BIO
Major Nicholas Mercurio, USAF, is an active duty Public Affairs Officer currently assigned as an Air Force Institute of Technology graduate student at George Mason University pursuing a master’s degree in strategic communication. He was awarded the 2017-2018 Lt. Col. William Schroeder Memorial Award for Excellence in Strategic Communication by the George Mason University College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Prior to this assignment he was Director, 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) and Joint Functional Component Command for Space Public Affairs.