Maura Hennigan, an active duty U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant colonel with 20 years of service, is a fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace. She arrived in the summer of 2014 following a highly successful combat tour in Afghanistan as the commanding officer of a Marine aviation ground logistics support squadron. A logistics expert who has served in numerous military commands throughout the globe, Maura has extensive experience with plans and resources, strategic movement, distribution management, fiscal programming, multi-national logistics agreements and in operations involving U.S. and allied military services, governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations across the full spectrum of conflict.
Some of Maura’s professional experiences include providing sustainment support in Thailand, partnership building throughout the Pacific Rim, providing anti-terrorism/force protection program needs assessment and funding and coordination and support of Special Operations Forces in Afghanistan and Yemen. She served on numerous high level staffs including Marine Corps Forces in Germany, the Marine Expeditionary Force Commanders in Okinawa and California, the U.S. Pacific Command Director of Operations, Force Protection and Combatting Terrorism and the U.S. Pacific Command Resources and Assessment Directorate. She deployed to Afghanistan twice in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Following this fellowship, Lieutenant Colonel Hennigan will join Headquarters, Marine Corps in Washington, D.C. Maura holds a B.S. in political science from Mary Washington College.