Vice Admiral Carol M. Pottenger, USN (Ret.)

ACTING Chairman of the Board of Directors

A woman of many firsts in a 30+ year with the US Navy, Vice Admiral (Ret) Carol Pottenger currently serves on private, public, and non-profit boards, including PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Board of Partners and Principals, California Water Service Group, Serco North America and the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation in Washington, D.C.

VADM Pottenger is principal and owner of CMP Global LLC, which provides consulting services in organizational transformation, risk assessment, human capital and corporate governance. The first female three-star Admiral in American history to lead in a combat branch, VADM Pottenger was a pioneer throughout her Navy career. She commanded two ships, a logistic force of 30 ships, a Japan-based strike-group of 8 ships, and the Expeditionary Force of 40,000 sailors. She was also 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. She is a graduate of Purdue University in Lafayette, Ind, and in 2007 received an honorary PhD from Purdue.