Gary Roughead
Overview
Roughead became the twenty-ninth chief of naval operations on September 29, 2007. His earlier assignments included command of the Atlantic and Pacific fleets, commandant of the Naval Academy and chief of naval legislative affairs.[1]
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Key facts
1973 and Operational Commands
Roughead graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1973. He commanded the destroyer USS Barry and cruiser USS Port Royal, becoming the first officer to command both Aegis ship classes. Later commands included the Second Fleet and George Washington Battle Group.[1]
2007–2011Chief of Naval Operations
Roughead served four years as chief of naval operations before retiring in September 2011. His work included ship and aircraft procurement, ballistic-missile defense, unmanned systems and restructuring for cyber operations.[2]
Since 2012Corporate and Research Roles
Roughead joined Northrop Grumman’s board in 2012 and later served as the Hoover Institution’s Robert and Marion Oster Distinguished Military Fellow.[2]
2014Theranos Board
TheranosTheranosTheranos was a blood-testing company founded in 2003 by Elizabeth Holmes and based in Palo Alto, California, which offered retail testing with Walgreens and was valued at up to $9 billion before regulatory sanctions and criminal charges over alleged fraud in its technology and financial claims led to its dissolution in 2018.Open the full entry’s July 15, 2014 board attendance record lists Roughead.[3]
2015Joining Johns Hopkins APL
In May 2015, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory announced Roughead’s appointment to its Board of Managers.[4]
2017 Deposition: Naval Medical Applications
In a 2017 deposition obtained by ABCABCABC (American Broadcasting Company) is an American commercial broadcast television network. It grew out of NBC’s Blue radio network, took its name after becoming independent in 1943, developed into a national television network after merging with United Paramount Theatres in 1953, was acquired by Capital Cities in 1985, and has been owned by The Walt Disney Company since 1996. With CBS and NBC it is one of the three traditional U.S. broadcast networks, and it is one of the five networks that rotate in the White House television pool.Open the full entry News, Roughead described interest in Theranos for ships lacking medical officers, hoping testing would improve medical decisions at sea. This described a prospective application, not proof of military validation or deployment.[5]
Sources
- Admiral Gary Roughead (opens in a new window)
- Company Leadership – Gary Roughead (opens in a new window)
- Theranos Board of Directors — July 15, 2014; Trial Exhibit 15032 (opens in a new window)
- Former Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Gary Roughead Joins Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Board (opens in a new window)
- Elizabeth Holmes on Theranos devices not working: 'I know that we made mistakes': 'The Dropout' episode 3 (opens in a new window)