Colonel Heather L. McGee is the Commander of Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) Detachment 159 and Professor of Aerospace Studies at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.  She leads all recruiting, administration, instruction, and evaluation activities required to develop, train, and support over 200 highly qualified young men and women attending the University of Central Florida as prospective Air Force Officers

Colonel McGee graduated from New Jersey Institute of Technology in 1993.She was commissioned through a four-year ROTC scholarship program in 1993 as a distinguished graduate and has served in squadron, center, group, MAJCOM, Air Staff, Air Force Secretariat, and Component Numbered Air Force assignments.She also commanded the 34th Student Squadron at Air University’s Squadron Officer School where she led and mentored over 1500 officers and taught courses in leadership, strategy, and ethics.She is married to Michael Allen Proffitt of Crystal Lake, Illinois and is the proud mother of David Joseph Proffitt.