Ann E. Rondeau
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Vice Admiral
Ann E. Rondeau is currently President of the National Defense University
. She assumed the position in 2009. She was former Deputy Commander of the United States Transportation Command
at Scott Air Force Base
in Illinois
from December 2006 to 2009.
, and grew up in Beacon, New York
. She graduated with a degree in history in 1973 from Eisenhower College
, where she was selected by the Board of Trustees as "Most Distinguished Graduate" and received the Groben Award for Leadership.
She has served in leadership, staff and command assignments in myriad mission areas: fleet operations (anti-submarine warfare, air operations, operations, intelligence, maritime transportation and sealift), strategy and policy, training and education, business enterprise and shore installations. She was selected as a White House Fellow, a Chief of Naval Operations Strategic Studies Group
Fellow, and permanent member of the Council on Foreign Relations
.
As president of NDU, she is a member of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace
, and serves as a Department of Defense liaison to The Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress. Vice Admiral Rondeau received the New York City USO 2008 Woman of the Year award, and is on the Edtorial Board of the Journal for Nonprofit Management. She is also a licensed private pilot.
. Subsequent assignments include 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; Special Assistant to the Attorney General for National Security Affairs (as a White House Fellow); 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.
Her early leadership tours include serving as the Air Intelligence Officer
and Operations Officer for VP-50, the Executive Officer
for Fast Sealift Squadron One (FSS-1), the Officer-in-Charge of Military Sealift Command
Unit (New Orleans), and as a Battalion Officer at the U.S. Naval Academy
. Vice Adm. Rondeau has also held many senior command positions, to include: Commanding Officer, Naval Support Activity, La Maddalena
, Italy
and at Support Activity Mid-South in Millington, Tennessee
; Commander of Naval Training Center Great Lakes and subsequently, the first Commander of Naval Service Training Command, which was established June 30, 2003. 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.
Vice Adm. Rondeau is Surface Warfare
qualified, training on both MSC Merchant Marine vessels and United States Navy
combatants. She holds subspecialty qualifications in political-military affairs, operations intelligence, operations analysis, strategy and planning and military transportation.
ASSIGNMENTS
1974 - 1976 Commander, Pacific Fleet, Fleet Communications
1976 - 1980 Patrol Squadron Fifty, Air Intelligence Officer and Operations Officer
1980 - 1982 Georgetown University
1982 - 1983 Navy Staff (Strategy and Policy/NATO-Europe Branch)
1983 - 1984 Office of Secretary of Defense (Policy Analysis)
1984 - 1985 Office of Secretary of Defense (African Affairs)
1985 - 1986 White House Fellow (Department of Justice)
1985 - 1987 Special Assistant for National Security Affairs to the United States Attorney General
1987 - 1989 Executive Officer, Fast Sealift Squadron One
1987 - 1989 Officer in Charge, Military Sealift Command Unit, New Orleans
1989 - 1990 CNO Executive Panel
1990 - 1992 Battalion Officer, United States Naval Academy
1992 - 1994 Commanding Officer, Naval Support Activity La Maddalena, Italy
1994 - 1995 CNO Fellow, Strategic Studies Group (Naval War College)
1995 - 1996 Military Assistant to Principal Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)
1996 - 1997 Quadrennial Defense Review
1997 - 1999 Commanding Officer, Naval Support Activity, Millington, TN
1999 - 2001 ACOS for Shore Installations (Commander, Pacific Fleet Staff)
2001 - 2004 Commander, Naval Training Command and Naval Service Training Command
2004 - 2005 Commander, Naval Personnel Development Command
2005 - 2006 Director, Navy Staff
2006 - 2009 Deputy Commander, United States Transportation Command
2009–Present President, National Defense University
and a doctoral degree from Northern Illinois University
. She has also been awarded an Honorary Doctoral Degree in Public Service from Carthage College
, Kenosha, Wisconsin.
EDUCATION
1973 Bachelor’s degree in history from Eisenhower College
1973 Officer Candidate School
1974 Information Systems Officers School and Nuclear Weapons School
1977 Naval Intelligence Officers School
1982 Master’s degree in comparative government from Georgetown University
1985 White House Fellow
1987 MTMC Port Operations Course
1995 Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Fellow, Strategic Studies Group (Naval War College)
1997 Prospective Commanding Officer Shore Station Command Course
2000 Navy Executive Business Course (Naval Post Graduate School)
2001 Capstone (National Defense University)
2004 Leadership at the Peak (Center for Creative Leadership)
2004 Navy Corporate Business Course (Senior Executive Course, Keenan-Flagler School of Business, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
2008 Pinnacle (National Defense University)
2010 EdD from Northern Illinois University (Uses of Applied Research and Research Institutions Toward Benefit to Society and Public Policy with Focus on Center for Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction)
Defense Distinguished Service Medal
Navy Distinguished Service Medal
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit
(4 awards)
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
(2 awards)
Meritorious Service Medal
(3 awards)
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal
(3 awards)
Vice admiral (United States)
In the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard, the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps, and the United States Maritime Service, vice admiral is a three-star flag officer, with the pay grade of...
Ann E. Rondeau is currently President of the National Defense University
National Defense University
The National Defense University is an institution of higher education funded by the United States Department of Defense, intended to facilitate high-level training, education, and the development of national security strategy. It is chartered by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, with Navy Vice Admiral...
. She assumed the position in 2009. She was former Deputy Commander of the United States Transportation Command
United States Transportation Command
The United States Transportation Command is one of nine unified commands of the United States Department of Defense. The mission of USTRANSCOM is to provide air, land and sea transportation for the Department of Defense, both in time of peace and time of war.USTRANSCOM, located at Scott Air Force...
at Scott Air Force Base
Scott Air Force Base
Scott Air Force Base is a base of the United States Air Force in St. Clair County, Illinois, near Belleville.-Overview:The base is named after Corporal Frank S. Scott, the first enlisted person to be killed in an aviation crash...
in Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
from December 2006 to 2009.
Biography
Vice Admiral Rondeau is a native of San Antonio, TexasSan Antonio, Texas
San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...
, and grew up in Beacon, New York
Beacon, New York
Beacon is a city located in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The 2010 census placed the city total population at 15,541. Beacon is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport,...
. She graduated with a degree in history in 1973 from Eisenhower College
Eisenhower College
Eisenhower College was a small college named after U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower, located on Cayuga Lake in Seneca Falls, New York. It was founded on September 21, 1965 as a liberal arts college...
, where she was selected by the Board of Trustees as "Most Distinguished Graduate" and received the Groben Award for Leadership.
She has served in leadership, staff and command assignments in myriad mission areas: fleet operations (anti-submarine warfare, air operations, operations, intelligence, maritime transportation and sealift), strategy and policy, training and education, business enterprise and shore installations. She was selected as a White House Fellow, a Chief of Naval Operations Strategic Studies Group
Chief of Naval Operations Strategic Studies Group
The Chief of Naval 0perations Strategic Studies Group was established by Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Thomas B. Hayward in 1981. The Group is co-located at the United States Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, but receives its direction and makes its reports only to the Chief of...
Fellow, and permanent member of the Council on Foreign Relations
Council on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations is an American nonprofit nonpartisan membership organization, publisher, and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs...
.
As president of NDU, she is a member of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace
United States Institute of Peace
The United States Institute of Peace was created by Congress as a non-partisan, federal institution that works to prevent or end violent conflict around the world...
, and serves as a Department of Defense liaison to The Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress. Vice Admiral Rondeau received the New York City USO 2008 Woman of the Year award, and is on the Edtorial Board of the Journal for Nonprofit Management. She is also a licensed private pilot.
Naval career
Vice Adm. Rondeau earned her commission in 1974 through Officer Candidate SchoolOfficer Candidate School
Officer Candidate School or Officer Cadet School are institutions which train civilians and enlisted personnel in order for them to gain a commission as officers in the armed forces of a country....
. Subsequent assignments include 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; Special Assistant to the Attorney General for National Security Affairs (as a White House Fellow); 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.
Her early leadership tours include serving as the Air Intelligence Officer
Air Intelligence Officer
An air intelligence officer serves to collect information about air operations and assist in the direction of their execution for maximum effect...
and Operations Officer for VP-50, the Executive Officer
Executive officer
An executive officer is generally a person responsible for running an organization, although the exact nature of the role varies depending on the organization.-Administrative law:...
for Fast Sealift Squadron One (FSS-1), the Officer-in-Charge of Military Sealift Command
Military Sealift Command
The Military Sealift Command is a United States Navy organization that controls most of the replenishment and military transport ships of the Navy. It first came into existence on 9 July 1949 when the Military Sea Transportation Service became solely responsible for the Department of Defense's...
Unit (New Orleans), and as a Battalion Officer at the U.S. Naval Academy
United States Naval Academy
The United States Naval Academy is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located in Annapolis, Maryland, United States...
. Vice Adm. Rondeau has also held many senior command positions, to include: Commanding Officer, Naval Support Activity, La Maddalena
La Maddalena
La Maddalena is a town and comune located on the island with the same name, in northern Sardinia, part of the province of Olbia-Tempio, Italy.-The town:...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
and at Support Activity Mid-South in Millington, Tennessee
Millington, Tennessee
Millington is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 10,176. Millington was the home of the recently closed Memphis Motorsports Park. It was granted the title "Flag City Tennessee" by the Tennessee State Legislature. The Naval Support Activity Mid-South is...
; Commander of Naval Training Center Great Lakes and subsequently, the first Commander of Naval Service Training Command, which was established June 30, 2003. 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.
Vice Adm. Rondeau is Surface Warfare
Surface warfare
Modern naval warfare is divided into three operational areas: surface warfare, air warfare and submarine warfare. Each area comprises specialized platforms and strategies used to exploit tactical advantages unique and inherent to that area....
qualified, training on both MSC Merchant Marine vessels and United States Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
combatants. She holds subspecialty qualifications in political-military affairs, operations intelligence, operations analysis, strategy and planning and military transportation.
ASSIGNMENTS
Education
Vice Adm. Rondeau holds a master's degree in Political Science from Georgetown UniversityGeorgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
and a doctoral degree from Northern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University is a state university and research institution located in DeKalb, Illinois, with satellite centers in Hoffman Estates, Naperville, Rockford, and Oregon. It was originally founded as Northern Illinois State Normal School on May 22, 1895 by Illinois Governor John P...
. She has also been awarded an Honorary Doctoral Degree in Public Service from Carthage College
Carthage College
Carthage College is a private liberal arts college affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Situated in Kenosha, Wisconsin midway between Chicago, Illinois and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the campus is on the shore of Lake Michigan and is home to 2,500 full-time and 900 part-time...
, Kenosha, Wisconsin.
EDUCATION
Awards and Decorations
Vice Admiral Rondeau's personal awards include: Defense Distinguished Service MedalDefense Distinguished Service Medal
The Defense Distinguished Service Medal is a United States military award which is presented for exceptionally distinguished performance of duty contributing to national security or defense of the United States...
Navy Distinguished Service MedalNavy Distinguished Service Medal
The Navy Distinguished Service Medal is a military award of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps which was first created in 1919. The decoration is the Navy and Marine Corps equivalent to the Army Distinguished Service Medal, the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, and the Coast...
Defense Superior Service MedalDefense Superior Service Medal
The Defense Superior Service Medal is a senior United States military decoration of the Department of Defense, awarded to members of the United States armed forces who perform "superior meritorious service in a position of significant responsibility."...
Legion of MeritLegion of Merit
The Legion of Merit is a military decoration of the United States armed forces that is awarded for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements...
(4 awards)
Defense Meritorious Service MedalDefense Meritorious Service Medal
The Defense Meritorious Service Medal is the third-highest award bestowed upon members of the United States military by the United States Department of Defense...
(2 awards)
Meritorious Service MedalMeritorious Service Medal (United States)
The Meritorious Service Medal is a military decoration presented to members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguished themselves by outstanding meritorious achievement or service to the United States subsequent to January 16, 1969...
(3 awards)
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation MedalCommendation Medal
The Commendation Medal is a mid-level United States military decoration which is presented for sustained acts of heroism or meritorious service. For valorous actions in direct contact with an enemy force, but of a lesser degree than required for the award of the Bronze Star, the Valor device may...
(3 awards)
External links
- Official Navy biography
- Interview with Rear Admiral Ann E. Rondeau Military Training Technology (July 26, 2005)
- Rondeau biography from USTRANSCOM