Jan E. Tighe

Tighe was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and raised in Plantation, Florida. In 1984, she graduated from the United States Naval Academy and receive her commission as a cryptologist. She studied Russian at the Defense Language Institute, graduating in 2001 from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, with a doctorate in electrical engineering and a M.Sc degree in applied mathematics.

Tighe's tours include Naval Security Group duty in Florida, Virginia and Japan, Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 1 (VQ-1) and Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific. She was also assigned to the headquarters of the Pacific Fleet, Naval Security Group, Naval Network Warfare Command. She served as executive assistant to the Commander of the United States Cyber Command. She held command of over 2,800 multi-service and multi-agency personnel at the National Security Agency and Central Security Service of Hawaii in Kunia.

As a flag officer, Tighe served in various roles, including as commander and vice-admiral of the U.S. Fleet Cyber Command for two years, 2014–2016, and of the United States Tenth Fleet. She was a United States Cyber Command Deputy J3; N2N6 director of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV); interim president of the Naval Postgraduate School; and deputy commander of the United States Fleet Cyber Command and United States Tenth Fleet.

In July 2016, Tighe became the deputy chief of Naval Information Warfare Systems Command, and the 66th director of the Office of Naval Intelligence. She retired from active duty in August 2018.

Tighe earned her Navy Information Warfare Specialist pin and Naval Aviation Observer wings, while deployed as an airborne special evaluator aboard a VQ-1 EP-3E aircraft in the Gulf War during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm.