Fitzgerald Washington has served as Secretary of the Alabama Department of Labor since 2014. During his tenure, the Department has launched a statewide marketing campaign, initiated a new job fair initiative that brings available jobs to Alabamians, and has participated in a new alignment of workforce regions that allows for better distribution of state workforce resources.
Washington currently serves on the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) Board of Directors as Past Chair after serving as Chair for 2020 – 2021. He is also a member of the National Association of Government Labor Officials (NAGLO).

Lt. Gen. Andrea D. Tullos is Commander and President, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. She provides full spectrum education, research and outreach at every level through professional military education, professional continuing education, and academic degree granting. She leads the intellectual and leadership-development center of the U.S. Air Force, graduating more than 50,000 resident and 120,000 non-resident officers, enlisted and civilian personnel each year. Additionally, she is responsible for officer commissioning through Officer Training School and the Reserve Officer Training Corps.

Lt. Gen. Tullos entered the Air Force in 1991 and received her commission through Officer Training School as a distinguished graduate. She is a career Security Forces officer and has previously served as a staff officer at the combatant command, Joint Staff, Air Staff and major command levels and as the Director of Security Forces, Headquarters U.S. Air Force. She has completed multiple command tours at the squadron, group, wing and numbered Air Force level.

Prior to her current assignment, Lt. Gen. Tullos was the Deputy Commander, Air Education and Training Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas.

Her full Bio can be viewed here.

Don Krupp is the Associate Program Manager for NASA’s Human Landing System (HLS) program at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. In addition to advising and assisting the HLS Program Manager, he is responsible for all Program office business operations, strategic planning and communication, staffing, data management and cybersecurity for the HLS program. Previously, he held numerous leadership and management positions in Marshall Space Flight Center’s Engineering Directorate.

Don has more than 34 years of NASA experience in spacecraft and launch vehicle autopilot design and development, modeling and simulation, system engineering, and system analysis.  He was also responsible for the design, development, testing and verification of the guidance, navigation and control, and mission and fault management algorithms for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket, which flew successfully in November of 2022.

Don earned his Bachelor Degree in electrical engineering from Tennessee Technological University. He earned his Master and Doctorate Degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Don has been happily married for 33 years and has two daughters.