Lisa Branum

As Associate Director for the Office of Budget, Finance and Analysis Ms. Branum serves as an advisor on matters related to budgetary and financial strategy, including planning, formulation, and execution. She oversees risk and performance management, and the USGS’s strategic plan, while supporting the Department of the Interior's (DOI) strategic plan. She also oversees technology transfer, funds-in agreements, and the directives system.

Ms. Branum also serves as the acting AD for the Office of Administrative Services, managing the Office of Management Services (OMS). OMS is responsible for developing and implementing bureau-wide policies, procedures, programs, and systems related to space, facilities, safety, environmental protection, security, transportation, supplies, mail, property, energy conservation, and other general services.

Prior to the USGS, Ms. Branum served at the Department of the Interior as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Safety, Resource Protection and Emergency Services, guiding policy and operations across emergency management, wildland fire, law enforcement, aviation services, and interagency borderland coordination. She previously led a rapid overhaul of the Department’s ethics program as Acting Deputy Director for Operations in the Departmental Ethics Office, authoring Secretary’s Order 3375 and securing the approvals and resources to consolidate and modernize ethics services. Earlier, as Director of DOI’s Office of Emergency Management, she advised senior leaders and coordinated national response and recovery, including for major incidents and disasters. Her career also includes work supporting national security and emergency management across federal agencies and the Congress.

Ms. Branum is a graduate of George Washington University’s Elliott School (M.A., Security Policy Studies) and the University of North Carolina Wilmington (B.S., Marine Biology; B.A., Political Science) and holds an Executive Certificate in Leadership Coaching from Georgetown University. Ms. Branum has worked for Senator Evan Bayh, Business Executives for National Security, Grant Thornton LLP, and Northrop Grumman supporting efforts related to national security and emergency management.