Michelle D. Johnson

Major General Michelle D. Johnson is the Director, Strategy, Policy, Programs and Logistics, U.S. Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base. She was formerly the deputy director of the Joint Staff's War on Terrorism, Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate at the Pentagon. As an air force cadet, she was the first woman to serve as Cadet Wing Commander (the senior ranking cadet) at the United States Air Force Academy. Johnson is an alumna of Girls State and is a distinguished graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in operations research in 1981. As a first class (senior) cadet, Johnson served as the Cadet Wing Commander—the senior ranking cadet at the Academy. She was the first woman to...