Brig. Gen. Paige M. Jennings assumed duties as the Director for Manpower and Personnel, Joint Chiefs of Staff on 8 July 2024 after most recently serving as the U.S. Army Financial Management Command commanding general.
In her role, Jennings is responsible for providing the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff with manpower and personnel counsel and support. She and her staff develop military advice to national decision makers and provide strategic direction to the Joint Force by enabling global integration to achieve maximum comprehensive Joint Force readiness.
Jennings is a native of Missoula, Montana, and received a Regular Army commission into the Finance Corps in 1995 as a distinguished military graduate of the University of Montana’s Grizzly Battalion Army Reserve Officer Training Corps program. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration with an accounting emphasis from the University of Montana; a Master of Science degree in management with an accounting emphasis from the University of Maryland, University College; and a Master of Science degree in national resource strategy from the National Defense University Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy.
Jennings served in a variety of leadership and staff assignments, providing financial management, programming, budget and resourcing support to the Army, special operations forces and defense intelligence organizations. She served in Baumholder, Germany; the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, Ft. Campbell, Kentucky; Ft. Meade, Maryland; Ft. Eustis, Virginia; Ft. Belvoir, Virginia; Alexandria, Virginia; Austin, Texas; the Pentagon; and Indianapolis, Indiana.
She also served as the 8th Finance Battalion Headquarters and Alpha Detachments commander; U.S. Army Operations Support Element comptroller and deputy commander for resourcing; the Intelligence and Security Command resource manager (G8); U.S. Army Futures Command Task Force Resourcing team lead; AFC comptroller and director of resource management; and as a congressional appropriations liaison for the Office of the Secretary of Defense Comptroller, Budget and Appropriations Affairs.
Jennings’ military education and training includes the Finance Officer Basic and Advanced Courses; Combined Arms Services and Staff School; Command and General Staff College; Airborne School; Air Assault School; and The Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy. She also holds Department of Defense Financial Management Level-3 certification and is a Certified Defense Financial Manager.