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.

Commissioned in 1988 through the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), General Dunn has served in key leadership roles across the Maine Army National Guard. She deployed to Afghanistan in 2009 as Commander of the 286th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion and, in 2014, became the first woman to command a brigade in Maine National Guard history. She later served as Chief of Staff and Assistant Adjutant General, and was selected as Deputy Commanding General for U.S. Army North at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

General Dunn retired from military service in 2021 and joined the University of Maine, where she served in the President’s Office as a Senior Advisor and later as Chief of Staff. She returned to military service in 2024, becoming the first female Adjutant General in the 200-year history of the Maine National Guard.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Houghton University, a Master of Public Administration from the University of Maine, and a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. She also earned a National Security Management certification from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University and has completed numerous military leadership and professional development programs.

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