| Kari Bingen | |
|---|---|
|   | |
| Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security | |
| In office June 5, 2017 –January 10, 2020 | |
| President | Donald Trump | 
| Preceded by | Marcel Lettre | 
| Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Acting | |
| In office June 5,2017 –December 1,2017 | |
| Preceded by | Todd Lowery | 
| Succeeded by | Joseph D. Kernan | 
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Republican | 
| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS) | 
Kari Bingen is an American policy analyst and former government official who served as Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence during the Trump Administration. [1]
Bingen earned bachelor's degree in aeronautics and astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1999.
Bingen began her career as a space policy analyst at The Aerospace Corporation and an engineer at SRA International. [2] Then,Bingen served as a staff member of the United States House Committee on Armed Services (HASC),where she later served on the strategic forces subcommittee and as the HASC's policy director. [3]
She was confirmed unanimously by the U.S. Senate on May 25,2017,and sworn in on June 5,2017. [4] [5] According to a Pentagon spokesman,Bingen resigned on December 5,2019,and left the Pentagon on January 10,2020. [6]
After leaving the Trump Administration Bingen joined HawkEye 360 as the chief strategy officer in February 2021. [7] In August 2022,she joined the Center for Strategic and International Studies as the director of the Aerospace Security Project and a senior fellow in the International Security Program. [8]
As of 2024,Bingen serves on the advisory board of the National Security Space Association. [9]