Navy Female Trailblazer Joins Goldman Sachs Board.

• Author: Tahmincioglu, Eve
• Position: DIRECTORS & BOARDS' DIRECTORS ROSTER

Vice Admiral Jan E. Tighe, who In 2014 became the first female commander of a numbered fleet in U.S. Navy history and has extensive cybersecurity expertise, joined Goldman Sachs' board of directors this month.

Tighe's appointment expands Goldman's board to 14 directors, 11 of whom are independent. She will sit on the corporate governance, risk and audit committees.

"Jan brings over 20 years of leadership experience In complex cyber and intelligence operations, and more broadly, risk management for the United States Navy," said Goldman Sachs chairman Lloyd C. Blankfein.

Tighe--who retired this year as deputy chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare and Director of Naval Intelligence for the Navy, and served since 1980--is currently a member of the National Security Sector Advisory Committee of The MITRE Corp. and is a member and glob al security expert on the strategic advisory group of Paladin Capital Group.

As the chief of Information Warfare "she actively led the integration of information into all warfare areas, providing the Navy assured networks, heightened cybersecurity...