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Female Physicians Leadership Course to encourage From June 2013 to mid 2014, she was director of the
diversity, retain women physicians, and give military Air Force Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Of­
women the skills they need to succeed in senior lead­ fice, Office of the Vice Chief of Staff, Headquarters US
ership roles. Today, it is an annual standalone, 3­day Air Force, Washington, DC, before retiring at the end
course, training more than 100 women military physi­ of 2014.
cians each year. Her advice to attendees: “As a leader,
you have to be willing to make change happen. Lead­
ership should make you uncomfortable; it’s not for the GENERAL DANA BORN
weak of heart because it takes courage, self­knowledge,
and skill.” GENERAL DANA BORN is a distin­
guished 1983 graduate of the US Air
Dr Bono received her bachelor’s degree from the Univer­ Force Academy with a degree in be­
sity of Texas, Austin, her master of business administra­ havioral sciences. She holds a master
tion from Washington State University (Spokane, WA), of science degree in experimental psy­
and her medical degree from Texas Tech Health Sciences chology from Trinity University in San
Center (Lubbock, TX). She completed her surgical in­ Antonio, Texas, a master of arts de­
ternship and residency at the Naval Medical Center gree in research psychology from the
(Portsmouth, VA) and performed a trauma and critical University of Melbourne, Australia,
care fellowship at the Eastern Virginia Graduate School and a doctor of philosophy degree in industrial and or­
of Medicine (Norfolk, VA).
ganizational psychology from Pennsylvania State
University.

MARGARET H. WOODWARD Brig. Gen. Dana H. Born was the first female dean of
faculty at the US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs,
MARGARET H. WOODWARD is an Colorado. She commanded the 700­member Dean of
American former military officer and the Faculty mission element and oversaw the annual de­
major general in the US Air Force. As sign and instruction of more than 500 undergraduate
commander of the 17th Air Force and courses for 4,000 cadets in 32 academic disciplines. She
US Air Forces Africa, Ramstein Air also directed the operation of five support staff agencies
Base, Germany, she was responsible and faculty resources involving more than $250 million.
for all US air actions that involved Af­ Following her tours as an exchange officer with the
rica. In March 2011, she commanded Royal Australian Air Force and assistant professor at
the air component of the US contribu­
tion to the no­fly zone over Libya, sanctioned by the the US Air Force Academy, she completed her doctor
of philosophy degree in industrial and organizational
United Nations, making her the first woman to oversee psychology from Pennsylvania State University. General
a US combat air campaign. In 1982, Woodward gradu­ Born’s staff assignments include assistant director for re­
ated from Arizona State University and joined the US cruiting research and analysis in the Office of Assistant
Air Force the year after. For most of her career she flew Secretary of Defense for Force Management Policy, aide
aerial refueling aircraft such as the Boeing KC­135 Stra­ to the Secretary of the Air Force, and Deputy Chief of
totanker, though she also has experience in the Boeing the Personnel Issues Team in the Office of the Deputy
C­40 Clipper, the C­37 military version of the Gulfst­ Chief of Staff for Personnel. She commanded the 11th
ream G550, and the T­37 and T­38 trainers. She was Mission Support Squadron at Bolling AFB, Washing­
involved in the US invasion of Panama, Operation Al­ ton, DC, providing personnel, education and training,
lied Force, Operations Northern and Southern Watch, and family support to service members in the National
Operation Enduring Freedom, and missions during the Capital Region and around the world. Prior to her cur­
Iraq War.
rent assignment, the general was a permanent profes­
In 2007, she became commander of the 89th Airlift sor and head of the US Air Force Academy’s Behavioral
Wing, which includes responsibility for Air Force One, Sciences and Leadership Department. She is currently a
and in June 2010, she became commander of the Sev­ public policy lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School of
enteenth Air Force, the US Air Force branch of the US Government.
Africa Command. As such, she was the operational
commander for the US involvement in the 2011 mili­
tary intervention in Libya, dubbed Operation Odyssey
Dawn, before command of the whole operation was
transferred to NATO.

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