Toledo Rotary 08202012Carla Lucchino - "Mission and Future of the US Navy" Ms. Carla Lucchino spoke on the mission/future of the Navy, and related it to her experiences regarding the strategy plans for major weapons and current challenges she faces as the Navy’s senior career civilian advisor. Ms. Lucchino is the Assistant for Administration to the Secretary of the Navy and was assigned to this position in June 2010, performing high-level assignments in execution of the Secretary's policies, goals and objectives. She provides administrative management and support to the Office of the Secretary of the Navy, its 6,000 member Secretariat, staff offices, field activities and supported organizations. Ms. Lucchino received a bachelor’s of arts degree in economics in 1981 from the State University of New York at Binghamton. From there, she immediately entered graduate school at the Russ College of Engineering and Technology and was awarded a master’s of science degree in industrial and systems engineering from Ohio University in 1982. In 1994 she received another master’s of science degree in national security strategy from the National War College located at Ft. McNair in Washington, DC. Ms. Lucchino is the recipient of numerous performance awards including two Meritorious Civilian Service Awards, the Exceptional Civilian Service Award and the Superior Civilian Service Award. She currently serves as a member of the Russ College of Engineering and Technology's Board of Visitors at Ohio University. She is a distinguished graduate of the Russ College of Engineering and Technology, and recently received the Ohio University Alumni Association’s Medal of Merit.