Randy Jayne Dr . Edward Randolph “ Randy ” Jayne II ( born 1944 ) is a Managing Partner at Heidrick & Struggles ( 1996 – present ) and was a senior executive in defense and technology industries , a senior government civilian executive , a military officer and combat pilot . A former public company president , and leader of two businesses in the defense industry , he also served in the White House under three successive United States presidents . Prior to his business career , Jayne spent over ten years on active duty in the Air Force , including two tours as a fighter pilot in Southeast Asia . In parallel to his corporate career , Jayne served in the Air National Guard , serving in the District of Columbia and Missouri Air National Guards , and retiring after 34 years of service as a Major General . Early life . Jayne was born on September 24 , 1944 in the small rural college and agricultural city of Kirksville , in Northeast Missouri . His father was a lawyer and World War II Naval officer veteran , and his mother was a schoolteacher and later an elected School Board Member and President in Kirksville . He is the eldest of three brothers ; Marty Jayne , a retired Air Force Judge Advocate General , is a Professor and Department Head of the Criminal Justice Program at Truman University , Kirksville , and Tom Jayne is an attorney with Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad . Randy Jayne graduated from Kirksville High School in May 1962 , and entered the United States Air Force Academy , Colorado in June of that year . Jayne graduated from the Air Force Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in International Relations in 1966 , and entered the Air Force as a Second Lieutenant . He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , and completed his PhD in Political Science and National Security Affairs in 1969 . His doctoral thesis , published by the Center for International Studies , is titled “ The ABM Debate : Strategic Defense and National Security , ” after he completed his Ph . D he served a series of operational flying and Washington D . C . , special staff tours . Military career . During Jayne ’ s over ten years as an active Air Officer , he had a number of operational flying assignments , and special staff duty in the White House . After completing Air Force Pilot Training as a Distinguished Graduate ( 1969 - 1970 ) , he served as a special operations pilot flying the A - 1E Skyraider in South - East Asia at Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base ( 1971 - 1972 ) . In 1974 , he completed upgrade training in the F - 4 Phantom , and returned to Southeast Asia for a second fighter assignment , this time at Korat RTAFB . Jayne ’ s combat decorations include two Silver Star s , five Distinguished Flying Crosses and eight Air Medals . Other key military assignments during this time included two tours in the Executive Office of the President and service as a USAF Jet Instructor Pilot at Moody Air Force Base . In the White House , Jayne served first as a White House Fellow in 1973 - 1974 during the Nixon Administration , and later , in 1976 - 1977 , as a staff member of the National Security Council during the Ford Administration , working for and as a staff member of the United States National Security Council working for General Brent Scowcroft , and serving alongside other young professional staffers such as Robert Gates , Stephen Hadley and Robert Kimmitt . In 1977 , Jayne was appointed by President Jimmy Carter as Associate Director in the Office of Management and Budget At the same time , he transferred from the active Air Force to the Air National Guard ( ANG ) , where he would serve for over twenty - three additional years as an officer , pilot , commander , and senior staff officer . Joining the District of Columbia ANG in 1977 , he flew the F - 105 Thunderchief and served as the 121st Fighter Squadron Operations Officer . Moving to the Missouri ANG in 1980 , he again checked out in the F - 4 Phantom , the same fighter he had flown in one of the Southeast Asia tours . For fifteen years , nine in the F - 4 and six in the plane he had been responsible for at McDonnell Douglas Corporation ( MDC ) , the F - 15 Eagle , Jayne was a combat ready pilot in the 131st Fighter Wing in St Louis . From 1993 - 1995 , Jayne served as the senior “ traditional Guardsman ” officer in the 1 , 200 - person fighter unit . As Vice Wing Commander , Colonel Jayne led the inspection preparation prior to the 1995 award of the Air Force ’ s highest Operational Readiness Inspection rating , that of “ Outstanding , ” to the 131st Wing . He also played key roles in St Louis and the Pentagon in the National Guard ’ s massive civil response to the Midwestern Floods of 1993 - 1994 and the nationwide call - up and deployment of ANG forces to Desert Shield / Desert Storm . In November 1995 , Jayne was selected to be the Air National Guard Assistant to the Commander of Air Force Space Command in Colorado Springs . He served this leadership role for five years , serving four AFSC Commanders , before his retirement in 2000 as a Major General with over thirty - four years of total commissioned service . Civilian career . Prior to joining Heidrick & Struggles , Jayne occupied leadership positions in three public companies , including two Fortune 100 aerospace and defense firms . At General Dynamics ( GD ) , he served at the director and vice president levels in the company ’ s corporate headquarters . In 1987 , he was recruited to McDonnell Douglas Corporation , where he served in a number of executive assignments . At Insituform Mid - America he served as President and Chief Operating Officer . National security & international affairs . In 1977 , Jayne left active military service to accept appointment by President Jimmy Carter as the Associate Director for National Security and International Affairs in the Office of Management and Budget ( OMB ) in the Executive Office of the President . In this role , he was responsible for the budget for the United States Department of Defence , United States Department of State , and the Intelligence Community ( IC ) . During this three year assignment , Jayne participated in a number of major national security decisions , including full scale development and initial production for the F - 16 , F - 18 , F - 117 Stealth Fighter , AWACS , the Tomahawk Cruise Missile , M1A1 Abrams tank , and NASA ’ s Space Shuttle . Aerospace industry . In 1980 , Jayne left government service to join the aerospace industry , hired by General Dynamics ( GD ) as Director of Aerospace Planning , and two years later becoming Vice President of Strategic Planning . As a key member of the GD executive team , he was involved in the acquisitions of Cessna Aircraft and Chrysler Defense , and the initiation of major programs such as the F - 16C , the Advanced Cruise Missile , Tomahawk , the M1A2 Abrams tank , and the SSN - 21 attack submarine . After seven years at GD , Jayne was recruited to what was at the time the second largest defense contractor behind GD , McDonnell Douglas Corporation ( MDC ) . He joined as Vice President , Program Development for the MDC Astronautics Company . In 1989 he moved to McDonnell Aircraft Company as the Vice President and General Manager of the F - 15 Eagle , program leading that international fighter program as it built new aircraft for the US , Saudis , and Israelis , supported offshore assembly in Japan , and supported US , Saudi and Israeli Eagles in operation all around the world . By this time , MDC has surpassed GD as the nation ’ s largest defense contractor . In 1990 , Jayne became President of McDonnell Douglas Missile Systems Company . There , he inherited five major firm fixed price development programs and a near term loss potential of over $ 200 million . Three years later , these contracts had all been restructured or completed , and Missile Systems was a highly profitable operation . In 1993 , Jayne was recruited to Insituform Mid - America ( IMA ) as President and Chief Operating Officer . The late 1994 merger of IMA and Instituform Technologies led Jayne to his present position at Heidrick & Struggles . Current career . During the time Randy Jayne has been at Heidrick & Struggles , he has conducted searches for CEO ’ s , Presidents , other senior executives , Board Members for a wide variety of public , private and not - for - profit organizations , and writing articles for leadership organizations . At Heidrick & Struggles , he is the senior member of the firm ’ s industry - leading global Aerospace , Defense & Aviation Practice and is also a member of the CEO & Board Practice and the Higher Education Practice . His search practice includes corporate clients in both aerospace and technology . In addition , he has recruited US National Laboratory CEO ’ s , University Presidents , and Deans of Engineering . From 2001 to August , 2013 , Jayne served on the corporate Board of Directors of CAE , Inc . , ( NYSE and TSE symbol CAE ) the world leader in aircraft flight simulators , airline pilot training , and modeling and simulation . At CAE , he served on the Corporate Governance Committee . Since 2002 , Jayne has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Defense Analysis ( IDA ) in Alexandria , Virginia , the prestigious independent research and analysis organization chartered by the Office of the Secretary Defense ( OSD ) over fifty years ago . IDA conducts major studies and analysis for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , the National Security Agency , and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy . He chairs the IDA Nominating and Governance Committee . Jayne is a member of the USAFA Endowment Founding Board of Directors and of the Board of Trustees of the Falcon Foundation at the Air Force Academy . Jayne has been a guest lecturer and seminar participant at the three service academies , the National Defense University , and the three services ’ war colleges and intermediate service schools . He is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum , and the Board of Directors of the Northern Virginia Technology Council ( NVTC ) . In 2009 , Jayne was elected to the Board of Directors of the White House Fellows Association and Foundation in Washington , DC . He continues to be an active participant in a variety of defense and national security affairs activities . He was a member of the Director of Central Intelligence ’ s National Security Advisory Panel at Central Intelligence Agency from 1995 to its dissolution in 2005 , serving three DCI ’ s , James Woolsey , John Deutch , and George Tenet . In 1995 , Jayne served as a senior consultant and advisor to Dr . John P . White and the Presidential Commission on Roles and Missions in the Armed Forces , taking a leadership role on a number of key issues put forth by that group . In 1996 , he was appointed by President Bill Clinton to the five person Advisory Board on Arms Proliferation Policy Personal life . Randy Jayne and his wife Nancy K Jayne , reside in Webster Groves , Missouri and Sanibel , Florida . They have two adult children , Kathryn and Matthew , and two grandchildren .