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Joint Staff Senior Leaders
Gen. Dan Caine
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Adm. Christopher W. Grady
Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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SEAC David L. Isom
Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Lt. Gen. Stephen E. Liszewski
Director, Joint Staff
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Rear Adm. Paul Spedero Jr.
Vice Director, Joint Staff
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All Joint Staff Biographies
SEAC Isom
SEAC David L. Isom Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Ambassador Laura F. Dogu
Ambassador Laura F. Dogu Foreign Policy Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lt. Gen. Stephen E. Liszewski, Director, Joint Staff
Lt. Gen. Stephen E. Liszewski Director, Joint Staff
Vice Admiral Dion D. English
Vice Adm. Dion English Director for Logistics, J-4
Brig. Gen. Paige M. Jennings
Brig. Gen. Paige M. Jennings Director for Manpower and Personnel, J1
Official portrait of U.S. Air Force Major General Mark H. Slocum
Maj. Gen. Mark H. Slocum Vice Director for Strategy, Plans and Policy, J5
Mr. William Butcher
William C. Butcher Director, Directorate of Management (DOM)
Lt. Gen. David Odom
Lt. Gen. David L. Odom Director for Operations, J-3
Mr. Matthew Stumpf poses for a portrait in the Army portrait studio at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., Mar. 29, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Christopher Kaufmann)
Matthew Shannon Stumpf Vice Director for Joint Force Development-Integration, J7
Sean A. Lehr, biography photo
Sean A. Lehr, SES Vice Director for Manpower and Personnel, J1
Director of Management Joint Staff
Captain Sean Neer Director of Management
Official Portrait of the 22nd Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Dan Caine.
Gen. Dan Caine Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Vice Director for Strategy, Plans, and Policy (J-5), Joint Staff
Lt. Gen. Joseph “JP” McGee Director for Strategy, Plans and Policy, J5
Brig. Gen. Clinton K. Murray
Brig. Gen. Clinton K. Murray, MD Joint Staff Surgeon
RADM Paul Spedero Jr.
Rear Adm. Paul Spedero Jr. Vice Director, Joint Staff
Major General Phillip N. Frietze, Vice Director for Logistics, J-4 The Joint Staff
Maj. Gen. Phillip N. Frietze Vice Director for Logistics, J4
Vice Director for the Joint Staff J-6 Command, Control, Communications, and Computers / Cyber (C4 / Cyber) Directorate
Charleen Laughlin Vice Director for the Joint Staff J-6 Command, Control, Communications, and Computers / Cyber (C4 / Cyber) Directorate
Director for Command, Control, Communications and Computers (C4)/Cyber, Chief Information Officer, J-6
Lt. Gen. David T. Isaacson Director for Command, Control, Communications and Computers (C4)/Cyber, Chief Information Officer, J-6
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VACANT Director for Joint Force Development, J7
Rear Adm. Henderschedt
Vice Adm. Thomas M. Henderschedt Director for Intelligence, J2
Official Portrait of Vice Adm. Sara A. Joyner (DOD Photo)
Vice Adm. Sara A. Joyner Director of Force Structure, Resources and Assessment, J8
Adm. Grady Bio Photo
Adm. Christopher W. Grady Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Vice Director for Joint Force Development
Maj. Gen. James E. Smith Vice Director for Joint Force Development, J7
Vice Director for Force Structure, Resources and Assessment (Joint Staff J-8)
Jennifer J. Balisle Vice Director for Force Structure, Resources and Assessment, J8