Major General Kerry L. Muehlenbeck retired from service in 2025 as The Adjutant General of Arizona and Director of the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs. In this capacity, she was responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of Arizona’s Army and Air National Guard, Joint Task Force, and the Division of Emergency Management. She led an 8,300-member department, with a mix of federal, state, military, part time and full-time personnel. Prior to this culminating assignment, she served as the Deputy Adjutant General and Commander, Joint Task Force Arizona. General Muehlenbeck received her commission in 1993. She remained on active duty for four years where she served as an Assistant Staff Judge Advocate at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. She then joined the Arizona Air National Guard as a traditional drill status guardsman. General Muehlenbeck served as both a wing-level and headquarters staff judge advocate. In addition, she held various national level judge advocate billets, to include Director of the Contemporary Base Issues Course, State Headquarters Liaison to The Judge Advocate General’s Air National Guard Council, and Air National Guard Assistant to the Command Staff Judge Advocate, Pacific Air Forces. Throughout her career, she lectured at various Air Force and Air National Guard courses. 

In her civilian capacity, General Muehlenbeck has been a residential faculty member in the Administration of Justice Studies Program at Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ, since 2006. She is admitted to practice law in both Michigan and Arizona and served in both states as a prosecuting attorney. She received her BS from Northwestern University, JD from the Indiana University School of Law, LLM from the University of San Diego School of Law, and her PhD in Justice Studies from Arizona State University.