Commencement Ceremony MAR 2021 NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL The Naval Postgraduate School provides an unparalleled learning and research environment. NPS is a place where operationally experienced officers from the joint services, civilians from various defense and homeland security organizations, and international students from nearly 60 countries “We need leaders of character, leaders that speak the truth and come together to learn from, and work with, a world-class faculty focused on global security issues always choose the harder right over the more convenient or vital to our national security strategy. expedient wrong. NPS has given you powerful tools, and we are relying on you to use them to make us stronger.” The institution is responsive to rapidly emerging and ever-changing stra tegic and tactical Admiral Michael Gilday, USN requirements. Curricula are rigorously tailored to meet the nation's changing defense needs, while Chief of Naval Operations simultaneously maintaining the same high accreditation standards as civilian universities. An NPS education extends far beyond the Monterey campus, reaching warfighters both at sea and in the field, engineers in defense laboratories, and international participants who are enrolled in distributed learning and professional education programs throughout the globe. On any given day faculty and student research addresses critical real world requirements relevant to combatant commander and warfighter needs through a unique integration of govern- “The complexity of the modern battlefield and increasing rate ment agencies, commercial enterprises, other notable research universities and our allies. of change requires a highly educated force. While different, education and training are inextricably linked. Education denotes An NPS graduate has the intellectual know-how and the practical skills to make the most study and intellectual development. Training is primarily learn- of today's resources. NPS graduates are the cornerstone for developing tomorrow's defense ing-by-doing. We will not train without the presence of education; technologies, systems and programs. we must not educate without the complementary execution of well-conceived training. As the 31st Commandant of the Marine Corps noted – “any mission undertaken by the Corps will flow The individual schools are accredited by the Western Association of Schools & Colleges, the directly from our ability both to train and educate every Marine.” Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business and the Na tional Association of Schools of Public Affairs & Ad ministration Additional- General David H. Berger, USMC ly, The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has recognized NPS as an Alliance-wide Partnership for Commandant of the Marine Corps Peace Education and Training Center. ...Master your future. WINTER QUARTER COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY March 26, 2021 King Hall President VADM ANN E. RONDEAU, USN (RET.) Acting Provost and Academic Dean DR. ROBERT F. DELL Provost and Academic Dean (effective March 1, 2021) DR. SCOTT S. GARTNER Chief of Staff CAPT PHILIP E. OLD, USN Dean of the School of International Graduate Studies DR. JAMES C. MOLTZ Acting Dean of the Graduate School of Operational and Information Sciences DR. DAN C. BOGER Dean of the Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Sciences DR. CLYDE L. SCANDRETT Dean of the Graduate School of Defense Management DR. KEITH F. SNIDER Dean of Research DR. JEFF D. PADUAN Dean of Students CAPT MARKUS J. GUDMUNDSSON, USN Vice Admiral Ann Rondeau, USN (Ret.) President, Naval Postgraduate School Retired Vice Adm. Ann E. Rondeau was appointed as President, Naval Postgraduate School on January 29, 2019. She brings to the assignment an unparalleled record of leadership and achieve- ment within the military and academia in the areas of education, training, research, executive de- velopment, change management, and strategic planning. Prior to her appointment, Adm. Rondeau served as the sixth president of the College of DuPage. Her most recent military position was as the President of the National Defense University, a consortium of five colleges and nine research centers in Washington, DC. Rondeau has extensive leadership experience in significant military and educational roles. In 1985, she was selected and served as a White House Fellow in the Reagan Administration and went on to serve as the Deputy Commander of the U.S. Transportation Command in Illinois, Pentagon Direc- tor/Chief of Staff for the U.S. Navy Staff, Commander of the Navy Personnel Development Com- mand in Virginia, Commander of the Naval Service Training Command at Great Lakes, Ill., Pacific Fleet Staff Chief of Staff in Hawaii, Commanding Officer of Naval Support Activity in Tennessee and other staff and commanding responsibilities with policy, support and student service. Rondeau retired from the U.S. Navy as a three-star admiral in 2012 and was the second woman to have achieved that rank in the Navy. She then served as a partner and later an independent consultant with the IBM Watson group. Rondeau holds a B.A. from Eisenhower College (NY), an M.A. from Georgetown University (DC) and an Ed.D. from the College of Education at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. She also holds an honorary Doctorate in Public Service from Carthage College (Kenosha, WI) and an honorary Doc- torate in Humane Letters from Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (Chicago, IL). She is a proud member of the Arizona State University Flag Officer Advisory Council, the National Museum of the American Sailor Foundation Board of Directors, the Military Advisory Board (under the aegis of Center for Naval Analysis), the Dwight D. Eisenhow- er Memorial Commission, the Chicago Regional Growth Corporation Board, Choose DuPage Board of Directors, and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. Additional- ly, Dr. Rondeau serves on the Executive Board of the U.S. Navy “Education for Seapower Study” —a clean-sheet review of naval learning Dr. Robert Dell Acting Provost and Academic Dean Naval Postgraduate School Dr. Robert F. Dell is a Professor of Operations Research (OR) at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and NPS Acting Provost and Academic Dean. He joined NPS OR as an Assistant Professor in 1990, served as Chairman of the OR Department from 2009 to 2015, Executive Director of the NPS Data Science and Analytics group from 2018 to 2020, and Dean, Graduate School of Operational and Information Sciences from 2019 to 2020. During his tenure as Chairman the department received the 2013 INFORMS Smith Prize. He served as editor-in- chief of the Military Operations Research Journal from 2015 to 2018. Professor Dell has received research support from every uniformed service for topics ranging from US Naval capital planning to US Army base realignment and closure. He has also applied optimiza- tion in the private sector in areas including production scheduling, supply chain design, and profes- sional sports analytics. He has deployed twice to combat zones. Professor Dell has been awarded the Barchi, Koopman, and Rist prizes for military operations research. He has also received a Brazilian Navy Tamandaré Merit Medal, two Department of the Army Payne Memorial Awards for Excellence in Analysis, and two Department of the Navy Superior Civilian Service Awards. Vice Admiral Lisa Francetti, USN Director for Strategy, Plans and Policy (J-5) Joint Staff Vice Adm. Lisa Franchetti is a native of Rochester, New York. She received her commission in 1985 through the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps Program at Northwestern University, where she received a Bachelor of Science in Journalism. She also attended the Naval War College and holds a master’s degree in Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix. Her operational tours include auxiliary officer and first division officer on USS Shenandoah (AD 44); navigator and jumboization coordinator onboard USS Monongahela (AO 178); operations officer on USS Moosbrugger (DD 980); combat systems officer and chief staff officer for Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 2; executive officer of USS Stout (DDG 55); and assistant surface operations officer on USS George Washington Strike Group. She commanded USS Ross (DDG 71) and DESRON-21, embarked on USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). She also served as commander of Pacific Partnership 2010, embarked on USNS Mercy (T-AH 19). Ashore, Franchetti’s assignments include commander, Naval Reserve Center Central Point, Oregon; aide to the vice chief of naval operations; protocol officer for the Commander, U.S. Atlantic Fleet; 4th Battalion officer at the U.S. Naval Academy; division chief, Joint Concept Development and Experi- mentation, on the Joint Staff, J7; deputy director of International Engagement and executive assistant to N3/N5 on the Navy staff; and military assistant to the Secretary of the Navy. Her flag assignments include commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea; commander Carrier Strike Group 9; commander, Carrier Strike Group 15; and chief of staff, Joint Staff, J-5, Strategy, Plans and Policy, Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet, Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO; deputy commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe; deputy commander U.S. Naval Forces Africa; Joint Force Maritime Component Com- mander; and Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfighting Development, N7. Franchetti assumed duties as director for Strategy, Plans and Policy (J-5), Joint Staff in October of 2020. Her personal awards include the Distinguished Service