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Joint Staff Senior Leaders
Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr.
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Adm. Christopher W. Grady
Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lt. Gen. James J. Mingus
Director for the Joint Staff
SEAC Troy E. Black
Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
All Joint Staff Biographies
Lt. Gen. Dagvin R.M. Anderson
Director for Joint Force Development, J7
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Jennifer J. Balisle
Vice Director for Force Structure, Resources and Assessment, J8
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SEAC Troy E. Black
Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr.
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Maj. Gen. Michael Downs
Vice Director, Joint Staff
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Adm. Christopher W. Grady
Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Lt. Gen. Dimitri Henry
Director for Intelligence, J2
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Lt. Gen. David T. Isaacson
Director for Command, Control, Communications and Computers (C4)/Cyber, Chief Information Officer, J-6
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Vice Adm. Sara A. Joyner
Director of Force Structure, Resources and Assessment, J8
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Patrick N. Kelleher
Principal Deputy Director of Strategic Logistics, J4
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Vice Admiral Stephen T. Koehler
Director for Strategy, Plans, and Policy, J5
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Lt. Gen. Leonard J. Kosinski
Director for Logistics, J4
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David Kostelancik
Foreign Policy Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Charleen Laughlin
Vice Director for the Joint Staff J-6 Command, Control, Communications, and Computers / Cyber (C4 / Cyber) Directorate
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Sean A. Lehr, SES
(Acting) Director for Manpower and Personnel, J1
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Maj. Gen. Joseph “JP” McGee
Vice Director for Strategy, Plans and Policy, J5
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Lt. Gen. James J. Mingus
Director for the Joint Staff
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Rear Adm. Thomas Moreau
Vice Director for Logistics, J4
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Captain Sean Neer
Director of Management
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Julian J. Ouellet
Vice Director for Joint Force Development and Design Integration, J7
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Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Sims II
Director for Operations, J3
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Rear Adm. Paul Spedero Jr.
Vice Director for Operations, J3
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Maj. Gen. Daniel H. Tulley
Vice Director for Joint Force Development, J7
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Chief Master Sgt. Thomas J. Wigington
Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Joint Staff Surgeon
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