Ms. Anne Marie Schumann

Ms. Anne Marie Schumann serves as the Department of the Navy Principal Cyber Advisor (DON PCA). In this role, she is responsible for advising the Secretary of the Navy, Chief of Naval Operations, and Commandant of the Marine Corps on all cyber matters and implementing the Department of Defense Cyber Strategy within the DON. Prior to her current role, Ms. Schumann served as the Senior Cyber Threat Advisor to the Director for Command, Control, Communications, and Computers/Cyber and Chief Information Officer, Joint Staff J6. In this capacity, she advised the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff on cyber risk management and operations and ensured the Department’s critical communications systems were postured to meet warfighter needs. Before serving at Joint Staff J6, Ms. Schumann was the Director for Cyber Operations and Intelligence in the Office of the Principal Cyber Advisor to the Secretary of Defense. She co-authored the Department’s first Cyber Posture Review, implemented the Department’