Paige Prieto

Paige is an MBA candidate at Columbia Business School, where she is a Feldberg Fellow and a Forte Fellow. Prior to attending CBS, Paige was a Logistics Readiness Officer in the United States Air Force, where she coordinated logistical support for multinational military and humanitarian operations.

During her service, Paige deployed twice. Once to Afghanistan, where she coordinated the movement of people and cargo into and within the country. Her second deployment was to Kuwait in support of the fight against ISIS, coordinating aircraft movements across Iraq and Syria. For the past three years, Paige has worked at United States Africa Command in Stuttgart, Germany as a Mobility Planner, supporting a variety of missions across the continent.

While serving, Paige earned an M.S. in Logistics from the Air Force Institute of Technology. Prior to her service, she graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Baylor University with a B.A. in Russian. She is married to her husband, Manuel, who is also attending Columbia Business School. They have a daughter, Lillian, born in 2021.