Clint Hunt, Colonel, USAF (Retired), is the senior director and deputy of Government
Operations for United Launch Alliance (ULA). In this role, he leads ULA’s team responsible for
shaping critical policies and decisions related to ULA’s business.
Clint previously served 27 years as an operator and acquisition officer in the United States
Air Force, focusing largely on space control, intelligence and space launch systems. In his
final assignment, he was the director, Office of Space Launch at the National
Reconnaissance Office (NRO). In this role, Clint led several hundred government and
industry team members at five locations, executing a multi-billion dollar budget across the
future year’s defense plan. He was also responsible for the technical and operational
planning and execution of the NRO’s launch requirements.
Prior to this assignment, Clint served as the chief, Space Control and Advanced Technology
Division at headquarters Air Force, representing an eight-billion dollar portfolio that
encompassed 28 space control-related programs, and advocating for Space Control
requirements with the other services, Congress, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint
Staff, Intelligence Community and the White House. He held numerous other leadership
assignments during his career, serving as the chief of the Space Professional Management
Office at Headquarters Air Force Space Command and commanded the 1st Air and Space
Test Squadron at Vandenberg Air Force Base. He also held positions in the NRO’s Signals
Intelligence Directorate, as the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Program Element
Monitor and duties at the Squadron and program office level.
Clint holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and
Master of Science degrees from the Air Force Institute of Technology and Lesley University
and is Level III certified program manager.