Evelyn J. Fields

Evelyn Fields
Birth name	Evelyn Juanita Fields
Born	(1949-01-29) January 29, 1949 (age 75) Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	NOAA
Years of service	1972–2003
Rank	Rear admiral
Unit	NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps
Commands held	Director of the Office of the NOAA Corps Operations Director of the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps (1999–2003)
Awards	Department of Commerce Gold Medal
Alma mater	Norfolk State University (BS)

External videos
"Lessons from Rear Admiral Evelyn Fields – Charting the course for others to follow", NOAA, February 18, 2020

Evelyn J. Fields (born 1949) is a former officer of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps, who served as the director of the Commissioned Officer Corps and director of NOAA's Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, from 1999 until her retirement in 2003. Fields was the first woman, and first African American to head the NOAA Corps.

Earlier in her career, in 1989, Fields was given command of the research vessel, NOAAS McArthur, thus becoming the first woman and first African American to command a NOAA ship, and the first woman to command a ship in the United States uniformed services for an extended assignment.