raytheon, Labat-Anderson Inc., KPMG, Huber Corp, The Boeing Company, and Philadelphia Electric Company.  He has also served on a number of study groups supporting The United States Air Force, The Rand C orporation, and The Logistics Management Institute.  In addition, he has been a member of the advisory boards of UNISPHERE Inc. , BAE Systems Simulation and Training , Learning Byte International, The Camber Corporation, and is past Chairman of the Board of Miltope Corporation.  He currently serves on the Boards of Global Healthcare Exchange, Advanced Technology Institute, and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining.

General Farrell is a graduate of the Air Force Academy with a BS in Engineering and an MBA from Auburn University.  Other education includes the National War College and the Harvard Program for Executives in National Security.

A native of Montgomery, Alabama, he is married to the former Victoria Leigh Kruzel of Richmond, Virginia.  They have a son , Lt. Colonel Sean Farrell; a daughter, Kelly Farrell Lowder, and 4 grandchildren.