Assistant to the Director, Tim Woliver
Career
Mr. Woliver retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force after 24 years of service. He is currently the Assistant to the Director, Office of Military and Veteran Affairs for the City of San Antonio. Mr. Woliver comes to the City of San Antonio with a strong record of success in leading people and commanding or leading organizations, small-to-large.
Before coming to the City of San Antonio, Mr. Woliver worked as a defense contractor applying his 24 years of experience as an intelligence officer in writing policy and action plans for the professional development of the Air Force’s analyst workforce and, he was an instructor of two Applications in Critical Thinking courses that taught structured analytical methodologies.
In his last three assignments prior to his retirement, Lt Col Woliver served in key leadership roles. He was Commander, 9th Intelligence Squadron (Beale Air Force Base, California) from 2009-2011, Deputy Commander, 57th Adversary Tactics Group (Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada) from 2011-2013, and finished his career as Deputy Inspector General, 25th Air Force (Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas) from 2013-2017.
During his military career, Lt Col Woliver served in a variety of assignments at the squadron, wing, Center levels and Numbered Air Force, Major Command, and Joint airborne staffs. He deployed numerous time to include a combat tour with Joint Special Operations Command to Iraq in 2006 and a combat tour to Afghanistan on the headquarters staff of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force in 2012.
Education
Mr. Woliver received a Master’s of Arts (with honors) in Strategic Intelligence, from American Military University, Joint Military Intelligence College’s Post-graduate Intelligence Program diploma (with honors), and a Bachelor’s of Arts (Geography major/Russian minor) from Bowling Green State University. He also completed all three levels of Air Force officer Professional Military Education: Air War College, Air Command and Staff College, and Squadron Officer School.
Awards & Professional Memberships
A native of Dayton, Ohio, Lt Col Woliver’s military awards include the Bronze Star Medal (one oak leaf cluster), Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (four oak leaf clusters), Aerial Achievement Medal (three oak leaf clusters), Air Force Commendation Medal (one oak leaf cluster), Air Force Achievement Medal (two oak leaf clusters), Joint Meritorious Unit Award (gold border), Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (Valor device and two oak leaf clusters), Air Force Organizational Excellence Award, National Defense Service Medal (service star), Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (one oak leaf cluster), Iraq Campaign Medal (service star), Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon (gold border), NATO Medal, Article 5.
Mr. Woliver currently serves on the Governor of Texas’ Governor’s Committee on Military Support, and is active in municipal affairs in his city of residence, Cibolo, Texas.
Personal
He is married to the former Deana J. Osbourne of Evansville, Indiana. They have two sons, Maxwell (Max) and Isaac (Ike).