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Gina Jones
Special Advisor, Defense Intelligence Agency
USA

Gina Jones serves as a special advisor in the Office of the Deputy Director at the Defense Intelligence Agency, where she leads the development and implementation of strategic initiatives. She served as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Air Force and deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Jones spent several years as a consultant for U.S. Army operations in Latin America before joining U.S. Africa Command. She serves as a special advisor in the Office of the Deputy Director at the Defense Intelligence Agency, where she leads the development and implementation of strategic initiatives. She served as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Air Force and deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Jones spent several years as a consultant for U.S. Army operations in Latin America before joining U.S. Africa Command. She played a critical role in instantiating socio-cultural analysis into operational planning, and her efforts directly shaped the command’s security cooperation activities with African partner-nations. Jones has advanced degrees from Boston University, the University of Kansas, and the U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies.