Jackie Janning-Lask serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Midwest Microelectronics Consortium (MMEC). In this role, Jackie is responsible for managing the overall operations of the organization, advancing state-of-the-art microelectronics through the robust collaboration of MMEC’s consortium partners. She is passionate about promoting STEM education and training, growing a strong domestic semiconductor alliance, and furthering the United States’ microelectronics ecosystem while driving profitability and economic development in the Midwest region.

Jackie began her career in federal service as a systems engineer with the United States Air Force (USAF) Aeronautical Systems Division Engineering Directorate in 1988. Throughout her distinguished career, she has held numerous leadership and technical positions, most recently serving in the Senior Executive Service (SES) as the Director of Engineering and Chief Engineer of the Air Force Lifecycle Management Center, where she led over 6,000 engineers in the acquisition, sustainment, and testing of USAF aircraft, engines, munitions, electronic, and business systems. She was also the USAF Technical Airworthiness Authority and led the transformation to digital engineering in support of rapid capability maturation, delivery, and readiness. Prior to that assignment, Jackie served as the Director of Sensors at the Air Force Research Laboratory, managing an annual budget of nearly $1 billion and ensuring America’s air, space, and cyber forces had superior intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, precision engagement, and electronic warfare systems capabilities.

As an intrepid business strategist, thought leader, and innovative engineer, Jackie’s passion, enthusiasm, and drive stem from her 35 years of serving the warfighter. Her dedication to STEM education is second to none, and she actively supports numerous foundations, societies, and communities to advance STEM education, especially for young women.

Jackie holds a B.S. and M.S. degree in Systems Engineering from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. She was selected to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Sloan Fellow, graduating with an MBA in 2004. She retired from the Air Force in July 2023.