Maj Gen Zuehlke has over 32 years of national security experience as a Major General for the Air Force Reserve. She retired in 2017 as an Air Force Reserve Major General, who served as the Mobilization Assistant (MA) to the Commander, 24th Air Force, Air Forces Cyber at Joint Base Lackland, TX. The 24th Air Force’s mission is to operate, extend and defend the Air Force Information Network, defend key mission systems, and provide full spectrum cyberspace capabilities for the joint warfighter in, through and from cyberspace. She also served as a member of the Reserve Military Intelligence General Officer Steering Committee, reporting to the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Since March 2016, she has been a Board member of the Reserve Forces Policy Board, which serves as an independent advisor to the Secretary of Defense on Reserve and National Guard matters. As a civilian, she was the President and CEO of a software engineering firm prior to starting her current company providing cyber security consulting services. She also participates in the San Diego Cyber Center of Excellence’s efforts to secure the city’s critical infrastructure and the San Diego Mayor’s Cyber Cup Challenge for high school and middle school students.

General Zuehlke was commissioned through the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1983. After completing an East-West fellowship, she served as the Air Force Chief of Staff’s Northeast Asia Analyst. She has held a variety of leadership positions including Individual Mobilization Augmentee (IMA) to the Director of Intelligence, 13th Air Force; IMA to the Commander Pacific Air Intelligence Squadron; IMA to the Deputy Director of Intelligence, Air Combat Command and as the MA to the Commander, U.S. Cyber Command, Director, National Security Agency, Chief Central Security Service.

EDUCATION

1983 Bachelor of Science degree in International Affairs, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.

1985 Master of Arts degree in Asian Studies, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii

1989 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.

1997 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence

2003 Air War College, by correspondence

2010 Leadership Enhancement Program, Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC

ASSIGNMENTS

1. June 1985 – December 1985, Intelligence Officers Course, Lowry AFB, Colo.
2. December 1985 – January 1987, Air Staff Watch Officer, Headquarters Air Force Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C.
3. February 1987 – February 1990, China/Korea/Japan Analyst to the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Headquarters Air Force, Washington, D.C.
4. February 1990 – February 1992, nuclear, chemical, biological terrorism analyst, Defense Intelligence Agency, Bolling AFB, Washington, D.C. and member of the Iraq-Kuwait Crisis Team, U.S. State Department, Washington, D.C.
5. February 1992 – October 1996, wargamer, College of Aerospace Doctrine, Research and Education CADRE, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
6. November 1996 – September 1997, analyst, Expeditionary Warfare Division, Joint Intelligence Center Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
7. October 1997 – September 2000, Deputy Production Manager, Production Manager and Deputy Commander Air Force Element, Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
8. October 2000 – September 2002, individual mobilization augmentee to Director of Intelligence, 13th Air Force, Andersen AFB, Guam
9. October 2002 – September 2006, individual mobilization augmentee to the Commander, Air Intelligence Squadron, Pacific Air Forces, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
10. October 2006 – May 2009, individual mobilization augmentee to the Deputy Director of Intelligence, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va.
11. June 2009 – September 2011, mobilization assistant to the Deputy Chief, Central Security Service, National Security Agency, Fort George G. Meade, Md.
12. October 2011 - present, mobilization assistant to the Commander, U.S. Cyber Command, Director, National Security Agency, and Chief, Central Security Service, Fort George G. Meade, Md.
13. October 2015 - June 2017, Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, 24th Air Force, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas
14.  Retired 2017

SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS

1. February 1990 – February 1992, nuclear, chemical, biological terrorism analyst, Defense Intelligence Agency, Bolling AFB, Washington, D.C. and member of the Iraq-Kuwait Crisis Team, U.S. State Department, Washington, D.C. as a captain
2. November 1996 – September 1997, analyst, Expeditionary Warfare Division, Joint Intelligence Center Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, as a major
3. October 1998 – September 2000, Deputy Production Manager, Production Manager and Deputy Commander Air Force Element, Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, as a major
4. June 2009 – September 2011, mobilization assistant to the Deputy Chief, Central Security Service, National Security Agency, Fort George G. Meade, Md., as a colonel and brigadier general
5. October 2011 - present, mobilization assistant to the Commander, U.S. Cyber Command, Director, National Security Agency, and Chief, Central Security Service, Fort George G. Meade, Md. as a brigadier general

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(Current as of Mar 2018)