Board of Directors

Norm Churchill has over 30 years in leadership and management as an officer and civilian, retired from both, in the United States Air Force and United States Space Force with a diverse background in logistics, operations, early detection space systems, positioning and timing systems, intelligence systems, tactical communications, and facility site activation.  His expertise covers a broad spectrum which includes program management, systems engineering, software engineering, process improvement, logistics and operations, the DoD budgeting process, and contract management.  He is recognized as a motivated leader and is a skilled, experienced communicator.

Norm currently serves as a Principal Acquisition Analyst/Consultant at Systems Planning and Analysis (SPA), Inc. which is now where he provides program acquisition support to effectively assist the Government in delivery and sustainment of warfighting capabilities in support of the Space Systems Command and Military Satellite Communications (MILSATCOM) programs.  He leads a high-performing, diverse team that includes acquisition analysts, cost estimators, finance/budget support, international and NATO program management support and contract pricing expertise.  Norm is the day-to-day liaison to MILSATCOM Government leads and division-level managers and is responsible for developing and maintaining the division’s long-term acquisition strategy to ensure continued operations and sustainment support.  He develops acquisition strategies, contract requirements, and program documentation necessary to maintain and sustain the operational programs within the MILSATCOM portfolio.  Norm also provides senior leaders with program management guidance and oversight to ensure cost, schedule and performance execution supports the vision of the MILSATCOM team.

During Norm’s 20-year Air Force and 15-year Department of the Air Force careers he served in numerous leadership and management positions where we was charged to lead 150+ member organizations with annual budgets in excess of $175 million.  He served as program manager, system sustainment manager, program integration lead, Director of Logistics, and executive manager for multiple organizations both overseas and in the United States.  He supported the Defense Support Program (DSP), Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS), Global Positioning System (GPS) and MILSATCOM in various positions.

Norm earned his M.B.A. from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN in 2011, earned his Project Management Professional (PMP) certification in 2020, and has multiple Certified Acquisition Professional certifications spanning Information Technology, Program Management, System Engineering, Logistics, Test & Evaluation.

Prior to Norm’s military and civilian careers, he was drafted in the 4th round of the Major League Winter Draft by the Cleveland Indians in 1977, was traded to the Chicago Cubs later that year and played 6 seasons professionally between the two organizations.  He was on the major league 40-man roster for 3 years (1980-1982) and played as high as the AAA level and pitched over 500 innings in his career.  He played high school baseball at Robinson High School in Tampa, FL, and junior college baseball at Hillsborough Community College, also in Tampa prior to his professional baseball career.

Aside from Norm’s professional, military, and civil service careers, he has coached high school and college-level baseball in Colorado Springs for the last 11 years. He was an assistant head coach at Rampart HS for 4 years (2012-2015), the pitching coach at Pine Creek HS for 3 years (2017-2019), Discovery Canyon HS for 1 year (2021), and an assistant coach for the Colorado Springs Mountain fall high-school baseball program for 9 years (2014-2022).  He returned to Pine Creek HS in 2022 where he is currently the pitching coach.  He also has coached a team at the summer collegiate level for the past 5 years in the Mile High Collegiate Baseball League and the Rocky Mountain Baseball League where he now serves as the Director of Operations for the Colorado Springs Cage Rats collegiate team. 

He currently resides in Black Forest, CO.  He has been married to his wife, Diane, for over 36 years and they have two children who both live in Colorado Springs.