Randy Kee

randy.kee.1@us.af.mil

Eagle River , Alaska 99577

Maj Gen Randy "Church" Kee, United States Air Force (ret) was appointed to the U.S. Arctic Research Commission by President Trump on November 10, 2020. General Kee is the Executive Director of the Arctic Domain Awareness Center (ADAC) at the University of Alaska, a DHS Science and Technology (S&T) Office of University Programs Center of Excellence in Maritime Research, a position he has held since January 4, 2016. General Kee leads a distributed team in a comprehensive effort of Science and Technology, Research and Development. In the USAF, he has commanded at the Squadron, Group and Wing levels. He served as the Vice Commander of the USAF’s Global Air Mobility Center. General Kee’s staff assignments include U.S. Transportation Command, Headquarters USAF, and the U.S. Joint Staff in both Operations and Strategic Plans and Policy Directorates. He has contributed to U.S. Arctic Strategy, supported domain awareness technology development, and contributed to Defense Support on Arctic planning initiatives. He culminated his military service as the Director of Strategy, Policy, Planning and Capabilities for U.S. European Command in Stuttgart, Germany. Church is a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center Polar Institute, a Network Member of the Canadian hosted North American and Arctic Defense and Security Network at Trent University, Peterborough Ontario, and the U.S. designated lead for a technology working group for the U.S. Navy Office of Naval Research International Cooperative Engagement Program for Polar Research. Church also leads ADAC and associated university efforts in conducting Arctic Senior Leader Summits and Symposiums for Alaska Command, a Sub-Unified Command of U.S. Northern Command headquartered at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Alaska. Finally, he is also the co-chair of the State of Alaska Civilian Armed Services Team (ACAST) an advisory board to the Governor of Alaska on defense and security matters.