Nancy E. Brown

After completing over 35 years of service Vice Admiral Nancy E. Brown retired from her position on the Joint Staff as the Director, Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems. She is on the Board of Directors of the United States Naval Institute, is the Chair of the Board of Directors of Homeward Deployed, and an Executive Committee Member of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA). In August 2004, she deployed to Iraq, becoming the first Multi-National Force–Iraq C6 headquartered in Baghdad and returned to the Joint Staff in April 2005. In August 2005, Vice Admiral Brown assumed the duties as J6 Director for both North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command. In August 2006, she assumed her last active duty position as the Director, Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems (C4 Systems), the Joint Staff. Ms. Brown earned a Master of Science degree in Communication Management from the Naval Postgraduate School, and a Master of Arts degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College.