Barbara McNamara

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Barbara McNamara

Deputy Director of the NSA
In office 1997–2000
Preceded by	William P. Crowell
Succeeded by	William B. Black, Jr.
Personal details
Born	1941/1942 (age 71–72) Clinton, Massachusetts, U.S.
Profession	linguist, intelligence official
Military service
Awards	National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal

Barbara A. McNamara (born c. 1942) was the NSA's Deputy Director from October 1997 until June 2000. She was succeeded by William B. Black, Jr..^[1]

Biography

McNamara joined the NSA in 1963 as a Chinese linguist. She rose through a number of analytic, operational, and managerial positions before leaving the Operational Directorate in 1983. McNamara became the first woman to be named Deputy Director of Operations, in 1994. In June 2000, she received the US Intelligence Community’s highest award, the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal. At the time she was one of the highest ranked women in the United States intelligence community.^[2] She served as the NSA's Senior U.S. Liaison Officer in London, England shortly before her retirement in 2003.^[3]^[4] Currently, she is a board member of Signalscape and Intec Billing.

Preceded by William P. Crowell	Deputy Director of the National Security Agency October 1997–June 2000	Succeeded by William B. Black, Jr.

v t e Deputy Directors of the National Security Agency

Collins* Wenger* Lynn* Hetherington* Wenger Ackerman Samford** Ream Engstrom Tordella Buffham Drake Caracristi Rich Lord Young Prestel Crowell McNamara Black Inglis Ledgett

*denotes Deputy Director of AFSA **denotes Vice Director of NSA

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