Vice Admiral Ann E. Rondeau is the president of the National Defense University (NDU). The National Defense University is the premier center for Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) and is under the direction of the chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense.

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.

Rondeau 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. 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.

Rondeau is a 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, as well as a Department of Defense liaison to The Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress. Rondeau has a Master's degree in comparative government from Georgetown University and a doctoral degree from Northern Illinois University. She has been conferred an honorary doctoral degree in public service from Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin and received the New York City USO 2008 Woman of the Year award. USIP and NDU recently signed a joint agreement to collaborate on training and education.

Rondeau recently wrote a letter of support to USIP. Download and read the letter (PDF/84KB)