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Carol Pottenger
Board Member
Vice Admiral Carol Pottenger was a pioneer throughout her 36-year Navy career.
As a three-star admiral she was the first female in American history to lead in a combat branch. During her remarkable naval career, she commanded two ships, a logistic force of 30 ships, a Japan-based strike-group of 8 ships, and an expeditionary force of 40,000 sailors. As her capstone assignment she served as the senior U.S. Flag Officer responsible for military transformation and sensitive military topics such as counterterrorism and cyber security while on assignment with NATO.
Since retiring, VADM Pottenger provides consulting services in organizational transformation, risk assessment, human capital and corporate governance.
She currently serves on several boards, including PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Board of Partners and Principals, California Water Service Group, Serco, Inc. North America, and as the Chairman of the Navy Memorial Foundation Board in Washington, D.C.
She is a graduate of Purdue University in 1977 in Lafayette, Ind, and received an honorary PhD from Purdue in 2007.
Carol Pottenger
Board Member
Vice Admiral Carol Pottenger was a pioneer throughout her 36-year Navy career.
As a three-star admiral she was the first female in American history to lead in a combat branch. During her remarkable naval career, she commanded two ships, a logistic force of 30 ships, a Japan-based strike-group of 8 ships, and an expeditionary force of 40,000 sailors. As her capstone assignment she served as the senior U.S. Flag Officer responsible for military transformation and sensitive military topics such as counterterrorism and cyber security while on assignment with NATO.
Since retiring, VADM Pottenger provides consulting services in organizational transformation, risk assessment, human capital and corporate governance.
She currently serves on several boards, including PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Board of Partners and Principals, California Water Service Group, Serco, Inc. North America, and as the Chairman of the Navy Memorial Foundation Board in Washington, D.C.
She is a graduate of Purdue University in 1977 in Lafayette, Ind, and received an honorary PhD from Purdue in 2007.
