The U.S. National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security: Implementing UNSCR 1325
Steve McGann '73 is a retired U.S. ambassador and a senior advisor of the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy at the National Defense University (NDU) in Washington, D.C. His principal responsibilities at NDU include developing curriculum for implementation of the U.S. National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, the Joint Land Air Sea Strategic Program (JLASS), as well as lecturing on State-Defense Coordination. He previously served as the United States Ambassador to the Republics of Fiji, Nauru, Kiribati, and the Kingdom of Tonga and Tuvalu (2008-11). McGann was assigned as Chargé d’Affaires (ad interim) of the United States Embassy in Dili, Timor-Leste (2014). His achievements center on democracy-building, law enforcement cooperation, maritime security, humanitarian assistance, disaster response and the expansion of U.S. diplomatic presence in the Pacific. McGann is a graduate of CMC and serves on the College's Board of Trustees.