Capt lisa franchetti biography

American Navy admiral (born 1964)

Lisa Marie Franchetti (fran-KEH-ti; born 25 April 1964)^[1] is a United States Navyadmiral who has been the 33rd^[2]chief of naval operations since 2 November 2023.^[3][4] She is the first woman to be chief of naval operations, and the first woman to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.^[3]

Before this she most recently served as the 42nd vice chief of naval operations from September 2022 to November 2023^[5] and as acting chief of naval operations (CNO) from August to November 2023.^[6][7]

A surface warfare officer, Franchetti previously served as director for strategy, plans, and policy of the Joint Staff (J5) from 2020 to 2022,^[8] the second deputy chief of naval operations for warfighting development in 2020,^[9] and commander of the United States Sixth Fleet from 2018 to 2020.^[10] She has also commanded carrier strike