Joane K. Mathews is a retired brigadier general in the Wisconsin Army National Guard.

[1] Mathews received her commission in the United States Army through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps in 1986 and was assigned to the United States Army Aviation School.

[3] Decorations Mathews has received include the Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Army Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Army Achievement Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Master Army Aviator Badge.

Mathews is a graduate of Lakeland Union High School in Minocqua, Wisconsin.

Other schools she attended include the University of North Dakota, the United States Army War College and the United States Army Command and General Staff College.