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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
SEAC Troy E. Black
Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Sims II
Director for the Joint Staff
Maj. Gen. Stephen E. Liszewski
Vice Director, Joint 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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William C. Butcher
Director, Directorate of Management (DOM)
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Ambassador Kelly Degnan
Foreign Policy Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Vice Adm. Dion English
Director for Logistics, J-4
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Maj. Gen. Phillip N. Frietze
Vice Director for Logistics, J4
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Adm. Christopher W. Grady
Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Lt. Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich
Director for Operations, J-3
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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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Brig. Gen. Paige M. Jennings
Director for Manpower and Personnel, J1
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Vice Adm. Sara A. Joyner
Director of Force Structure, Resources and Assessment, J8
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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
Vice Director for Manpower and Personnel, J1
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Lt. Gen. Joseph “JP” McGee
Director for Strategy, Plans and Policy, J5
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Captain Sean Neer
Director of Management
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Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Sims II
Director for the Joint Staff
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Maj. Gen. Mark H. Slocum
Vice Director for Strategy, Plans and Policy, J5
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Maj. Gen. James E. Smith
Vice Director for Joint Force Development, J7
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Rear Adm. Paul Spedero Jr.
Vice Director for Operations, J3
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Matthew Shannon Stumpf
Vice Director for Joint Force Development-Integration, J7
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