Mrs. Barbara A. Golf is the Executive Agent for Space Domain Awareness (SDA) within the Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power directorate, Space Systems Command, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California. In this role, she directs the SDA DOTMLPF-P (doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, facilities, and policy) activities to align the enterprise with integrating quickly into operations.
Mrs. Golf is a 2003 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and started her Air Force career at the Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles Air Force Base, California.
She has served as a space acquisitions officer for radar and communications systems, establishing an excellent program management record in high-stakes, interagency developments. She went on to support streamlined acquisition efforts for multi-billiondollar Naval contract actions to provide secure handheld radios to combat units across the globe.
Later joining the Space Superiority Systems Directorate, Barbara spearheaded space kill chain analyses to assess end-toend capabilities against multiple threat vignettes, creating overarching strategic architectures with time-phased investments for three mission areas – Space Control; Space Situational Awareness; and Battle Management Command, Control, and Communications.
She evaluated technical readiness levels for prototype capabilities, supported military utility and risk assessments, and coordinated technical maturation across multiple Directorates and labs. She has also provided technical support for developmental operations to the Joint Functional Space Component Commander (JFSCC) and the Joint Space Operations Center’s (JSpOC) Combat Operations Division, supporting the modernization of concepts of operation and emergency procedures with the (then) JSpOC Weapons & Tactics team and enabling response options to critical space events.
Prior to her current position, she was an operations trainer and crew evaluator for the National Space Defense Center for US Space Command, developing training as well as supporting prototype development and operational engineering teams tied to evolving space missions. In that role, she created the Joint Task Force-Space Defense (JTF-SD) Commercial Operations (JCO) cell, establishing a global virtual SDA operations center with commercial and Allied partners that now functions as the unclassified operations entry point for space commercial capabilities for USSF.