Lieutenant General Gwen Bingham is a native of Troy, Alabama. She graduated with a General Business degree and as an Army ROTC Distinguished Military Graduate from the University of Alabama in 1981 and holds Masters 

Degrees from Central Michigan University and the National Defense University. Lieutenant General Bingham served in a myriad of key command and staff positions throughout her career to include: Army Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management (HQDA); Commanding General, Tank- automotive and Armaments Life Cycle Management Command, Warren, Michigan; Commanding General, White Sands Missile Range, White Sands, New Mexico; 51st Quartermaster General of the United States Army and Commandant of the United States Army Quartermaster School at Fort Lee, Virginia and as the Commander, United States Army Garrison and 266th Quartermaster Battalion, Fort Lee Virginia.