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Marygail K. Brauner

Santa Monica Office

Senior Operations Research Analyst

Education

Ph.D. in engineering and operations research, University of California, Los Angeles; M.A. in mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles

Biography

Marygail Brauner is a senior operations research analyst at RAND. Her research has focused on military medical readiness with particular emphasis on developing quantifiable requirements, standards, and metrics, and costing alternative approaches to achieving medical readiness.

Research Focus

Force development; Manpower and personnel modeling; Military medicine; Military logistics and infrastructure

Recent Projects

  • Methods and prototypes for force development and utilization analysis
  • Reserve forces medical readiness
  • Army working capital fund for an expeditionary army
  • Improving spare parts support in dynamic environments

Selected Publications

S. Craig Moore and Marygail K. Brauner, Advancing the U.S. Air Force's Force-Development Initiative, RAND, 2007

Ellen M. Pint et al., Right Price Fair Credit: Criteria to Improve Financial Incentives for Army Logistics Decisions, RAND Corporation, 2005

John R. Folkeson and Marygail K. Brauner, Improving the Army's Management of Reparable Spare Parts, RAND Corporation, 2003

John Dumond et al., Velocity Management: The Business Paradigm That Has Transformed U.S. Army Logistics, RAND Corporation, 2002

Honors & Awards

  • Commander's Award awarded by Assistant Secretary of the Army
  • Golden Hammer Award awarded by Under Secretary of the Army
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