Jim LaPierre currently serves as Program Director for Test Programs at Axient since January 2020 and has been the Contract Range Safety Lead at Millennium Engineering and Integration since January 2019. Previously, Jim held the position of Chief, Legislative Affairs at U.S. Strategic Command from September 2016 to January 2019 and worked as a Senior Program Analyst at United States Strategic Command from July 2007 to October 2016. Academically, Jim LaPierre holds an MBA in Aviation from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (1999-2003), an MA in Military Art and Science from Air Command and Staff College (2006-2007), and a BS in Accounting from SUNY New Paltz.