| Betty J. Sapp | |
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| Thirteenth Principal Director of the National Reconnaissance Office | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office April, 2009 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Ralph Haller |
Betty J. Sapp is the thirteenth Principal Deputy Director of the National Reconnaissance Office (PDDNRO).
Sapp is a native of St. Louis, Missouri, and now resides in Alexandria, Virginia.[1] She holds a Bachelor of Arts, and an MBA, Management, both from the University of Missouri, Columbia. She is also Level III certified in Government Acquisition and was certified as a Defense Financial Manager.
Ms. Betty J. Sapp was appointed the Principal Deputy Director, National Reconnaissance Office (PDDNRO) on April 15, 2009. Sapp began her government career as a US Air Force officer in a variety of acquisition and financial management positions, including: business management positions in the NRO; as a Program Element Monitor at the Pentagon for the MILSTAR system; as Program Manager for the FLTSATCOM program at the Space and Missile Systems Center in Los Angeles; and as manager of a joint-service development effort for the A-10 engine at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
In 1997, Sapp joined the Central Intelligence Agency. She was assigned to the NRO where she served in a variety of senior management positions. In 2005 she was appointed the Deputy Director, Business Plans and Operations, where she was responsible for all NRO business functions, including budget planning, current year financial operations, contracting, financial statements, business systems development, cost estimating, and legislative affairs.
In May 2007, Sapp was appointed Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Portfolio, Programs and Resources), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, responsible for executive oversight of defense intelligence-related acquisition programs, the planning, programming, budgeting and execution of the Military Intelligence Program.
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