Carey Dunai Lohrenz (born October 5, 1968) is a former lieutenant in the U.S. Navy who was one of the first fully qualified female naval aviators to fly the F-14 Tomcat in the U.S. military.

Raised in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Lohrenz graduated from Pulaski High School, where she was a member of the National Honor Society and played volleyball, basketball, and softball.

In 1991, Lohrenz graduated from Aviation Officer Candidate School at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida.

She was one of the two first female Naval Aviators[2] in the U.S. Navy to train and fully qualify as fighter pilots in the F-14 Tomcat.

[6] In 2021, Carey Lohrenz wrote another Wall Street Journal[7] best-selling book, Span of Control: What To Do When You're Under Pressure, Overwhelmed, And Ready To Get What You Really Want, published by Forbes.