Most Powerful Moms

Most Powerful Moms in the Military: In Pictures

We salute these top-ranking moms who have made careers in service to America–in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, National Guard and reserves. The challenge is raising a family in wartime, with long and multiple deployments and sometimes military spouses doing the same. By naming the Most Powerful Moms in the Military, we remind America of the kinds of support and services families need to take on these extreme jobs. Every woman named as one of workingmother.com's Most Powerful Moms has at least one child 18 years of age or younger.

Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Booker

Coast Guard
37, daughter, 7, son 18

Lieutenant Commander Booker is a rising star in the Coast Guard who is doing a lot to make the organization women and mom friendly. She has been in the Coast Guard since 1999, and attended Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government for one year. Following Harvard in 2008 she became responsible for staffing the US Coast Guard’s aviation program and providing career guidance to over 1,200 pilots. Booker has organized the Women in Aviation Conference and put together a Mom Book about pregnancy and aviation that has been an invaluable resource for moms-to-be in the military. In June 2010, Booker was presented with Captain Stratton Leadership Award at the Sea Service Leadership Association’s Women’s Leadership Symposium, an annual gathering of select women in the Navy, Marines and Coast Guard.

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