Ann Rondeau

Vice admiral Ann Rondeau, United States Navy, is President of the National Defense University, and, ex officio, a member of the board of the U.S. Institute of Peace. Prior to the University, she was Deputy Commander of United States Transportation Command. Her affiliations include the Council on Foreign Relations.

Her early leadership tours include serving as the operations officer for a patrol aircraft squadron, , the officer-in-charge of Military Sealift Command Unit (New Orleans), and as a battalion officer at the U.S. Naval Academy. Rondeau has also held many senior command positions, to include: commanding officer, Naval Support Activity, La Maddalena, Italy and at Naval Support Activity Mid-South in Millington, Tenn.; commander of Naval Training Center Great Lakes and subsequently, the first commander of Naval Service Training Command. Following those tours, Vice Adm. Rondeau assumed command of Naval Personnel Development Command in November 2004, and later became the director of Navy Staff (DNS) in August 2005.

She served on the Navy Staff in the NATO/Europe section of the Strategy, Plans and Policy Division; Office of the Secretary of Defense as assistant for policy analysis; the Office of African Affairs; Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Executive Panel as assistant for political-military analysis; military assistant to the Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; and deputy chief of staff for shore installations for Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet Staff.

Education and Fellowships

• Bachelor’s degree in history from Eisenhower College (1973)
• Information Systems Officers School and Nuclear Weapons School (1974)
• 1977 Naval Intelligence Officers School (1977)
• Master’s degree in comparative government from Georgetown University (1982)
• White House Fellow (1985); special assistant to the Attorney General for National Security Affairs
• Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Fellow, Strategic Studies Group (Naval War College) (1995)
• Navy Executive Business Course (Naval Post Graduate School) (2000)
• Navy Corporate Business Course (Senior Executive Course, Keenan-Flagler School of Business, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)