Janeen L. Birckhead is a U.S. military officer serving as the adjutant general of Maryland since April 2023.

She was previously a senior advisor in the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration and the assistant adjutant general from June 2018 to April 2023.

[4][3] Starting at the age of 14, she began working at a fast-food restaurant in Ocean City, Maryland during the summers.

[6] She had a dual-hatted assignment from March 2020 to May 2023 as the deputy commanding general-reserve affairs of the United States Army War College.

[6] During her tenure, Birckhead assisted the Hogan administration with addressing equity issues in distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine in Maryland,[8] and was selected by the D.C. National Guard to be the Task Force Capitol Grounds Commander for the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden.