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Adele Merritt | |
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| Associate Director of National Intelligence and Chief Information Officer | |
| Assumed office January 24, 2022 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Director | Avril Haines |
| Preceded by | Michael Waschull (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Pace University University of Rhode Island |
Adele Johanna Josiger Merritt is an American applied mathematician and intelligence official serving as the U.S. associate director of national intelligence and chief information officer.
Merritt earned a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Pace University. [1] She completed a Master of Science and Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Rhode Island. [1] Her 1999 dissertation was titled Advances in Z-cyclic whist and triple whist tournaments. [2] Norman Joseph Finizio was her doctoral advisor. [2] Merritt was a national security fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. [1]
Merritt began her career at the National Security Agency as an applied research mathematician. [1] In addition to holding various positions within the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC),she completed a joint duty assignment at the Federal Bureau of Investigation,was the principal deputy chief information officer for cyber at the U.S. Department of Energy,and served as a director and acting senior director for intelligence programs on the National Security Council staff during the Obama administration. [1] Merritt led a public-private partnership focused on addressing cyber threats to U.S. national security systems and critical infrastructure. [1] Most recently,she was the program director at MISI,a non-profit focused on advancing cybersecurity innovation and collaboration through partnerships with industry,academia,and government. [1] In 2022,Merritt was nominated by U.S. president Joe Biden to serve as the associate director of national intelligence and chief information officer. [1] [3] She started in this role on January 24,2022. [1] [4]
Merritt and her husband are the parents of twins. [1]
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