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BRIGADIER GENERAL DIANE L. DUNN
Commissioner and Adjutant General

Brigadier General Diane L. Dunn serves as the 41st Adjutant General of the Maine National Guard and Commissioner of the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management. 

In the 200-year history of the Maine National Guard, General Dunn has broken many barriers. Early in her career she served as the assistant professor of Military Science at the University of Maine, where she earned her Master of Public Administration. In 2009 she deployed to Afghanistan as Commander of the 286th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion. In 2014, she became the first woman to command a brigade in the Maine Army National Guard. As her journey continued, she was selected as the Maine Army National Guard, Chief of Staff and Assistant Adjutant General. General Dunn was further honored when personally requested by the Director of the Army National Guard to serve as Deputy Commanding General for U.S. Army North at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

After retiring from the Maine Army National Guard in 2021, she returned to the University of Maine President’s Office as a senior advisor to the president and later as chief of staff.

The recipient of numerous accolades, General Dunn has been awarded the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with four Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters, the National Defense Service Medal with one Bronze Service Star, the Global War on Terrorism-Service Medal and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Medal, and a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College.   

 

Official Bio

Last Updated: October 17, 2024