Monthly Luncheons
Luncheon w/ RDML Jan Tighe, Director, Decision Superiority, OPNAV N2N6F4
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Rear Adm. Tighe was born in Bowling Green, Ky., and raised in Plantation, Fla. She was commissioned from the U.S. Naval Academy as an ensign (Special Duty Cryptology) in 1984 after earning a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics.
Tighe’s cryptologic operational tours include duty with Naval Security Group Activities in Florida, Virginia, Atsugi/Misawa Japan and on the Pacific Fleet staff.
In 1989, Tighe studied Russian at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, Calif. She was subsequently assigned to the Naval Security Group Detachment Atsugi, Japan, where she earned Naval Aviation Observer wings while deployed as an airborne special evaluator aboard Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron One (VQ 1) EP-3E aircraft in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Shield/Storm. During her tour, Tighe served as operations officer and assistant officer in charge, in addition to accumulating over 1,200 operational flight hours in the EP-3E aircraft.
Luncheon w/ RADM David G. Simpson, Vice Director, Defense Information Systems Agency
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Rear Adm. Simpson is the vice director of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). As vice director, he helps lead a worldwide organization of military and civilian personnel responsible for planning, developing, and providing interoperable, global net-centric solutions that serve the needs of the president, secretary of defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, the combatant commanders, and other Department of Defense (DoD) components.
Simpson’s previous assignment was Corporate Director for Information Dominance (OPNAV N2/N6), where he served on the chief of naval operations staff responsible for Information Dominance and Intelligence Policy, Workforce, Assessment, Compliance and Corporate functions.
Simpson is a native of Burbank Calif., a 1982 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, and received a master's degree in Space Systems Operations from the Naval Postgraduate School.