Mae Plachetka

Mae Plachetka has a diverse work experience, beginning with a Library Assistant at Rice Lake Public Library in 2015. Mae then joined the US Army in 2020 as a Command Language Program Manager and the Army National Guard in 2016 as a Human Intelligence Collector. In 2021, Mae was an Intelligence Analyst and Program Manager at U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM). Currently, Mae is working as a Research Analyst at Maxar Technologies and a Leadership Research Analyst at Paragon Intel, both beginning in 2022.

Mae Plachetka has a Bachelor of Arts in International/Global Studies and Middle East Studies from Old Dominion University. Mae also holds an Associate of Arts in Iranian/Persian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics from the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center. Additionally, they have an Associate of Science in Military Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations from Cochise College.