The Mitre Corporation is an American not-for-profit organization with dual headquarters in Bedford,Massachusetts,and McLean,Virginia. It manages federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) supporting various U.S. government agencies in the aviation,defense,healthcare,homeland security,and cybersecurity fields,among others.
Awards and decorations of the United States government are civilian awards of the U.S. federal government which are typically issued for sustained meritorious service,in a civilian capacity,while serving in the U.S. federal government. Certain U.S. government awards may also be issued to military personnel of the United States Armed Forces and be worn in conjunction with awards and decorations of the United States military. In order of precedence,those U.S. non-military awards and decorations authorized for wear are worn after U.S. military personal decorations and unit awards and before U.S. military campaign and service awards.
Barbara Fast is a retired major general of the United States Army. One of the first female officers placed in many challenging and dangerous situations and assignments,Fast is a member of the Military Intelligence Corps Hall of Fame. She was the first female to command an Army Military Intelligence Tactical Exploitation Battalion and the first female Intelligence Officer/G2 of a combat division. Her expertise spans across intelligence and cybersecurity.
Dr. Dale W. Meyerrose, Major General (Retired) was the first President-appointed,Senate-confirmed Associate Director of National Intelligence/Intelligence Community Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Information Sharing Executive for the Director of National Intelligence (DNI).
John Chris Inglis,generally known as Chris Inglis,is an American government official who served as the first National Cyber Director. Inglis is also a former Deputy Director of the National Security Agency. On April 12,2021 President Joe Biden nominated Inglis to serve as the first National Cyber Director. His nomination was confirmed by the Senate by voice vote on June 17,2021. He was sworn into office on July 11,2021. He resigned from the position on February 15,2023.
Paul Edward Tobin Jr. is a retired rear admiral of the United States Navy. He served as Oceanographer of the Navy from 1996 to 1998 and Director of Naval History from 2005 to 2008.
J. Greg Hanson is an American computer scientist and software engineer. He previously served as the first Assistant Sergeant at Arms and chief information officer of the United States Senate from June 2003 to January 2008 under Senate Majority Leaders Bill Frist and Harry Reid.
Elizabeth Ann Hight is a retired United States Navy rear admiral who served as the vice director of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). She assumed this post in December 2007. In 2008,she was nominated for appointment to the grade of vice admiral and assignment as director,Defense Information Systems Agency;commander,Joint Task Force –Global Network Operations;and deputy commander,U.S. Strategic Command Global Network Operations and Defense,Arlington,Virginia. Her nomination was rejected by the Senate due to a perceived conflict of interest with her husband,retired Air Force Brigadier General Gary Salisbury,who is vice president of business development and sales for Northrop Grumman Corp.'s mission systems sector,defense mission systems division. She retired from the Navy in 2010.
Patrick M. Hughes is a retired United States Army officer who served as the 12th Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Previously,he was Director of Intelligence for the US Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1994 to 1996 and the Director of Intelligence at United States Central Command from 1992 to 1994. He was the Commanding General,United States Army Intelligence Agency,and the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence,U.S. Army from 1990 until 1992. He joined the United States Department of Homeland Security in 2003 as the Assistant Secretary for Information Analysis (Intelligence),and departed from DHS and Government service in March 2005.
Michael H. Decker was the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Oversight. from September 2009 to February 2014. Before that he was assistant director of Intelligence,Marine Corps Intelligence,United States Marine Corps. He served as Director of Intelligence during Operation Iraqi Freedom II from January 2004 to June 2005.
David N. Senty is a retired major general in the United States Air Force.
Stephen J. Andriole is an American information technology professional and professor at Villanova University who has designed and developed a variety of interactive computer-based systems for industry and government,from positions in academia,government and industry.
Stu Shea is an American business executive and leader and intelligence professional serving in a leadership capacity to public and private companies,as well as an advisor to government agencies,private equity investors,and academic institutions. Shea is chairman,president and chief executive officer of Peraton,a national security technology company. He is the former president and chief operating officer of Leidos,chief operating officer of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC),and founder and emeritus chairman of the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation.
Kathleen Dodson Fick is a retired United States Air Force major general.
LaVerne H. Council,MBA,DBA was the Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology and Chief Information Officer for the Office of Information and Technology within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Council assumed this role in July 2015. President Obama nominated Council to the role in March 2015. Council was confirmed by the 114th Congress on June 23,2015,making Council the first female CIO of a Cabinet-level federal agency. She managed a $4.2B Information Technology (IT) appropriation,the first centralized and only IT appropriation in the federal government.
Misty Blowers is the Chief Technology Officer of the US Marine Corps,an American computer scientist and professor of blockchain technologies at George Mason University. She was awarded the 2018 Early Achievement Award from SPIE.
The United States Space Force is organized by different units:the Space Staff,the field commands,and the space deltas.
Michael S. Groen is a retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant general who last served as the Commander of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center. Previously,he was the Deputy Chief of Computer Network Operations of the National Security Agency.
Danelle Barrett is a retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral. She is one of less than 200 women in history to achieve the US Naval rank of admiral.
A deputy chief of space operations is a senior leadership position in the United States Space Force. There are four deputy chiefs of space operations in the Space Force,staffed either by a lieutenant general or a senior executive service personnel. They are the service's equivalent to the Army's and Air Force's deputy chiefs of staff,the Marine Corps' deputy commandants,and the Navy's deputy chiefs of naval operations. They are part of the Office of the Chief of Space Operations and hold office at the Pentagon.
