Col (Ret) Erin Staine-Pyne is the Director of the Front Range Consortium. She was previously the Deputy Chief of Staff, NORAD and USNORTHCOM. As the Deputy Chief of Staff, she was responsible for integrating planning and operations for homeland defense.

Staine-Pyne received her commission after graduating from the US Air Force Academy in 1998. A command pilot with more than 3,500 hours in the C-130 E/H and C-17A,  she served as the Wing Commander of the 62nd Airlift Wing, the Senior Military Assistant to the Under Secretary of the Air Force, and as a Military Fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations.  

Staine-Pyne is a distinguished graduate of the United States Air Force Weapons School, earned a Masters Degree in Public Administration from University of Colorado Denver, and a Masters Degree in National Security Strategy from National War College.