Admiral Braun serves as Chair of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS), a Federal Advisory Committee chartered to provide recommendations to the Secretary of Defense on matters and policies relating to the recruitment, retention, employment, integration, well-being, and treatment of women in the Armed Forces of the United States. She retired from the U.S. Navy in 2016 after 37 years of active and reserve military service. In her final assignment, Admiral Braun served as the 13th Chief of Navy Reserve, leading a force of more than 60,000 men and women providing global operational support to the Navy, Marine Corps, and Joint Force. Additional flag officer assignments include service as Deputy Director of Operations for U.S. European Command, Stuttgart, Germany; Director, Total Force Management for the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare; and Commander/Deputy Commander of Navy Recruiting Command. A career Naval Aviator, Admiral Braun served in communications, training, and logistics squadrons where she flew EC-130, DC-9, T-44, and C-20G aircraft as an aircraft commander, mission commander, and instructor pilot. During her military career, she amassed more than 5,800 hours in Navy aircraft. Admiral Braun earned a bachelor’s degree from Northern Arizona University, a master’s degree from the University of Washington, and honorary doctorates from Northern Arizona University and Concordia University Chicago. She completed executive education at the Naval War College, Babson College, and University of North Carolina. A retired commercial pilot, Braun also served as an independent director for Identiv, Inc, a global leader in physical security, card readers, and Internet of Things (IoT) digital identification solutions. Currently, she serves on the Arizona State University Flag Officer Advisory Council, the Northern Arizona University Foundation Board, and as Chairman of the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation, supporting the National Naval Aviation Museum and the National Flight Academy in Pensacola, Florida.