Special Agent Sarah Masiello
Liaison Officer, Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI)
Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI), SAF/AQ
SA Sarah Masiello is the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) Liaison Officer to the Secretary of the Air Force, Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (SAF/AQ), Pentagon, D.C. She is responsible for safeguarding procurement integrity, technology and program protection, industrial base, and supply chain risk management efforts and lines of communication between those two agencies.
SA Masiello graduated from high school in Pordenone, Italy, then attended Jacobs University Bremen, Germany, where she completed a Bachelor of Arts in Integrated Social and Cognitive Psychology. SA Masiello moved to New York, N.Y., soon after, to pursue her Master of Arts in Forensic Psychology from John Jay College. During her graduate studies, SA Masiello completed an internship at the United States National Central Bureau, INTERPOL, in Washington, D.C.; she also worked on a joint research project with the Federal Bureau of Investigations Behavioral Sciences Unit.
SA Masiello entered the Air Force Civilian Service as a Student Career Experience Program (SCEP) intern at AFOSI Detachment 426, New York, N.Y., in September 2009. Upon graduating from her Master’s program, SA Masiello completed the Criminal Investigator Training Program (CITP) and the AFOSI Basic Special Investigators Course (BSIC) at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Ga.: she was one of four BSIC Distinguished Graduates for her class. Upon completing the program, SA Masiello reported to AFOSI Detachment 307, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., where she worked in the Central-Systems Fraud program as a PALACE Acquire (PAQ) intern. SA Masiello outplaced from the PAQ program to the Office of Procurement Fraud (PF) Detachment 1, Operating Location C, in San Diego, Calif.; she later became the Resident Agent in Charge. After that, SA Masiello did a further assignment as a PF agent at OSI PF Detachment 6, Joint Base Andrews, Md.. Prior to her current position, SA Masiello was responsible for all civilian agent recruiting efforts for AFOSI as the Series 1811 Recruiter for the Command.
EDUCATION
2008 Bachelor of Arts, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany
2010 Master of Arts, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, New York, N.Y.
2010 Criminal Investigator Training Program, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), Glynco, Ga.
2010 AFOSI Basic Special Investigator’s Course, FLETC, Glynco, Ga.
CAREER CHRONOLOGY
1. September 2009 – July 2010, Student Career Experience Program (SCEP) Intern, AFOSI Detachment 426, New York, N.Y.
2. December 2010 – July 2013, Special Agent, Central-Systems Fraud Office, AFOSI Detachment 307, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.
3. July 2013 – January 2018, Special Agent, AFOSI PF Detachment 1 OL-C, San Diego, Calif.
4. January 2018 – May 2020, Special Agent, AFOSI PF Detachment 6, Joint Base Andrews, Md.
5. May 2020 – August 2021, 1811 Recruiter, AFOSI HQ/DP, Office of Civilian Recruiting, MCB Quantico, Va.
6. August 2021 – Present, AFOSI LNO to SAF/AQ, Pentagon, D.C.
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
2013 Exemplary Civilian Service Award
2019 Civilian Achievement Award
2019 Department of Justice Excellence in the Pursuit of Justice Award
2020 Exemplary Civilian Service Award
2023 DOD Spirit of Service Award
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
2010 Distinguished Graduate, AFOSI Basic Special Investigators Course
2012 Certified Fraud Examiner, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
Associate member, ACFE
Member, Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA)
Member, Women in Federal Law Enforcement (WIFLE)
Lifetime Member, Psi Chi
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