Jelinski hall biography sampler
A poignant story of faith, family, and country that reveals the courage it takes to try, succeed, and live to tell about life's often-improbable journey.!
Raised on a farm in Central Minnesota, Denise Jelinski-Hall attended a one-room country school through fifth grade and never dreamed of opportunities beyond her.
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“A powerful story-teller of faith, family, and country, Denise reveals like no other the courage it takes to try, succeed, and live to tell about life’s often improbable journey.”
— Linda Lingle, former Governor of Hawaii
Denise Jelinski-Hall is the wife of a U.S.
Marine, a mother of four, and a graduate of Trident University International. She is also a former air traffic controller, a combat airspace manager, and the first and only enlisted woman in the history of the United States Armed Forces to serve as a Senior Advisor to a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff—with responsibility for representing the voices of more than 415,000 enlisted National Guard Soldiers and Airmen on issues ranging from health to family to professional development.
Having achieved the highest position ever held by an enlisted woman in the annals of our country’s Military, Denise shattered more glass than your neighborhood Little League team.
Relying on her unstop