Michelle Fraley

Michelle Fraley
Born Michelle Hernández
1962 (age 53–54)
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Education Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership
M.A. in International Relations and Affairs
MBA
B.Sc. in Foreign Languages
Alma mater University of Phoenix
Troy University
Nova Southeastern University
West Point Military Academy
Spouse(s) Tom Fraley

Military career

Allegiance United States United States of America
Service/branch United States Army
Years of service 1980–2014 (33–34 years)
Rank Colonel
Commands held DISA-Europe
Army Network Enterprise Technology Command
Warrior Transition Brigade
Other work Special Assistant to the Puerto Rico Police Superintendent, Strategic Initiative Group, Picked as Puerto Rico Police Superintendent by incoming Governor Ricardo Rossello. The first woman to serve as Police Superintendent in Puerto Rico.

Michelle Fraley (née Hernández)[note 1] is the first Puerto Rican woman to graduate from West Point Military Academy (Class of 1984) and the former chief of staff of the Army Network Enterprise Technology Command. After a 30-year military career, she retired from the United States Army in 2014 and returned to Puerto Rico, where she was appointed as special assistant to the Puerto Rico Police Superintendent, leading the Strategic Initiative Group.[1][2] Subsequent to the resignation of James Tuller, the Police Superintendent who recruited her, her name surfaced as a potential successor.[3]

Her final of six commanding posts before retiring was as commander of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center Warrior Transition Brigade (WTB) in the National Capital Area.[4] As she completed her final post, she was described as a "Wonder Woman" in dealing with wounded warriors that returned from the battlefront to assume other roles in the military or transition into private life.[5]

Upon settling in Puerto Rico with her husband after retiring on January 27, 2014, she turned in a resume to Superintendent Tuller and was appointed to the $72,000-year job, where Fraley, who holds two master's degrees Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Nova Southeastern University, a Master of Arts (M.A.), International Relations and Affairs from Troy University[6] and a PhD in organizational leadership, is charged with analyzing the entire state police organization. Her appointment, while controversial, has been endorsed by the ACLU's Puerto Rico Chapter. The Puerto Rico Police Department operates under a consent decree with the United States Department of Justice. A Federal court-appointed monitor, supervised by United States District Judge Gustavo Gelpí, resigned in February, 2014.

She studied at the Nuestra Señora de la Providencia Catholic School in the Cupey sector of San Juan and graduated High School from George O. Robinson School in the Condado sector of San Juan before moving on to West Point. Her 5-year military commitment after graduating turned into a 30-year military career.

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Notes

  1. ↑ Her maiden family name is "Hernández" and her matrimonial family name is "Fraley".

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