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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences University of Florida
Faculty Member

Anna Marie Morris

“Go see the world. You can always come home to Mama.” Those words acted as a compass that guided Anna Marie Morris through a career defined by leadership, service, and global experience. She eventually found her way back to the University of Florida, where she now helps shape the future of the college as a member of the Dean’s Leadership Council.

About Me

The best advice I have ever received:Anna Marie Morris at a UF football game.

“Here’s the house key. Go see the world. You can always come home to Mama.”

My Mama told my sibling and me this as newly minted high school graduates. Mama’s sage advice made us fearless and unafraid to explore the world and life’s adventures.

A class I would love to take again:

Constitutional Law.

A mentor or professor from UF that made a difference in my life:

The late Dr. Ronald Foreman, Professor of Afro-American Studies.

Career Story

Anna Marie Morris, a member of the Senior Executive Service, serves as the Director of Contracting for the Life Cycle Management Center at the Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts. Ms. Morris leads a 500-person mission focused contracting workforce and provides the necessary resources and environment to deliver innovative and agile solutions to the warfighter. While overseeing more than $10 billion in annual contract obligations, she supports multiple program executive officers on more than 300 programs.

Ms. Morris was commissioned in 1990 through the Reserve officer Training Corps at the University of Florida. During her career, she garnered a broad range of experience with numerous assignments and commands at the squadron, wing, product center, and major command level across the Air Force. Prior to this assignment, she served as the Deputy Director of Contracting at the Air Force Sustainment Center in Robins AFB, Georgia.

While on active duty, Ms. Morris was deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom to the Joint Contracting Command Iraq/Afghanistan. Additionally, she served as the first Defense Contract Management Agency Pacific Commander in Singapore where she led the contract administration services for the F-35 and F135 Final Assembly and Checkout facilities, as well as the first F-16 maintenance hub in Taichung, Taiwan. Ms. Morris holds an unlimited contracting warrant and DAWIA Level III certification. Ms. Morris retired from active duty as a Colonel in June 2021 and entered the Senior Executive Service in January 2022.

Education

  • 1990 Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, University of Florida
  • 1994 Master of Science in Business Organizational Management, University of LaVerne
  • 1997 Squadron Officer School (Correspondence), Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
  • 1997 Squadron Officer School (Residence), Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
  • 1997 Education with Industry, Air Force Institute of Technology, Honeywell, Inc., St. Petersburg, Fla.
  • 2002 Air Command and Staff College (Correspondence), Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. 
  • 2003 Air Command and Staff College (Residence), Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
  • 2007 Air War College (Correspondence), Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
  • 2014 Joint Humanitarian Operations Course, U.S. Agency International Development, Arlington, Va.

Honors and Awards

  • Legion of Merit
  • Defense Superior Service Medal
  • Defense Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
  • Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
  • Joint Meritorious Unit Award Meritorious Unit Award National Defense Service Medal
  • Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
  • Lance P. Sijan Leadership Award, Headquarters Air Mobility Command/A7 (2006)
  • General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. Leadership Award, Tinker Air Force Base (2004)
  • Distinguished Equal Employment Opportunity Award, Headquarters Air Force Material Command (2000)