Linda J. Stierle, American military officer. Decorated Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, Meritorious Service medal with 3 oak leaf clusters, Distinguished Service Medal United States Air Force. Member American Society Association Executives, Society Air Force Nurses, American Organization of Nurse Executives, Maryland Nurses Association, Sigma Theta Tau.
Education
Bachelor of science in nursing magna cum laude, Incarnate Word College, 1978. Graduate, Air Command and Staff College, 1980. MSN with honors, University California, San Francisco, 1983.
Graduate, Air War College, 1986. Graduate Interagy. Institute Healthcare Executives, George Washington University, 1993. Graduate CAPSTONE, National Defense University, 1996.
Career
Commissioned 2d. lieutenant United States Air Force, 1970, advanced through grades to brigadier general, 1995. Staff nurse medical unit Wiesbaden (West Germany) United States Air Force Medical Center, 1974-1976, assistant charge nurse surgical unit, 1976. Charge nurse female medical unit David Grant United States Air Force Medical Center, Travis Air Force Base, California, 1978-1981, education coordinator department nursing, 1981.
Division chief, senior management consultant management strategies/education director Leadership and Management Development Center, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, 1984-1986. Assistant chairman department nursing David Grant United States Air Force Medical Center, Travis Air Force Base, 1986-1988. Chief nurse 48th Tactical Fighter Wing Hospital, Royal Air Force, Lakenheath, England, 1988-1990.
Deputy chief division nursing Wilford Hall United States Air Force Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, 1991-1993. Command nurse Office of Command Surgeon Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, 1993-1995. Director nursing svds.
Office of Air Force Surgeon General, Bolling Air Force Base, District of Columbia, 1995, director Medical Readiness Doctrine and Planning and Nursing Services, 1995—1999. Chief Executive Officer American Nurses Association, Washington, since 2000.
Membership
Member American Society Association Executives, Society Air Force Nurses, American Organization of Nurse Executives, Maryland Nurses Association, Sigma Theta Tau.