Johanna Bernstein '05

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Johanna K.B. Bernstein (née Bettencourt) ’05 was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force. She currently serves as deputy staff judge advocate, Headquarters, Eighth Air Force, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana.

Bernstein received her bachelor of arts in political science and her Juris Doctor from University of Miami School of Law in 2009. She has served as an area defense counsel, circuit defense counsel and deputy staff judge Advocate at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. She previously participated in Operation Allies Refuge/Welcome, where she assisted unaccompanied children fleeing from violence in Afghanistan, and deployed in support of NATO Headquarters Sarajevo where she was the chief legal advisor.