Captain Alexandra Potts is a Chemistry Instructor at the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA). Capt. Potts commissioned from Purdue University's Reserve Officer Training Corps program in 2014, where she also graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering. Capt. Potts graduated pilot training from Columbus, Mississippi in 2016. Her first assignment was Dover, AFB, flying the C-5M, where she made instructor pilot. In 2020, Capt. Potts was stationed at Travis, AFB, continuing to fly the C-5M and upgrading to evaluator pilot. In 2021, Capt. Potts was selected to earn her master's degree through USAFA and the Advanced Academic Degree program (AAD). She attended California State University, Sacramento, earning her Master of Science in Chemistry in 2023 via the Air Force Institute of Technology's Civilian Institution program. Upon completion of graduate school, Capt. Potts moved to USAFA to serve as an instructor of chemistry.

Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana (2014)

Master of Science, Chemistry, California State University Sacramento, Sacramento, California (2023)

Instructor of Chemistry, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado (Current)

AFIT CI Student, California State University Sacramento, Sacramento, California (2022-2023)

Training Flight Commander, 22d Airlift Squadron, Travis AFB, California (2021-2022)

Director of Staff, 22d Airlift Squadron, Travis AFB, California (2020-2021)

Executive Officer, 9th Airlift Squadron, Dover AFB, Delaware (2019-2020)

Chief Pilot Scheduler, 9th Airlift Squadron, Dover AFB, Delaware (2018-2019)

Student, C-5M, 9th Airlift Squadron, Dover AFB, Delaware (2017)

Student, Pilot, 14th Student Squadron, Columbus AFB, Mississippi (2015-2016)

Combat Air Medal

Air Force Commendation Medal (Oakleaf Clusters)

Air Force Achievement Medal

Humanitarian Service Medal

Distinguished Graduate, Reserve Officer Training Corps