Wendy M. Masiello

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Wendy Lee Motlong Masiello (born 1958 in Lubbock, Texas) is, as of 2007, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Contracting, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, based in the nation's capital. As a major general (O-8), she is one of the highest-ranking women in the United States Department of Defense.Masiello is a 1976 graduate of Lubbock's Monterey High School, where she was a member of the University Interscholastic League Mathematics Team and the National Honor Society and treasurer of the French Club. Masiello is a 1980 marketing alumna of Texas Tech University's Rawls College of Business. She received her commission from Texas Tech's Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) at time of graduation. Her involvement with the Air Force had begun earlier as a member of Angel Flight, a student organization which supported Air Force ROTC at Texas Tech. In addition to training at various military schools, she obtained a master of science from Air Force Institute of Technology at Ohio's Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in 1984 and a second master of science from National Defense University in 1999.