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Special Staff

Dr. Steve F. Pierce, Chief Technology Officer
COL Jonathan (Jon) Strobel, Command Surgeon
Sharon Watkins Lang, Historian
Stephen "Red" Herring, Chief of Congressional Affairs
Waylanda Crask, Chief of Protocol
Mary Birdsong, Director for Office of Small Business Programs
Dana Henslee, Chief, Internal Review & Audit Compliance
COL Whitney P. Hall, Chief, Reserve Affairs Adviser
Randy Joyner, Safety Officer

Personal Staff

COL Jeff Porter, Director, Commander's Action Group
Lira Frye, Director, Public Affairs
LTC Ryan Little, Chief Counsel & Staff Judge Advocate
Priscilla Williams, Director, Equal Employment Opportunity Office
COL Erica Jackson, Inspector General
SFC Lawrence D. Henry, Military Equal Opportunity Advisor
COL Mark Morgan, Chaplain
Kevin Crumlish, Political-Military Affairs Advisor

Deputy Chiefs of Staff

COL Alfred Boone, G1 Personnel
COL Bill Burch, G2 Intelligence
COL Russ Nowels, G3 Operations & Plans
COL Angel Giang-Cardenas, G4 Logistics
COL Robert Petty, G5 Plans
Jeff Harrison, Acting Engineer
COL Biji John, G6 Information Management
COL Adrian Plater, G8 Resource Management