Heather Wilson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Heather Wilson
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Dec 30, 1960(1960-12-30)
Age	64
Birthplace	Keene
Country	United States
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Heather Wilson Biography

Heather Wilson is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on December 30, 1960 in Keene, United States. Wilson was the first woman elected to New Mexico’s legislature since Georgia Lusk, in the 1940s. Wilson was a member the Republican Main Street Partnership, which is a coalition centrist Republican leaders. Wilson has been featured on HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher.

Wilson was a member of the United States Air Force from 1989 to 1989. She was then selected to be the director for European Defense Policy and Arms Control at the National Security Council staff. This is “the President’s primary forum for discussing national security and foreign policies matters with his senior national-security advisors and cabinet members.” The Council was established by President Truman to provide advice and assistance to the President regarding national security and foreign policy matters. The President’s main arm, the Council, coordinates these policies between various government agencies. She was a Republican President George H. W. Bush’s secretary of state. Her principal responsibilities were to guide the U.S. position regarding the Conventional Forces in Europe negotiations (CFE), and NATO affairs during periods of the fall of Berlin Wall and collapse of Warsaw Pact.

After leaving government in 1991, Wilson founded Keystone International, Inc. in Albuquerque, New Mexico to promote business development in the United States and Russia.

In 1995, Governor Gary Johnson appointed Wilson to be Cabinet Secretary for Children Youth & Families Department, New Mexico, a $200 million state agency with 2,000 employees, where she led efforts to: reform child welfare laws; modernize the juvenile justice system; and improve early childhood education. This position led her to take an intense interest in Medicare and Medicaid and the ways in which the system can be improved to ensure the health of the American people and the American healthcare industry. Under her leadership, the department opened a juvenile work camp and a secure facility for young, non-violent offenders. It eliminated the wait for state-subsidized child care, revamped the foster care program and made adoptions faster. She also was an architect and the chief lobbyist for the governor’s education agenda, including a law allowing charter schools, annual testing, and more budget authority for local school boards.

The United States Air Force Academy started admitting women in Wilson’s junior year at Keene High School, Keene (New Hampshire). She applied for the Academy and was elected. She was the first female to command basic training at the Academy and the first female Vice Wing Commander. In 1982, she graduated as a Distinguished Graduand (magna cum-laude equivalent). Wilson was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University and received an M.Phil. as well as a D.Phil. International Relations by 1985

Heather Wilson Net Worth

Heather Wilson is one of the richest Politician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Heather Wilson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Wilson was born in Keene on December 30, 1960. She is the daughter of Martha Lou (a nurse) and George Douglas Wilson (“Doug”) Wilson, a commercial pilot who was also a member of Experimental Aircraft Association. Wilson was surrounded by aviation as a child and wanted to be able to fly like her grandfather and father before her. Her paternal grandparents were Scottish. George Gordon “Scotty” Wilson was her grandfather. He flew in World War I for the Royal Air Force and then emigrated to America in 1922. He was a barnstormer in the 1920s and 30s, and an airport operator in the 1930s. He was a pilot in World War II, and he founded the New Hampshire Civil Air Patrol as Wing Commander. After high school, her father began flying at the age of 13 and enlisted in United States Air Force.

Heather Ann Wilson, born December 30, 1960, is the President of University of Texas at El Paso. From 2017 to 2019, she was the 24th Secretary for the United States Air Force. From 2013 to 2017, Wilson was president of South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City. She was also the first female combat veteran to be elected to a full term of Congress. From 1998 to 2009, she was a Republican representative in the United States House of Representatives of New Mexico’s 1st district.

In 1990, Oxford University Press published her book, International Law and the Use of Force by National Liberation Movements, which won the 1988 Paul Reuter Prize of the International Committee of the Red Cross. The Paul Reuter Prize is awarded for a major work in the sphere of international humanitarian law. Wilson won the second Reuter prize ever awarded.

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Wilson had a somewhat easier time in 2002, defeating State Senate President Pro Tem Richard M. Romero by 10 points.

Facts & Trivia

Heather Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Heather Wilson celebrates birthday on December 30 of every year.

On January 21, 2004, legislation was introduced by Congressman Fred Upton to increase the fines and penalties for violating the prohibitions against the broadcast of obscene, indecent, or profane language. On February 11, 2004, the United States House Energy Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet held a hearing on the bill, at which representatives of the Federal Communications Commission, major broadcasting corporations, and the National Football League testified. During the hearing, Wilson denounced Karmazin saying, “You knew what you were doing. You knew what kind of entertainment you’re selling, and you wanted us all to be abuzz, here in this room and on the playground in my kids’ school, because it improves your ratings. It improves your market share, and it lines your pockets.” The bill, H.R. 3717, passed the House of Representatives on March 26, 2004 by a vote of 391–22–1.

Top Facts about Heather Wilson

1. Heather Wilson is an American academic administrator born in 1960.
2. She served as the Secretary of the US Air Force from 2017-2019.
3. Wilson was a Republican member of Congress from New Mexico.
4. She graduated from the US Air Force Academy in 1982.
5. Wilson earned her PhD in international relations at Oxford University.
6. She was the president of South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.
7. Wilson is a Rhodes Scholar and former National Security Council staffer.
8. She was also a consultant for defense contractors before entering politics.
9. During her time in Congress, she focused on national security issues.
10. In 2020, she became President of The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP).