Katherine A. Batterton is an officer in the U.S. Air Force with experience as an operations research analyst. She has a PhD in Applied Mathematics with an emphasis in Statistics and has published in The Bridge and peer-reviewed journals. Katie has also served as an assistant professor of mathematics and statistics at the United States Air Force Academy and as an Operations New Dawn and Enduring Freedom assessment analyst in the Combined Air Operations Center. Katie is currently a student at the U.S. Air Force Air Command and Staff College.