Kristyn E. Jones who had served as the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller)[1] and she had served performing the duties of the Under Secretary of the Air Force, due to the resignation of Gina Ortiz Jones.

[2] Jones was raised in Mission Viejo, California and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1993.

After leaving the Army in 1998, Jones earned an MBA from George Mason University.

Her last role as a civil servant was serving as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Information Management until August 2014.

[5] On January 10, 2022, President Biden nominated Jones to be the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller).