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Janine A. Davidson
American public servant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Janine Anne Davidson (born April 24, 1966)[1] is an American public servant, known for expertise on topics such as military operations, U.S. foreign policy and national security policy [2] as well as higher education leadership.
Quick Facts President of Metropolitan State University of Denver, Preceded by ...
Janine Davidson | |
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President of Metropolitan State University of Denver | |
Assumed office July 24, 2017 | |
Preceded by | Stephen Jordan |
United States Under Secretary of the Navy | |
In office March 17, 2016 ā January 20, 2017 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Robert O. Work |
Succeeded by | Thomas P. Dee (acting) |
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Born | Janine Anne Davidson (1966-04-24) April 24, 1966 (age 58) Oxnard, California, U.S. |
Education | University of Colorado, Boulder (BS) University of South Carolina (MA, PhD) |
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Years of service | 1988ā1998 |
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She served in the United States Air Force and was Under Secretary of the United States Navy from 2016 to 2017.[3] 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.[4] She became president of Metropolitan State University of Denver on July 24, 2017.[5]