and managing the allocation of audit resources to ensure the best outcomes. Previously, he was a technical adviser to the special assistant to the Secretary of the Navy for base realignment and closure. Booth is a certifi ed fraud examiner and internal control auditor. He is a winner of the Presidential Rank Award and the Department of the Navy’s Superior Civilian Service Award. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Virginia State University in 1980.
ELLIOTT BRANCH
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Acquisition Procurement), Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition)
Mr. Elliott Branch is the most senior Department of the Navy career
civilian and is responsible for acquisition,
contracting, and operation of the Navy’s multi-billion-dollar acquisition system. He is the principal civilian adviser to the department’s acquisition and procurement executive and serves as Department of the Navy competition advocate general. He also leads Navy contracting, purchasing, and government property. His accomplishments in the federal government have been recognized with various awards, including the 2012 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal for Management Excellence, the Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Medal, David Packard Excellence in Acquisition Award, two Presidential Rank Awards for Meritorious Executive, and the Vice Presidential Hammer Award for Reinventing Government. Branch graduated with a bachelor’s degree in economics from University of Pennsylvania Wharton School and completed the executive program at the University of Virginia Darden School.
ANDREA BROTHERTON Deputy Naval Inspector General
Ms. Andrea Brotherton was appointed to her current position in 2009. She oversees investigations involving senior offi cials and fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement at every level of the
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Navy. Ms. Brotherton has 28 years of civilian service. In 1985 she joined the Navy Offi ce of the General Counsel,
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), where she served as associate counsel in the offi ce of counsel, Naval Sea Systems Command. In July 1999 she became an assistant to the general counsel in the offi ce of the associate general counsel (management). From 1995 to 1999 she served in the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division as a staff attorney preceding her selection as counsel. In 2004 she was appointed to the Senior Executive Service position of Executive Director, Offi ce of Counsel, NAVAIR. She became counsel for Naval Facilities Engineering Command in 2005. A year later, she joined the Offi ce of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy as Assistant General Counsel (Financial Management and Comptroller). Brotherton holds bachelor’s degrees in biology and political science. She also holds a juris doctorate and is licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
KAREN BURROWS
Executive Director, Naval Ordnance Safety and Security Activity, and Deputy for Weapons Safety, Naval Sea Systems Command
Ms. Karen Burrows is the chair of the Department of the Navy’s Weapon System
Explosives Safety Review Board, which provides oversight for the safety of all Navy and Marine Corps
munitions, ordnance items, weapons, and combat systems. She was selected to the federal Senior Executive Service in April 2012 and has more than 29 years of experience in the Department of Defense. Her previous positions include Deputy Administrator/Chief Information Offi cer, Defense Technical Information Center; Director, Emerging Capabilities and Special Assistant, Offi ce of the Assistant Secretary of
Defense (Research and Engineering); Director, Weapons Technology Division; Insensitive Munitions Program Manager; and Mine Countermeasures Program Manager, Naval Surface Warfare Center. She earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
KAREN DAVIS
Director, Integrated Combat Systems, Program Executive Office for Integrated Warfare Systems
Ms. Karen Davis is the director for Integrated Combat Systems within the Program Executive Offi ce
for Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS). Her responsibilities are organization and direction of eff orts to produce integrated combat systems, sensors, weapons, and C4I war fi ghting capabilities for surface ships. Ms. Davis was selected to the Senior Executive Service in 2014. Immediately prior to that, she was the PEO IWS major program manager for advanced technology. Ms. Davis’s past key leadership and critical acquisition positions include Program Manager for Marine Corps Information Systems and Infrastructure; deputy program manager for future aircraft carriers; director for aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships within the Navy Secretariat; and principal assistant program manager for Nimitz-class aircraft carrier construction. Ms. Davis’s early technical profi ciency was gained as a weapon systems engineer. Ms. Davis, a graduate of Clemson University, holds a Bachelor of Science in computer engineering and a master’s degree in engineering management. Her continuous learning includes programs at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, University of Virginia, and American University. Her professional recognition includes a Meritorious Service Award and a Department of the Navy Chief Information Offi cer Information Technology Excellence Award.
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