Career
She began her career in the U.S. Navy in 1978 as a civilian intern developing capabilities for the submarine force. She transitioned to Naval Intelligence program management in the mid-1990s. Detailed to the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)] in 1995,she managed defense-wide intelligence funding programs and was named the first Chief Information Officer for the agency. Joining the Director of Central Intelligence's Community Management Staff in January 1998 as the Executive Director for Intelligence Community Affairs,she was responsible for community-wide policy formulation,resource planning and program assessment and evaluation. The Community Management Staff was part of the initial effort to more effectively manage the Intelligence Community in the pre-9/11 period.
Returning to the Navy in July 2000,she became the first female Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence working for RADM Richard B. Porterfield,then Director of Naval Intelligence. Naval Intelligence lost eight members in the September 11,2001 attack on the Pentagon.
She joined the newly established office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence in June 2003 as the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence (Policy,Requirements,and Resources) until May 2006. Prior to taking over as the NGA director on August 9,2010,Long served as the Deputy Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency from May 2006 until July 2010.
During her tenure at NGA,she led efforts to establish the agency’s first ‘Map of the World’,for intelligence users. NGA became the first U.S. agency to adopt open-source software development to deliver its software to first responders for collaboration,during and after natural disasters. She also led the agency as it provided critical support to the SEAL Team Six operation that led to the death of Osama bin Laden in May 2011. [3]
Long currently sits on the boards of Raytheon Company,Urthecast Corporation and Noblis,Inc. She is also on the board of the Virginia Tech School of Public and International Affairs and previously served on the board of the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF). [4] In 2021,Long was elected onto T-Mobile's board of directors as a director focusing on national security and the company's post-merger commitments to Sprint. [5] In 2021,Long joined the National Security Advisory Board of venture capital firm,Shield Capital,as Senior Advisor. [6]
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