Report: Naval Academy will replace its first female superintendent

Mathew Schumer, Baltimore Sun on Jul 17, 2025

Published in Women

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BALTIMORE — The U.S. Naval Academy will replace its first female superintendent, according to reporting from USNI News, the Naval Institute’s news site.

Vice Adm. Yvette Davids was confirmed to lead the academy in January 2024. She will be renominated for a third star and go on to serve the chief of naval operations staff.

USNI reports that Lt. Gen. Michael Borgschulte will be nominated to succeed Davids. If he is confirmed by the Senate, Borgschulte will be the first Marine general to serve as the academy’s superintendent.

Davids’ Navy career began when she served as an electrical officer, combat information center officer and communications officer aboard the combat stores ship USS San Jose during Operation Desert Storm.

She took the helm the USS Curts, becoming the first woman of Hispanic descent to command a Navy warship and leading the guided missile frigate through the Western Pacific and Arabian Gulf in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.

The Naval Academy was the last of the five service academies to have a woman nominated as leader. In June, Joanna Nunan stepped down from her role at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, where she was the first female superintendent.

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