Mr. Bruce Hollywood

Mr. Bruce Hollywood, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is currently the Associate Chief Operations Officer of the United States Space Force, the Pentagon, Washington DC. In this capacity, he supports the Chief Operations Officer in execution of overall responsibility for Operations, Intelligence, Sustainment, Cyber and Nuclear Operations of the United States Space Force. He played a key role in the historic establishment of the United States Space Force as an independent Service in December 2019.

Prior to Space Force, Bruce was Assistant Deputy Director for Joint Strategy and Planning in the Joint Staff J5. His team led the development of the National Military Strategy, the Joint Strategic Campaign Plan, and the Global Campaign Plans. He worked with interagency partners across the government to strengthen whole-of-government approaches to National Security challenges.

Bruce was a Fellow in the first cohort of the White House Leadership Development Program. This Fellowship, sponsored by the Executive Office of the President, works to build enterprise leaders to tackle our Federal Government’s highest priority and highest impact challenges. His White House assignment was focused on improving service member and veteran mental health and suicide prevention services.

Bruce served 21 years in the United States Air Force in a wide range of operational, staff, and leadership positions and retired as a Colonel.