Lieutenant Colonel Jessica D. Grassetti, U.S. Army, is Chief, Institutional Strategy Branch, Deputy Directorate for Joint Strategic Planning, Joint Staff J-5. In her previous assignment, she was the Army Fellow for the Association of the United States Army. Throughout her career as a military police officer and strategist, she has served in a variety of wartime, staff and operational assignments. She has a Master’s in Public Policy from the Harris School of Public Policy, the University of Chicago.