Jodi Greene

Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy (2014-2021)

Senior Director for Policy in the Office of the Secretary of the Navy (2007-2014)

Senior Director for Russia in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (2003-2008)

Senior Director for Korea in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (1997-2003)

Special Assistant to the Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (1995-1997)

Jodi Greene devoted 31 years to service in the Federal Government, including 5 years in the United States Air Force. As a bi-partisan expert in national security, Jodi staffed two National Security Advisors, supported five Secretaries of Defense, and developed policy for four Secretaries of the Navy.

As the Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy (DUSN), Jodi Greene served as the Secretary and Under Secretary of the Navy’s primary advisor on foreign and defense policy and strategy; security cooperation and international engagement; security and space policy; intelligence and counter-intelligence; intelligence oversight; defense sensitive support, signature reduction, and sensitive activities; special operations and irregular warfare; global force management and posture. Jodi stood up the Department’s Insider threat Hub and oversaw a ten year effort supporting the United Kingdom’s carrier-enabled power projection program.

Prior to her appointment as DUSN, Ms. Greene was the Senior Director for Policy in the Department of the Navy. She was the principal advisor to the DUSN on general defense and foreign policy development and supported the formulation of Department of the Navy-wide strategic plans, program objectives, policies and standards in support of major policy initiatives.

Working in the Office of the Secretary for Defense for Policy from 1997-2007, Ms. Greene served as the Country Director for Russia, where she was responsible for the formulation and implementation of United States security policy for Russia and the Eurasia region. She also served as Senior Director for Korea, where she developed security policy on North Korea’s nuclear program and managed defense policies in support of the security alliance with the Republic of Korea.

Ms. Greene served three years as the Special Assistant to the Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs at the National Security Council (NSC). While at the NSC, she monitored the Northern Ireland Peace Process, assisted in the development of plans for the African Crisis Response Initiative, and participated in negotiations with the governments of Peru and Ecuador regarding resolution of their border dispute.

Ms. Greene served in the U.S. Air Force from 1990-1995, with assignments at the National Security Agency, in the Offices of the Secretary of the Air Force and the Secretary of Defense. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland University College and the National Defense University Counterterrorism Fellowship Program. She is a 2017 recipient of the Distinguished Presidential Rank Award.