Vice Admiral Ann E. Rondeau, USN

Vice Admiral Rondeau is the President, National Defense University. The National Defense University is the premier center for Joint Professional Military Education and is under the direction of the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Vice Admiral Rondeau 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 a master's degree in comparative government from Georgetown University. 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 has served as a White House Fellow and as a Chief of Naval Operations Fellow. Vice Admiral Rondeau is Surface Warfare qualified, earning qualifications on both MSC Merchant Marine vessels and U.S. Navy combatants. She holds subspecialty qualifications in political-military affairs, operational intelligence, operations analysis, strategy and planning and military transportation and is a licensed private pilot. Vice Admiral Rondeau is a permanent member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is currently pursuing a doctoral degree from Northern Illinois University. She has been conferred an honorary doctoral degree in public service from Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin and received the New York City USO 2008 Woman of the Year award.