Air Force CIO announces retirement

Venice Goodwine, the Department of the Air Force’s chief information officer, announced on Thursday that she is stepping down from her position after more than three decades of service across the federal government. 

In a LinkedIn post, Goodwine wrote that she would be retiring from federal service and added that “after years of tackling complex challenges, I'm looking forward to this period of rest and reflection.”

Federal News Network was the first to report Goodwine’s retirement and said that she would be leaving her role in mid-May.

Goodwine has served as the Air Force’s CIO since August 2023. In her role, Goodwine oversees a $17 billion portfolio and has worked to drive innovation across the military branch, including through the establishment of a 400-person Field Operating Agency to develop timely IT capabilities for the military branch’s 600,000 daily users.

In an interview for her receipt of a 2025 Federal 100 award, Goodwine said she was fortunate that the Air Force’s senior leaders “are focused on bringing cutting edge technology to the warfighter to improve lethality and readiness, eradicating duplicative IT spend, and making the right IT investments for the enterprise.”

She added that, across her federal service, “I was drawn to harnessing the power of information technology and helping my organizations leverage it to further their missions in support of our country.”

Prior to her role as the Air Force’s CIO, Goodwine also served as a senior cybersecurity officer and as director of enterprise IT for the AIr Force, as well as the chief information security officer for the Department of Agriculture, in addition to other roles across the government.