Alumni Note: Jackie Janning-Lask ’88

From what some might call humble beginnings at Wright State, to four decades of high-level service roles in engineering at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, to working at the Pentagon, Jackie Janning-Lask has left a lasting legacy that dates back to the early days of Wright State’s engineering school.

While growing up in Beavercreek, Janning-Lask’s musings for innovation were piqued early, thanks to her father John, a local inventor.

“My father was an inventor and a tinkerer,” Janning-Lask said. “I enjoyed making things, and, as I grew up, and I became more interested in the ‘realm of the