Wendy Lee Motlong Masiello (born 1958 in Lubbock, Texas

Lubbock, Texas

Lubbock is a city in and the county seat of Lubbock County, Texas, United States. The city is located in the northwestern part of the state, a region known historically as the Llano Estacado, and the home of Texas Tech University and Lubbock Christian University...

) is, as of 2007, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Contracting, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force

United States Air Force

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 for Acquisition, based in the nation's capital. As a major general

Major General

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 (O-8), she is one of the highest-ranking women in the United States Department of Defense

United States Department of Defense

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Masiello is a 1976 graduate of Lubbock's Monterey High School

Monterey High School (Lubbock, Texas)

Monterey High School is a 5A high school located in central Lubbock, Texas, United States. Monterey is part of the Lubbock Independent School District. Established in 1955, Monterey was the third high school to be established in Lubbock, after Lubbock High School and Dunbar High School...

, where she was a member of the University Interscholastic League

University Interscholastic League

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 Mathematics

Mathematics

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 Team

Mathematics (UIL)

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 and the National Honor Society

National Honor Society

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 and treasurer

Treasurer

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 of the French Club

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. Masiello is a 1980 marketing

Marketing

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 alumna of Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University, often referred to as Texas Tech or TTU, is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Established on February 10, 1923, and originally known as Texas Technological College, it is the leading institution of the Texas Tech University System and has the...

's Rawls College of Business

Rawls College of Business

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. 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

Master of Science

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 from Air Force Institute of Technology

Air Force Institute of Technology

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 at Ohio

Ohio

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's Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

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 in 1984 and a second master of science from National Defense University

National Defense University

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 in 1999.

Major General Wendy Masiello outranks her husband Thomas Joseph "Tom" Masiello, an Air Force brigadier general

Brigadier General

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. The couple has two sons, who are also in the Air Force.