Col. Bree Fram, an astronautical engineer in the U.S. Space Force, is the co-editor of With Honor and Integrity: Transgender Troops in Their Own Words, the co-author of the forthcoming Forging Queer Leaders: How the LGBTQIA+ Community Creates Impact from Adversity, and host of the podcast Forged in Fire: LGBTQ+ Leadership. She is also the former president of SPARTA, a non-profit organization that advocates and educates about transgender military service.

Fram leads acquisition policy development for the U.S. Space Force. Prior to recommissioning into the Space Force in 2021, she served in many Air Force positions, including a research and development command position and leading Air Force security cooperation with Iraq.

Fram came out publicly on the day the transgender ban in the military was dropped in 2016. She served through the re-imposition of a ban from 2019-2021 and is currently one of the highest ranking out-transgender officers in the United States military.

Fram has appeared on ABC, NBC, NPR and PBS News. She is a featured speaker on leadership, diversity, and inclusion at corporations, universities and government organizations. She’s also a member of the State Department’s Speaker program that connects foreign audiences with American experts.

Fram received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota in Aerospace Engineering, a Master of Science degree from the Air Force Institute of Technology—Graduate School of Engineering and Management, and a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College.