NCMA DC is honored to welcome Lt. Gen. Wendy Masiello (USAF, Ret.) as our speaker for the May meeting. General Masiello is the President-Elect of the National Contract Management Association (NCMA), a current member of the NCMA Board of Advisors, and holds CPCM and Fellow designations. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, May 10 at the Arts Club of Washington. Please note that dinner will not be served at this meeting. We will be offering heavy hors d’oeuvres instead.
WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THE TICKET PRICE? Your ticket price includes a networking half hour with complementary drinks and hors d’oeuvres and parking in the Arts Club garage (located off 20th street).
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Lt. Gen. Wendy M. Masiello (Ret.) is the President-Elect of NCMA and the former Director of the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA). As the Director, she led a Defense agency of more than 11,900 personnel who execute worldwide contract management responsibilities, covering more than 20,000 contractors and more than $2 trillion in contract value. Prior to becoming DCMA Director, she was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Contracting, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition.
General Masiello was commissioned in December 1980 as a distinguished graduate of the ROTC program at Texas Tech University. She 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.
General Masiello commanded an 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.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Business Administration degree in marketing, Texas Tech University
Master of Science degree in logistics management (contracting and manufacturing management), Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB
Distinguished graduate, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB
Distinguished graduate, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB
Distinguished graduate, Master of Science degree in national resource strategy, Industrial College of the Armed Forces
Joint and Combined Warfighting School, Joint Forces Staff College
Harvard Kennedy School’s Senior Managers in Government