Max E. Pearson

Lt. Gen. Max “Harpo” Pearson serves as the deputy chief of staff for intelligence. He is responsible to the secretary and chief of staff of the Air Force for policy formulation, planning, evaluation, oversight and leadership of the Air Force's Intelligence operations. As the Air Force's Senior Intelligence Officer, he is directly responsible to the director of national intelligence and the under secretary of defense for intelligence and security. He leads four directorates and supports a 36,000-person enterprise with a portfolio valued at $35 billion across the Air Force.