Wendy M. Masiello
Wendy Lee Motlong Masiello (born 1958 in Lubbock, Texas) retired as a lieutenant general in the United States Air Force on May 24, 2017. From May 2014 to May 24, 2017, she was the director of the Defense Contract Management Agency, based in Fort Lee, Virginia. Biography. 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. Masiello has held a variety of systems acquisition roles, including principal contracting officer for surveillance and  reconnaissance systems, weapon systems and test ranges. She was an assistant professor at the Air Force Institute of Technology and executive director for the National Reconnaissance Office inspector general. She has also served several staff, tours, including deputy director of plans and programs, and director of contracting at two systems acquisition centers. Masiello commanded the 95th Air Base Wing, and from July 2005 through January 2006, she deployed to Iraq as principal assistant for contracting forces in Iraq/Afghanistan. Her responsibilities included contracting and acquisition support to forces in both countries, security transition support in Afghanistan, and humanitarian relief following  the Pakistani earthquake. Prior to her current assignment, she was program executive officer for combat and mission support. Lieutenant General Wendy Masiello is married to Thomas Joseph "Tom" Masiello, a retired Air Force major general. The couple have two sons, who are also in the Air Force.