Guest Speaker - Brig Gen Michelle Hayworth

Brig. Gen. Michelle Hayworth is the Director of Command, Control, Communications and Cyber (C4) Systems, for U.S. Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Additionally, she is the USTRANSCOM Deputy Director for Cyberspace Operations. She is responsible for the planning, integration, operations, and maintenance of USTRANSCOM’s C4 systems, cyberspace operations and effects. She also serves as the command’s chief information officer, responsible for the investment strategy for all information technology resources.

Brig. Gen. Hayworth was commissioned through Officer Training School. She has held assignments on the Joint Staff, wing, major command and field operating agency level in Pacific Air Forces, U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa, Air Combat Command and Air Force Space Command.

EDUCATION

1992 Bachelor of Science, Mathematics, University of Nebraska, Omaha 

1996 Master of Arts, Computer Resources and Information Management, Webster University, St. Louis 

1997 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, by correspondence