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Chief Master Sergeant Sandra Wellman

Chief Master Sergeant Sandra H. Wellman serves as Career Field Manager for Air Force Bands, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington D.C. She is the principal advisor the Director of Public Affairs and Air Staff leadership on all Air Force Band enlisted and functional inquiries. She leads/strategizes career field health, policy, accessions, manpower, personnel actions, force development, deployments and professional growth to inspire, guide and support over 600 Airmen.

Prior to entering the Air Force in 2001, Chief Wellman was a sought-after guest artist, clinician, and music educator throughout Texas. Her Air Force background includes various assignments with the Air Force Bands, Professional Military Education and the Air Force Inspector General at bases in Texas, United Arab Emirates and Germany. She has deployed in support of Operations: INHERENT RESOLVE, FREEDOM’S SENTINEL, SPARTAN SHIELD and COMBINED JOINT TASK FORCE – HORN OF AFRICA.  

Prior to her current position, Chief Wellman was the A-Staff and Wing Staff Agency Senior Enlisted Leader, 502d Air Base Wing, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.  
 

EDUCATION 

1998 Bachelor of Music, Clarinet Performance, Magna Cum Laude, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas  

2000 Master of Music, Clarinet Performance, Summa Cum Laude, Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, Texas  

2005 Airman Leadership School, Kelly Air Force Base, Texas 

2008 Associate Degree in fine and applied Art-Music, Community College of the Air Force 

2012 Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Kapaun Air Station, Germany 

2012 Enlisted Professional Military Education Instructor Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala.  

2013 Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education, by distance learning  

2013 Associate Degree in Instructor of Technology & Military Science, Community College of the Air Force  

2015 Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Course 14, by distance learning 

2016 Professional Managers Certificate, Community College of the Air Force, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 

2016 Masters of Education, Educational Leadership and Curriculum Design, Summa Cum Laude, Oklahoma University, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma  

2017 Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education II, by distance 

2019 Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 

2019 USAF Continuous Process Improvement Black Belt Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 

2020 Women in Leadership Executive Certificate, University of Notre Dame, Indiana 

2022 Chief Leadership Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala.    

 

 ASSIGNMENTS 

1. August - October 2001, Trainee, Basic Military Training, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas 

2. October 2001 - July 2009, Regional Band Journeyman, Clarinet, Band of the West, Lackland AFB, Texas 

3. July 2009 - July 2012, Music Performance Team NCOIC, United States Air Forces in Europe Band, Ramstein AB, Germany  

4. July 2012 - February 2016, Senior Flight Instructor, Kisling Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Kapaun Air Station, Germany 

5. February 2016 - August 2016, Commandant Support Superintendent, Kisling NCOA, Kapaun AS, Germany 

6. August 2016 - April 2018, Operations Section Chief, Band of the West, JBSA-Lackland AFB 

(April - October 2018, Superintendent and Director of Inspections, Inspector General, 380th Air  

        Expeditionary Wing, Al Dhafra Air Base) 

7. November 2018 - October 2020, Superintendent, Band of the West, JBSA-Lackland AFB  

8. October 2020 - July 2021, Vice-Commandant, Robert D. Gaylor Noncommissioned Officer Academy, JBSA-Lackland AFB 

9. July 2021 – December 2023, Senior Enlisted Leader, Band of the West, JBSA-Lackland AFB  

10. February 2023 – June 2024, Senior Enlisted Leader, Wing Staff Agency, JBSA-Lackland AFB 

11. January 2024 – June 2024, Senior Enlisted Leader, A-Staff, JBSA-Lackland AFB

12. June 2024 – present, AF Band Career Field Manager, Secretary of the Air Force, Office of Public Affairs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington D.C.

 

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS 

Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters  

Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters 

Air Force Achievement Medal with three oak leaf clusters 

Humanitarian Service Medal 

Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal with bronze star 

 

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS 

2004 USAF Band of the West Airman of the Year  

2013 HQ USAFE Tuskegee Airman “SMSgt BarBour” Award 

2013 HQ USAFE Command Section NCO of the Year 

2015 Kisling Lance P Sijan Award, Junior Enlisted  

2018 380th Air Expeditionary Wing SNCO of the Quarter, July - September  

2019 Distinguished Graduate, Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy  

2019 Presidential National Medal of the Arts  

2019 USAF Band of the West SNCO of the Year 

2020 Wing Staff Agency Lance P. Sijan Award, Senior Enlisted  

2021 Air Education and Training Command Master Instructor Badge  

2022 Wing Staff Agency Team of the Year  

2023 The Colonel George S. Howard Citation for Musical Excellence

 

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION 

Chief Master Sergeant   November 2021 

 

(Current as of August 2024)