MICHELLE S. LOWESOLIS

Michelle S. LoweSolis, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is Assistant Deputy Under Secretary, Management and Assistant Deputy Chief Management Officer, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Virginia. She is responsible for improving the effectiveness and efficiency of Air Force business operations. She advises Air Force senior leadership on establishing strategic performance goals and managing Air Force-wide cross-functional activities to meet those goals. She also serves as the Air Force’s Assistant Director of Business Transformation, overseeing implementation of continuous process improvement initiatives Air Force wide.

Ms. LoweSolis has served in numerous force support positions. Her career includes an assignment at the Air Force Personnel Center as the Chief of Future Systems. In that position, she established the electronic Official Personnel Folder for civilians. She became the Chief of Personnel Strategic Plans at the Pentagon, where she obtained Program Objective Memorandum dollars to support civilian force shaping, the stabilization of Military Personnel Data System, and transformation of personnel service delivery. She also centralized NAF payroll while serving as Director, NAF Transformation at the AF Services Agency. Before moving into her current position in 2016, she was the Director of Plans and Integration, Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower and Personnel, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Virginia.

EDUCATION
1984 Bachelor of Science degree in in business administration and management, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas
2003 GS-15 Leadership Course, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2007 Master of Business Administration degree, American University, Washington, D.C.

CAREER CHRONOLOGY
1. 1985 - February 1993, classification specialist and Chief, Personnel Systems Management, 6570th Air Base Group, Brooks AFB, Texas
2. February 1993 - November 1993, Chief, Personnel Systems, 12th Mission Support Group, Randolph AFB, Texas
3. November 1993 - May 1995, Chief, Directorate of Personnel, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Randolph AFB, Texas
4. June 1995 - January 2000, Chief, Future Systems, Civilian Personnel Operations Directorate, Headquarters Air Force Personnel Center, Randolph AFB, Texas
5. January 2000 - May 2003, Chief, Personnel Strategic Plans, Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower and Personnel, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Va.
6. May 2003 - November 2004, Chief, Customer Service Transformation, Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower and Personnel, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Va.
7. November 2004 - August 2005, Deputy Chief, Personnel Services Delivery, Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower and Personnel, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Va.
8. August 2005 - May 2007, graduate student, American University, Washington, D.C.
9. June 2007 - May 2008, Director, NAF Transformation, Headquarters Air Force Services Agency, San Antonio, Texas
10. May 2008 - May 2012, Director, Civilian Force Integration, Headquarters Air Force Personnel Center, Randolph AFB, Texas
11. May 2012 – Oct 2016, Director of Plans and Integration, Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower and Personnel, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Va.
12. Oct 2016 – present, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary, Management and Assistant Deputy Chief Management Officer, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Va.

AWARDS AND HONORS

1992 Air Force Civilian Personnel Specialist of the Year
1996 and 2008 Exemplary Civilian Service Award
1997 Air Force Action Officer of the Year
2000 Air Staff Senior Personnel Manager of the Year
2000 and 2010 Meritorious Civilian Service Award
2001 Air Force Civilian Personnel Manager of the Year

(Current as of July 2017)