| Wendy Lee Motlong Masiello | |
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Major General Wendy M. Masiello |
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| Born | Lubbock, Texas |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service/branch | This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Air Force. |
| Years of service | 1980 – present |
| Rank | Major General (United States) |
| Commands held |
95th Air Base Wing, Edwards Air Force Base, California |
| Awards |
Legion of Merit [1] |
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.[2]
Masiello is a 1976 graduate of Lubbock's Monterey High School,[3] where she was a member of the University Interscholastic League Mathematics Team and the National Honor Society and treasurer of the French Club.[4] 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.[5]
Major General Wendy Masiello outranks her husband Thomas Joseph "Tom" Masiello, an Air Force brigadier general.[6] The couple has two sons, who are also in the Air Force.