Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) Eartha M. Govan is a native of Orangeburg, South Carolina. She enlisted in the Army in 1987. She graduated from South Carolina State University (SCSU) Army ROTC as a Distinguished Military Graduate (DMG). Lieutenant Colonel Govan received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.

She was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps in 1992. Lieutenant Colonel Govan received a Masters in Business Administration from Webster University. Currently, she is a Senior Logistics Consultant for the U.S. Army.