Fabian Lobera Takes the CEO Role at CMP

Gunfire Magazine · October 13, 2026 · 2 min read

Fabian Lobera was named to take over as chief executive of the Civilian Marksmanship Program effective October 1, according to the organization’s September 30 leadership update. Jerry O’Keefe continues as executive chairman of the board. Lobera previously served as CMP’s chief operating officer.

The update describes Lobera as a certified public accountant and George Mason University graduate with more than 30 years of finance, operations and business leadership experience. It also identifies his earlier service on the CMP board and his collegiate national championship background in skeet and trap.

A succession announcement provides a clear point in an organization’s timeline, but it does not establish how every program will change. It would be premature to assign a new strategy to an incoming executive unless that strategy has been stated. The strongest immediate reporting identifies the role, effective date and reporting structure, then follows actual decisions as they occur.

For competitors and partner organizations, continuity is likely to be a central question: which established commitments continue, where current policies are published and who is responsible for particular programs. Those questions can be answered through future official communications rather than assumptions about a person’s résumé. Gunfire has not interviewed Lobera or O’Keefe for this piece. Our interpretation is that separating executive management from board leadership is an institutional development worth tracking in its own right. Readers should distinguish the organization’s account of its leadership experience from independent evaluation of performance. The useful follow-up will be evidence of decisions and outcomes over time, not a prediction based solely on the announcement. This report records the transition with its actual September source date and October effective date.

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