Andrea D. Tullos

Andrea D. Tullos is a retired Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force and senior national security leader with more than three decades of leading large, complex organizations in global, high-risk environments.  

She recently as served as Commander and President of Air University, where she led the Air Force’s intellectual and leadership enterprise, overseeing the delivery of professional military educations to over 170,000 officers, enlisted, and civilian practitioners annually, while directing the Air Force Chief of Staff’s standing think tank and research task force and serving as the Air and Space Force's execution arm for both Title 10 and educational wargaming and experimentation.  

Across her career, General Tullos commanded five Air Force units from the squadron to numbered Air Force level in the homeland and under combat conditions overseas. She held senior policy and strategy roles at the Pentagon, the Joint Staff, and in U.S. Pacific Command where she leveraged extensive experience in strategic competition, mission assurance, and institutional governance, with depth across the Middle East, lndo-Pacific, and European regions.  

General Tullos is widely recognized as a humble, credible leader who builds successful teams by positively shaping organizational culture, prioritizing leadership development, and aligning education and talent systems with long-term national security objectives. Her work consistently prepared leaders to successfully operate under pressure in conditions marked by uncertainty and rapid change.  

She holds multiple advanced academic degrees, is a National Defense Fellow, a graduate of the FBI National Academy, a decorated combat veteran, and was inducted into the Order Of the Sword for her longstanding contributions to the development of the Air Force's enlisted corps.  

General Tullos entered the Air Force as a multi-sport Division I athlete from the University of Virginia and remains a fierce believer in the universal power of sports to provide the foundation for success in any endeavor. She shares her lessons from the fields of friendly strife and passion for achieving success to individuals and organizations worldwide.