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Bachelor
of Science de-
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gree in technology ed-
ucation and training
and holds a Master of
Public Administration
from the University of
Colorado – Denver and
a Master of Science in
homeland security from
the Naval Postgradu-
ate School, Center for
Homeland
Defense
and Security.
Criswell and Kiernan ac-
tually met at the Naval
Postgraduate School
where Kiernan is an Ad-
junct Professor in the
Masters Program from
which Criswell gradu-
ated.
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Senior Master Sgt. Deanna Criswell poses for a photo in the CENT-
COM area of operations. She is the first female fire chief in the Air
National Guard, and she is currently deployed as the Air Force’s
forward functional fire manager. (Courtesy of CO National Guard
Tech Sgt. Kevin Coulter.)
Kiernan commented
“Deanne stood out as a first among
equals in what is an extraordinarily
rigorous academic program wherein
all of our students are leaders within
their organizations and balance aca-
demic excellence with full-time critical
jobs across the homeland security and
homeland defense communities.”
“Deanne actually had to change her
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