Ashley Devoto named as Air Force, Space Force CIO
The Department of the Air Force has tapped Ashley Devoto — a veteran and cybersecurity expert — as its new chief information officer, the department announced Thursday.
Devoto enters the role after the department has been without a permanent CIO for over a year following the departure of Venice Goodwine in March 2025. With a decades-long career in cybersecurity fields, Devoto will now oversee the Air and Space Forces’ modernization and sustainment efforts for information technology and more.
“Ms. Devoto joins the Department at a pivotal time, and her appointment reflects the department’s commitment to leveraging the best of public and private sector expertise,” the DAF said Thursday in a post on LinkedIn. “As CIO, she will lead the department’s enterprise information technology, data and artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and defense business systems portfolios and steward approximately $17 billion in technology investments that enable the missions of more than 800,000 Airmen, Guardians, civilians, and contractors worldwide.”
Devoto most recently held a number of leadership positions in industry, most of which focused on cybersecurity. She served as the chief information security officer for major companies like Discount Tire and Booz Allen Hamilton, as well as an advisor for cyber-focused venture capital and investment firms.
Her career started in 2005 when she became a cyberspace operator for the Air Force. During Devoto’s 15 years of service, she directed full-spectrum operations of the service’s computer emergency response team and oversaw the Air Force’s network monitoring, according to her LinkedIn biography.
Following her active duty service, Devoto spent two additional years in the Air Force Reserves as a cyberspace operator.
As the DAF CIO, Devoto will be charged with leading multiple efforts to modernize the Air and Space Forces’ IT enterprises. She enters the role as the department looks to shore up its cybersecurity posture and continues its large-scale adoption of AI tools for operations.
