Ms. Elizabeth Nashold currently serves as the Executive Director for Industrial Operations at Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). Appointed to this role in January 2025, Ms. Nashold provides senior executive oversight and support for more than 37,000 civilian and military personnel executing the critical depot-level repair, maintenance and modernization efforts of the Navy’s submarines, aircraft carriers, and supporting surface ships. With direct oversight of the Navy’s four public shipyards: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine; Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia; Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington; and Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Facility in Hawaii, Ms. Nashold is responsible for improving the readiness of our nation’s most capable platforms.
Ms. Nashold’s immediate past position was Deputy Commander, Naval Information Forces (NAVIFOR). Ms. Nashold assumed these duties in August 2019, where she led a staff of more than 500 personnel to execute type command (TYCOM) functions to organize, man, train, equip and certify ashore and afloat Information Warfare forces worldwide. She directly managed an annual budget of approximately $1.8 billion and supported 91 shore commands manned by 22,000 military and civilian professionals across the globe, performing missions including navy cyber operations, intelligence, cryptologic operations, nuclear command and control, communications operations, network operations, space operations, electronic warfare, meteorology, oceanography, and spectrum management.
In May 2016, Ms. Nashold was selected for appointment to the Senior Executive Service as director, Fleet Installations and Environment (N46) for U.S. Fleet Forces Command, responsible for directing the design, implementation, and management of programs to align the Fleet's activities in accordance with environmental statutes, as well as overseeing fleet installation and energy portfolios.
Ms. Nashold graduated with distinction from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1991 with a Bachelor of Science degree in systems engineering. She also holds a Master of Engineering degree in environmental engineering from the University of Florida with a sub-specialty in hydrologic sciences.
Ms. Nashold entered active duty as a civil engineer corps (CEC) officer, with tours as assistant resident officer in charge of construction, Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville, Florida; facilities manager for Naval Hospital Jacksonville, Florida; assistant operations officer and detail officer in charge in Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 in Port Hueneme, California, which included deployments to Okinawa, Japan and Haiti; assistant production officer and flag housing officer at the Navy Public Works Center, Norfolk, Virginia; and environmental officer at Commander, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Norfolk, Virginia.
Ms. Nashold departed active duty in March 2002 and continued supporting the Navy as a Navy civilian. She served in various roles including National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) program manager and executive directorate support at U.S. Fleet Forces Command; environmental engineer at U.S. Pacific Fleet; facilities support and environmental planning branch head for Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Hawaii; environmental readiness division resources and planning branch head for U.S. Fleet Forces Command; and environmental program director/environmental business line coordinator for Navy Region MidAtlantic and NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic.
Ms. Nashold is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Virginia and is a graduate of the United States Department of Agriculture’s Executive Potential Program. She received two Meritorious Civilian Service Awards in 2006 and 2014, a Superior Civilian Service Award in 2019 and the Presidential Rank Award in 2024. She achieved Level III certification in the Defense Acquisition Workforce.