Major General Anderson is a member of the United States Army Reserve and is currently serving as the subcommittee chair for the RFPB's Subcommittee on Supporting and Sustaining Reserve Component Personnel (Personnel Subcommittee).  

Major General Anderson has commanded at the Company level through General Officer.  She has also served in a variety of staff positions at Battalion, Brigade, and Division level to include S-1, S-3, S-4, and G-1, as well as an Assistant Division G-3.  In July 2005, she assumed Command of the 6th Brigade, 95th Division (Institutional Training), where she was responsible for the 95th Division (Institutional Training) Drill Sergeant School located at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, as well as the conduct of Intermediate Level Education (ILE) and Combined Arms Exercise courses for officer professional development over an eight state area.  In June 2006, General Anderson was appointed acting Assistant Division Commander-Operations for the 95th Division (Institutional Training) in Oklahoma City, OK.  In April 2007, she was confirmed for promotion to Brigadier General and in October 2007, assumed command of the 85th Support Command (Regional Support Group West), Arlington Heights, Ill., which supports the collective training efforts of First Army.  General Anderson was later named Deputy Commanding General-Support of First Army West.  She assumed responsibility as Deputy Commander of the U.S. Army Human Resources Command 1 October 2010.  On 01 October 2011, General Anderson was promoted to Major General.  Major General Anderson is currently assigned as the Deputy Chief, Army Reserve (IMA) and has recently returned to active duty to lead the Total Army Personnel Integration Task Force.  A Task Force developed to assist the Assistant Secretary of the Army Manpower & Reserve Affairs (ASA M&RA) with improving policies, processes and procedures to create an integrated total force that fully leverages Human Capital capabilities and resources.

Her military education includes the Adjutant General Basic and Advance courses, Basic and Intermediate Government Auditing, Command and General Staff College Course, Advanced Joint Professional Military Education, Capstone, and the United States Army War College, where she was awarded a Masters Degree in Strategic Studies. General Anderson has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Creighton University and a Juris Doctor degree from Rutgers University School of Law. Her military awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit (with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster), Meritorious Service Medal (with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Parachutist Badge, and Physical Fitness Badge.

As a citizen-Soldier, General Anderson is employed by the United States Courts, where she serves as the Clerk of Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Wisconsin, located in Madison, WI.  She is married to Amos Anderson.
(Current as of Dec 2014)