{"id":45079,"date":"2023-04-21T19:17:59","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T19:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/04\/21\/first-female-us-naval-academy-superintendent-nominated\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:57:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:57:53","slug":"first-female-us-naval-academy-superintendent-nominated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2023\/04\/21\/first-female-us-naval-academy-superintendent-nominated\/","title":{"rendered":"First female US Naval Academy superintendent nominated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Secretary of the Navy Carlos del Toro and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday have nominated Rear Adm. Yvette Davids, the director of the Navy\u2019s Learning to Action Drive Team, to serve as the 64th superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the U.S. Senate confirms Davids, she will become the first woman to serve in that role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This isn\u2019t the first time Davids has made history. She was the first Hispanic American woman to lead a Navy warship when she became the commanding officer of the guided-missile frigate Curts in 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor this milestone, Davids was a 2008 recipient of the Mexican American Women\u2019s National Association\u2019s Las Primeras Award for Latinas who demonstrate important \u2018firsts\u2019 in their fields with a national impact,\u201d the Navy said in a news release.<\/p>\n\n\n\t