COL. Patrick Frakes, USA
Director for Space Policy and Information Operations, Office of the Secretary of Defense
Colonel Frakes serves as director, Space Policy and Information Operations, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense - Policy, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. Previously, he was the branch chief, National Security Space Office, Fairfax, Va.; executive officer, 1st Space Brigade (Provisional), United States Army Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.; and aide-de-camp to the deputy commander, United States Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. Frakes earned a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from the College of William & Mary, and a Master of Science degree in administration from Central Michigan University.