College Leadership & Board of Advisors

The U.S. Naval War College (NWC) is an educational institution within the Department of the Navy. The President of the college is accountable directly to the Chief of Naval Operations, who establishes the college's mission, provides general guidelines and appropriated funds for its operation, and selects the president of NWC.

President

Shoshana S. Chatfield

Rear Adm., U.S. Navy

Rear Adm. Shoshana Chatfield is the President of the U.S. Naval War College and a career naval helicopter pilot. A native of Garden Grove, California, she graduated from Boston University in 1987 with a Bachelor of Arts in international relations and French language and literature. She received her commission through Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) in 1988 and earned her wings of gold in 1989. Chatfield was awarded the Navy’s Political/Military (Pol-Mil) Scholarship and attended the Kennedy School of Government, receiving a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University in 1997. In 2009, the University of San Diego conferred upon her a doctorate of education.

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Vice President/Chief of Staff

Joseph C. Girard

Capt., U.S. Navy

Capt. Girard is Vice President and Chief of Staff for U.S. Naval War College. He has more than 3,000 flight hours in the F/A-18 aircraft. His awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal (with Combat “V” distinction), seven Strike-Flight Air Medals, four Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medals, and various unit and campaign decorations.

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Interim Provost

James E. Hickey

Dr. Hickey is a 1980 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. He earned graduate degrees from Troy University and King's College, London and holds a Ph.D. from Salve Regina University. A career Naval Flight Officer, prior to joining the S&P faculty in 2000 he taught for three years at the UK’s Joint Services Command and Staff College. He joined the College of Distance Education in 2005 to help launch the Navy Knowledge Online-based series of Professional Military Education courses for junior officers and the enlisted force. From 2007 until 2010 he served as the non-resident Graduate Degree Program Manager then served as the Director of CDE. He assumed his current duties in July 2015.

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Command Master Chief

Keith A. Webb

Master Chief Petty Officer, U.S. Navy

Master Chief Webb is the Command Master Chief (CMC) for U.S. Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island. His previous CMC tours was at Training Support Center Hampton Roads, USS WASP (LHD 1), USS OAK HILL (LSD 51) and the USS GARY (FFG 51). He enlisted in the Navy in Feb 1990 and has earned the Afloat and Master Training Specialist qualifications and a Bachelor’s Degree. His awards and decorations include a Meritorious Service Medal, six Navy Commendation Medals, six Navy Marine Corps Achievement Medals, and various campaign, service and unit awards.

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Office of the Provost

Thomas J. Gibbons

Associate Provost

Rick Menard

Deputy Provost / Director of Mission Support

Edward J. Gillen

Director of Institutional Effectiveness

Deans

Allen C. Benson

Henry E. Eccles Library

Leonard Walter Wildemann

College of Distance Education

Thomas J. Culora

Center for Naval Warfare Studies

Margaret DeLuca Klein

College of Leadership and Ethics

Phil M. Haun

Dean of Academics

Michael Stephen White

College of Maritime Operational Warfare

Thomas E. Mangold Jr.

International Programs

Cindy Dieterly

Dean of Students

Deputies

Tim Garrold

College of Distance Education

Michael J. Sherlock

Dean of Academics

Sean P. Henseler

College of Maritime Operational Warfare

Robert S. Winneg

International Programs

William J. Nault

College of Leadership and Ethics

Fred P. Drake Jr.

College of Distance Education

Francis P. Brown

Dean of Students

James A. Schnelle

Center for Naval Warfare Studies

Senior Service Advisors

Stuart D. Furner

U.S. Army Advisor

Paul R. Murphy

U.S. Air Force Advisor

Sean Fahey

U.S. Coast Guard Advisor

Joseph P. Levreault

U.S. Marine Corps Advisor

Cindy Dieterly

U.S. Navy Advisor

Linda Stuart Specht

State Department Advisor

U.S. Naval War College Board of Advisors, Ex Officio

John Nowell Jr.

Vice Adm., U.S. Navy

With degrees from the U.S. Naval Academy and the Naval Postgraduate School, Vice Adm. John Nowell Jr. has had several destroyer operational tours and commands, including USS Porter (DDG 78), Destroyer Squadron 60/Task Force 65, and international commands in Lebanon and Africa. Nowell served on the staff for assignments in Washington D.C. and as director of the Navy Senate Liaison Office. He has had many positions as a flag officer, most recently as the Navy’s 59th Chief of Naval Personnel in 2019, serving concurrently as the deputy chief of naval operations, responsible for the planning and programming of all manpower, personnel, training, and education resources for the U.S. Navy.

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College Leadership & Board of Advisors

President

Shoshana S. Chatfield

Vice President/Chief of Staff

Joseph C. Girard

Interim Provost

James E. Hickey

Command Master Chief

Keith A. Webb

Office of the Provost

Deans

Deputies

Senior Service Advisors

U.S. Naval War College Board of Advisors, Ex Officio

John Nowell Jr.

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