Paul Avella '08

State Representative
Second Middlesex District

Paul's Background

  • Native New Englander, grew up in Smithfield, Rhode Island
  • Married: Cynthia
  • Three Daughters
  • Four Grandchildren
  • Colonel (Retired), United States Air Force

    • Has held extensive and wide-ranging senior executive-level leadership and strategic planning positions in operations; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; maintenance; budget development and acquisition programs.

    Municipal Service

  • Littleton School Committee, Vice Chairman.
  • Permanent Municipal Building Committee Member

    • Career

  • Senior Manager, Program Management - Raytheon Corporation, Marlborough, MA
  • Chief, Operating Location - Air Force Command & Control Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center. Hanscom Air Force Base, MA
  • Commander, 502nd Air Operations Group, Hickam Air Force Base, HI
  • Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (South) Naples, Italy
  • Deputy Chief, Flight Operations Division, Langley Air Force Base, VA
  • Chief, Conventional Operations and Training Branch, Langley Air Force Base, VA
  • Chief, Security Assistance Branch, Langley Air Force Base, VA
  • Commander, 35th Fighter Squadron, Kunsan Air Base, ROK
  • Chief, Wing Exercise and Evaluations, Kunsan Air Base, ROK
  • National Defense Fellow, The Ohio State University
  • Flight Commander, 312 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, Luke Air Force Base, AZ
  • Nuclear Weapons Crew Chief

    • Education

  • National Defense Fellow, The Ohio State University
  • MA, Human Resource Management, Pepperdine University
  • BS, Business Management, University of Maryland, Cum Laude

    • Military Awards & Decorations

  • Defense Superior Performance Medal
  • Legion of Merit x2
  • Bronze Star
  • Defense Meritorious Service Medal x3
  • Meritorious Service Medal x4
  • USAF Commendation Medal x3
  • USAF Aerial Achievement Medal x2
  • USAF Achievement Medal

    • Affiliations

  • Massachusetts Association of School Committees
  • Air Force Association
  • Military Officers Association
  • American Legion
  • Daedalians
  • Rotary International