Jan E. Tighe

Jan Elizabeth Tighe (born September 16, 1962) is a United States Navy vice admiral who serves as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare/66th Director of Naval Intelligence since July 15, 2016. Prior to that, Tighe served as the Commander of the Tenth Fleet/Fleet Cyber Command.

Early life and education
Jan Tighe was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and raised in Plantation, Florida. Tighe is a 1984 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and was commissioned as a cryptologist. She studied Russian at the Defense Language Institute. She graduated from the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, in 2001 with a doctorate in electrical engineering and a Master of Science in Applied Mathematics.

Naval career
Tighe’s previous tours include duty with Naval Security Group Activities in Florida, Virginia, Japan, Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron (VQ) 1 and Naval Information Warfare Activity. She also had staff assignments on the Headquarters of the Pacific Fleet, Naval Security Group, Naval Network Warfare Command; and served as executive assistant to Commander, U.S. Cyber Command. Tighe commanded more than 2,800 multi-service and multi-agency personnel at the National Security Agency/Central Security Service Hawaii in Kunia.

As a flag officer, Tighe served as commander, U.S. Fleet Cyber Command/Commander, U.S. 10th Fleet; U.S. Cyber Command Deputy J3; Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) N2N6 director, Decision Superiority; Naval Postgraduate School interim president; and deputy commander, U.S. Fleet Cyber Command/U.S. 10th Fleet.

In July 2016, she assumed duties the deputy chief of naval operations for Information Warfare, and the 66th director of Naval Intelligence.

Tighe wears both the information warfare pin and Naval Aviation Observer wings, earned while deployed as an airborne special evaluator aboard VQ-1 EP-3E aircraft in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Shield/Storm.

Awards and decorations
Tighe is a member of the Acquisition Professionals Community and holds a Level III Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) certification in program management.