Paula Lewis was appointed Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regions and Center Operations in July 2006. In this capacity she provides leadership and guidance for operations at the nine FAA regional headquarters and Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center. In Washington headquarters, Ms. Lewis provides management oversight direction for Information Technology, Resource Management, Planning and FOIA Management, Aviation Logistics, and the Washington Flight Program (Hanger 6.)
Prior to this assignment, Ms. Lewis served as Director of Operations Planning and Performance Analysis. She was instrumental in establishing measurable goals and targets in areas such as on-time, delays, system capacity and efficiency as well as system availability. Other positions included Director and Deputy Director, Office of System Capacity, Manager, Information Technology Planning Division, Management Standards and Statistics Division and Organizational Analysis Branch. Prior to coming to the FAA, she served as senior program analyst for the Chief of Naval Operations and Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command at the Department of Navy.
She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Winthrop College and a Master’s Degree in Industrial Organizational Science from George Mason University.