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Timothy J. Ott, President and Head of School, Massanutten Military Academy
Colonel Timothy J. Ott (retired)
President and Head of School, Massanutten Military Academy
Col Timothy J. Ott became president and head of school for Massanutten Military Academy during January 2026. His presidency is focused on providing students with an extraordinary educational experience that prepares them for future success.
Between 2023 and early January 2026, Tim served as Chief Operating Officer for Randolph-Macon Academy, where he also taught character and leadership development, world history, and national security. Additionally, he actively mentored large numbers of students and coached the varsity track and field teams. During the 2022-2023 academic year, Tim taught 6th and 7th grade math at the former Randolph-Macon Academy middle school.
From 2019 until his retirement from federal service in 2022, Tim served as U.S. Treasury Department Chair and Assistant Professor for Security Studies at the National War College, as well as an adjunct faculty member in the Strategic Leadership Department of the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. He is a career member of the federal Senior Executive Service, and served as Associate Director for Strategic Operations at the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a Bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. He earlier served as Deputy Associate Director for Intelligence and as Deputy Associate Director for International Programs at FinCEN.
A retired colonel from the U.S. Marine Corps Selected Reserve, Tim served on active duty as Deputy Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant of the Marine Corps from 2009 to 2010, and as Director of Readiness Programs in the Office of the Inspector General of the Marine Corps during 2011. His previous military duties have included assignments as a Deputy Legal Counsel to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Senior Legal Advisor to the Commander, U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, Assistant Staff Judge Advocate to the Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, and an operational deployment to Iraq with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) in 1991.
Before his arrival at FinCEN in 2007, Tim served as a Civilian Special Assistant to the Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Air Force, and as an Attorney-Advisor in the Office of Chief Counsel, Foreign Assets Control, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Tim holds an LL.M. from the Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School of the U.S. Army, a J.D. from Case Western Reserve University School of Law, a M.S. from the National War College, and a B.A. from the University of Mount Union.
Tim is married and has two adult children.
You know your child can do more but is not getting the attention needed in their current environment to reach their full potential. We know that choosing the right school for your child can be difficult because each child is so unique. We believe students should experience school as it should be, a place where children are educated in an environment that leads them to thrive and encourages their maximum potential.
Massanutten Military Academy is a co-educational, non-profit military boarding and day school in Virginia for students in 8th-12th grades with postgraduate studies. We welcome all faiths and live by our motto: Non Nobis Solum (Not For Ourselves Alone).
Massanutten Military Academy admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school administered programs.
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