Lisa Franchetti

Lisa Marie Franchetti ( fran-KEH-ti; born 25 April 1964) is a retired United States Navy admiral, the first woman to lead the U.S. Navy, and the first woman member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. She is also the first ROTC graduate to serve as chief of naval operations. Franchetti served as the 33rd chief of naval operations from 2 November 2023 to 21 February 2025 before being removed by the secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth. Franchetti was the 42nd vice chief of naval operations from September 2022 to November 2023 and as acting chief of naval operations (CNO) from August to November 2023. A surface warfare officer, Franchetti served as director for strategy, plans, and policy of the Joint Staff (J5) from 2020 to 2022, the second deputy chief of naval operations for war-fighting development in 2020, and commander of the United States sixth fleet from 2018 to 2020. She also commanded carrier strike groups and U.S. Naval Forces Korea during her career. Franchetti was the second woman promoted to four-star admiral in the United States Navy and the second woman to serve as vice chief of naval operations in the history of the U.S. Navy.