Janine Davidson
 Janine Davidson     (civil servant) | |
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| Born | Janine Anne Davidson April 24, 1966 Oxnard, California |
| Alma mater | University of Colorado at Boulder, University of South Carolina |
| Member of | Council on Foreign Relations/Members |
Military-industrial complex. Senior fellow for defense policy at the Council on Foreign Relations
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Janine Anne Davidson [1] became president of Metropolitan State University of Denver on July 24, 2017.[2] She previously served as senior fellow for defense policy at the Council on Foreign Relations and Under Secretary of the United States Navy.[3]
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Early life and education
Davidson grew up in a Navy family in California and Virginia. Davidson attended the University of Colorado at Boulder and earned a B.S. in Architectural Engineering. She later earned a master's degree and PhD in international studies from the University of South Carolina.
Military career
Davidson was commissioned as an Air Force second lieutenant in 1988. She flew combat support, airdrop, and humanitarian air mobility missions in the Pacific, Europe and the Middle East in both the Lockheed C-130 Hercules and the Boeing C-17 Globemaster cargo aircraft, and also served as an instructor pilot at the United States Air Force Academy. She was a distinguished graduate of Air Force Squadron Officers’ School and was the first woman to fly the Air Force's tactical C-130.[4]
Civilian career
Following the conclusion of her Air Force career in 1998, Davidson pursued doctoral studies in international affairs at the University of South Carolina. From 2006 to 2008, she served as director of Stability Operations Capabilities within the office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict). Davidson was founding director of the Consortium for Complex Operations, later renamed the Center for Complex Operations (CCO), a research center within the National Defense University that studies military and civilian coordination in stability operations.[5]
From 2009 to 2012, Davidson served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for plans, where she oversaw the formulation and review of military war plans and global force posture policy.[6]
Following her service in the Pentagon, Davidson taught at the Graduate School of Public Policy at George Mason University, where she taught courses on national security policy and civil-military relations. She has also taught at Davidson College, Georgetown University and various professional military schools.[7]
On January 17, 2014, Davidson accepted the position of senior fellow for defense policy at the Council on Foreign Relations.[8] During this time, Davidson also served as a presidentially appointed member of the National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force,[9] which recommended changes to service structure and management policies, as well as a member of the Reserve Forces Policy Board.[10]
On September 18, 2015, it was announced that Davidson had been nominated by President Barack Obama to become Under Secretary of the United States Navy.[11] She was confirmed by the United States Congress and assumed her post on March 17, 2016.[12]
On February 14, 2017, Metropolitan State University of Denver announced that Davidson will become the next president of the university, succeeding Stephen M. Jordan, Ph.D.[13]
She is the author of Lifting the Fog of Peace: How Americans Learned to Fight Modern War, a study of organizational learning and institutional change within the U.S. military.[14]
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Munich Security Conference/2013 | 1 February 2013 | 3 February 2013 | Munich Bavaria Germany | The 49th Munich Security Conference |
Event Witnessed
| Event | Location(s) | Description |
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| Munich Security Conference/2015 | Munich Bavaria Germany | "400 high-ranking decision-makers in international politics, including some 20 heads of state and government as well as more than 60 foreign and defence ministers, met in Munich to discuss current crises and conflicts." |
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170730212708/https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-114shrg24274/pdf/CHRG-114shrg24274.pdf
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170920194107/https://msudenver.edu/president/aboutpresidentdavidson/
- ↑ http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/bio.asp?bioID=909
- ↑ https://news.usni.org/2016/03/29/don-swears-in-janine-davidson-first-permanent-under-secretary-since-2013
- ↑ http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/cco-update-new-home-for-the-consortium-for-complex-operations
- ↑ http://www.nps.edu/Academics/AcademicGroups/GPPAG/Docs/PDF/Bios/Janine_davison_bio.pdf
- ↑ https://www.msudenver.edu/president/biography/
- ↑ http://www.cfr.org/defense-and-security/janine-davidson-joins-cfr-senior-fellow-defense-policy/p32231
- ↑ https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/McCarthy-Conaton-Brownlee-Davidson-Harrell-Johns-Wyatt_04-29-14.pdf
- ↑ http://afcommission.whs.mil/about/members/janine-davidson
- ↑ https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/09/18/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts
- ↑ https://www.congress.gov/nomination/114th-congress/873
- ↑ https://www.msudenver.edu/early-bird/2017/02/15-president.shtml
- ↑ https://www.press.umich.edu/4122597/lifting_the_fog_of_peace%7Ctitle=Lifting the Fog of Peace
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