SUSAN SANSON FRITZ, Member of the Board
Susan (Sanson) Fritz enjoyed a 30-year career in the US Navy retiring in 2004 as the CNO-Directed Command Master Chief (CNOCM) for Naval District Washington. She enjoyed many firsts in her career.
Susan was selected as the Command Master Chief for VS-22 (S-3 squadron) which deployed on board the aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower (CVN 69), the first combatant ship with women onboard. During that cruise she earned her Enlisted Aviation Warfare designation and was then selected to teach at the Navy Senior Enlisted Academy, Newport, RI. During this time period she was one of 13 female Command Master Chiefs (the senior enlisted rank) of which only 6 were deployed at sea.
Following her military career, she joined the staff of Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) as a government civilian. There she served as the Deputy Director for Religious Programs and Deputy Director for Command and Staff. She retired on September 29, 2018 with 14 years of civilian service.
On September 22, 2018, Susan was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal Church where she continues her charity work. She is assigned to two parishes, St. James, Indian Head and Christ Church, Durham Parish, Nanjemoy, MD.
Susan is currently the Chairman of the Board for Our Place Waldorf, the local soup kitchen, and Treasurer and Chaplain for Warfighter Advance.
She holds two master’s degrees, Human Resource Management and Business Administration, from the University of Maryland University College.
Susan (Sanson) Fritz enjoyed a 30-year career in the US Navy retiring in 2004 as the CNO-Directed Command Master Chief (CNOCM) for Naval District Washington. She enjoyed many firsts in her career.
Susan was selected as the Command Master Chief for VS-22 (S-3 squadron) which deployed on board the aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower (CVN 69), the first combatant ship with women onboard. During that cruise she earned her Enlisted Aviation Warfare designation and was then selected to teach at the Navy Senior Enlisted Academy, Newport, RI. During this time period she was one of 13 female Command Master Chiefs (the senior enlisted rank) of which only 6 were deployed at sea.
Following her military career, she joined the staff of Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) as a government civilian. There she served as the Deputy Director for Religious Programs and Deputy Director for Command and Staff. She retired on September 29, 2018 with 14 years of civilian service.
On September 22, 2018, Susan was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal Church where she continues her charity work. She is assigned to two parishes, St. James, Indian Head and Christ Church, Durham Parish, Nanjemoy, MD.
Susan is currently the Chairman of the Board for Our Place Waldorf, the local soup kitchen, and Treasurer and Chaplain for Warfighter Advance.
She holds two master’s degrees, Human Resource Management and Business Administration, from the University of Maryland University College.