Carey Lohrenz

Background

Carey Lohrenz was born in 1968 in Racine, Wisconsin to Robert E. Dunai and Carol T. Dunai. Her father served in the military as a United States Marine Corps aviator.

Education

Raised in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Carey Lohrenz graduated from Pulaski High School where she was a member of the National Honor Society, played volleyball, basketball and softball. In 1991, Carey Lohrenz graduated from Aviation Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, Florida.

Career

Commissioned an Ensign in June 1991, Lohrenz was sent to flight school at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas and then to Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas for Advanced Jet Training. Earning her wings in June 1993, Carey Lohrenz was one of the top graduates receiving her Naval Aviator Wings of Gold from Randall ‘Duke’ Cunningham. She received follow on orders to Naval Air Station Miramar, California.

She was one of the two first candidates in the United States Navy to become a female fighter pilot in the F-14 Tomcat, but was taken out of the F-14 airframe eventually due to multiple failures as a trainee pilot, despite several extra opportunities given due to her being one of the first females in the male-dominated arena of fighter pilots.

Due to her being one of the first female combat pilots, the District of Columbia Leaving the United States Navy in 1999, Carey Lohrenz began a career as a leadership expert and professional speaker. She is qualified in the fundamentals of leadership, teamwork, high performing teams, winning under pressure, reducing errors and overcoming obstacles.

She has been employed by many organizations to help them to develop high performing team cultures. She wrote a book Fearless Leadership: High-Performance Lessons from the Flight Deck, which was published by Greenleaf Book Group Press in 2014 about her experiences as a female aviator.

Carey has appeared on Cable News Network, Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company, National Broadcasting Company, Columbia Broadcasting System, American Broadcasting Company, and National Public Radio. American Broadcasting Company News: Female Navy Flier: Videos Taken Out of Context

National Public Radio: Foreign Family, Foreign Country: Military Moms Do lieutenant All - Lieutenant

Carey Lohrenz (ret), Lieutenant Commander Linda Maloney (ret) and Pilar Arteaga, a petty officer first class in the Navy, discuss parenting in the military.

Achievements

• Carey Lohrenz is a 1990 graduate of the University of Wisconsin where she was a 3 time varsity letter winner in rowing.

Views

Circuit court held that she was a "voluntary limited-purpose public figure" under defamation law which limited her privacy rights and ability to defend against accusations.