Susan Escallier is a retired US Army Brigadier General, serving as a judge advocate during 32 years of active duty.  She enjoyed leadership of legal professionals, and regularly spoke on behalf of the US Army to professional organizations, allies and interest groups. Her career involved extensive experience in criminal law, serving as a prosecutor as well as a military trial judge.  She also deployed to Iraq multiple times and provided expertise in international and operational law.  She served as the senior attorney for the 101st Airborne Division and Fort Campbell,  She led a team of legal professionals in the mission in Liberia, Africa to eradicate the Ebola virus.  She also served as the senior attorney for Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq in 2016. As a senior lawyer in the US Army, she advised commanders and leaders about ethics, investigations, criminal cases and national security issues. She provided professional oversight to the lawyers and paralegals in her units.  During her career she also served as a legislative liaison in the Office of the Chief Legislative Liaison.  

She retired as a brigadier general and served in the Pentagon as the Assistant Judge Advocate General overseeing the US Army JAG Corps policy branches.  Her last role was the Commanding General of the US Army Legal Services Agency at Fort Belvoir. She supervised the civil litigation on behalf of the US Army and also served as the Chief Judge, US Army Court of Criminal Appeals. She currently serves as a Leadership Fellow for the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) and on the board of advisors for Athlete Foundry.  She is on the advisory committee for the Women Veteran Memorial and Inspiration Garden for Tuolumne County.  

She is a proud graduate of UC Berkeley and a life member of the California Alumni Association.  She is a native of California and grew up in a farming community in the Central Valley.