Steven Christopher

Steven D. Christopher is from Fort Myers, Florida, and is placed at the United States Department of Agriculture. A Lieutenant Colonel, Steve was commissioned in 2007 with academic and athletic distinction from the U.S. Air Force Academy as an Electrical Engineering major and Wings of Blue Parachute Team Cadet Commander. He has served in reconnaissance, flight test, formal training, and remote-piloted aircraft units and has commanded at the Detachment and Squadron levels. Steve also graduated with distinction from the Defense Language Institute’s Chinese-Mandarin course, was an Olmsted Scholar in Asia, and was a National War Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. As a Foreign Area Officer, he served as the State Department’s Deputy Division Chief for South China Sea Affairs. Prior to his current position, Steve was the Squadron Commander of the Department of the Air Force’s Indo-Pacific Military Personnel Exchange Program, where he led 172 personnel across 13 countries. Steve is a graduate of Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training and a Senior Pilot with more than 2,200 flying hours, including over 1,400 hours of combat experience in the RQ-170, MC-12W, and MQ-1B.