Letitia Long
| Letitia Long | |
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| 5th Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency | |
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In office August 2010 – October 2014 | |
| Succeeded by | Robert Cardillo |
| Deputy Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency | |
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In office May 2006 – July 2010 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1958/1959 (age 56–57)[1] |
| Alma mater | Virginia Tech |
| Nickname(s) | Tish |
Letitia A. Long was the director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency from August 2010 to October 2014. She is currently serving on the Board of Directors of UrtheCast Corp. (TSX: UR), effective February 23, 2015. During her tenure at NGA, she led efforts to establish the agency’s first ‘Map of the World’, for intelligence users. Under her guidance, 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. Prior to her appointment to NGA, Ms. Long served as the Deputy Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) from 2006 until 2010.[2]
Prior to taking over as NGA director on August 9, 2010, Long served as the Deputy Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency from May 2006 until July 2010. Previously, she was the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (Policy, Requirements, and Resources) from June 2003 until May 2006. She also served in the positions of Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence from July 2000 to June 2003 and the Director of Central Intelligence’s Executive Director for Intelligence Community Affairs, responsible for community-wide policy formulation, resource planning and program assessment and evaluation between January 1998 and June 2000.
Among other professional achievements, Ms. Long has been the recipient of the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Civilian Service, the Presidential Rank Award of Distinguished Executive, the Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Award, the Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Executive (two awards) and the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal (three awards). In 2011, she received the Charlie Allen Award for Distinguished Intelligence Service from the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, was decorated with the Medal of Merit by the King of Norway, and was appointed to the rank of Chevalier in the National Order of the Legion of Honor of France. She was also named one of the Most Powerful Women in the D.C. Metro area by Washingtonian magazine in 2013 and was honored with a 2014 Federal 100 Award by FCW magazine.[3] In 2015, she received the Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award from The Catholic University of America, where she attended the School of Engineering, receiving a M.S.E. in 1988.
Ms. Long earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech in 1982 and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Catholic University of America.[4]
References
- ↑ "Letitia A. Long, Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency." The Washington Post. Accessed 2013-08-30.
- ↑ http://geospatialworld.net/News/View.aspx?ID=31799_Article
- ↑ http://geospatialworld.net/News/View.aspx?ID=31799_Article
- ↑ http://geoint2013.com/system/uploads/2853/original/dnga_longbio.pdf?1372184242
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| Preceded by Robert B. Murrett |
Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency 2010–2014 |
Succeeded by Robert Cardillo |