Navy warfighter and commanding officer - Jean Marie Sullivan: S.O.S. Podcast #35

In this episode, I bring you another incredible guest to talk leadership, navigating your career, and how to overcome adversity. 

Captain Jean Marie Sullivan is the youngest child of U.S. State Department Foreign Service Officers, so spent most of her youth overseas in far-flung places like Saudi Arabia, Liberia, and Indonesia. She attended the University of Rochester under the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) program and received her commission in the U.S. Navy in 2000.

Jean Marie has served at sea on missile-guided destroyers, an aircraft carrier, and an amphibious landing ship. Her most recent sea tour was as the 22nd Commanding Officer of USS WHIDBEY ISLAND (LSD 41). Ashore, Jean Marie’s assignments include the Director of Women’s Policy for the U.S. Navy, speechwriter for the Chief of Naval Personnel, Defense Legislative Fellow to Senator Barbara Mikulski of Maryland, and a Special Assistant to 30th Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Greenert. She served overseas in Naples from 2014 to 2016 as a special assistant to the Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa, and Commander, NATO Joint Force Command Naples. Jean Marie was also a White House Social Aide to President George W. Bush. 

Captain Sullivan currently serves in the Joint Staff Directorate for Operations in Washington D.C. Next spring, Jean Marie will report to the amphibious assault carrier USS WASP (LHD 1) as the Executive Officer.

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