Jessica Lynn Wright (née Garfola; born November 2, 1952) was the
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness of the
United States Department of Defense. She retired at the end of March 2015, succeeded by
Brad Carson as Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. Laura Junor is the Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.
Wright was previously the
Adjutant General of Pennsylvania for the
Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
The Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) was established on April 11, 1793, by the Pennsylvania General Assembly. It is overseen by the adjutant general, a cabinet-level position appointed by the governor.
The Pennsylvan ...
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In 2020, Jessica Wright was inducted into the U.S. Army Women's Foundation Hall of Fame.
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Living people
Alderson Broaddus University alumni
American Senior Army Aviators
Webster University alumni
State cabinet secretaries of Pennsylvania
Obama administration personnel
United States Assistant Secretaries of Defense
1952 births
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