Army Lt. Gen. Karen H. Gibson has joined the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) as the deputy director of national intelligence (DDNI) for national security partnerships (NSP), ODNI announced April 22. She arrived April 1 from MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, where she served as the intelligence director, J-2, for U.S. Central Command.
The DDNI for
national security partnerships leads outreach and builds bridges for greater
collaboration with the U.S. military and other federal departments and
agencies; allies; foreign intelligence and security services; state, local and
tribal officials; and the private sector to ensure intelligence is timely and
relevant.
Director of
National Intelligence Daniel R. Coats said Lt. Gen. Gibson’s previous
experience and ability to build bridges will be valuable to the intelligence community’s
efforts to leverage its partnerships.
“The
intelligence community’s partnerships are fundamental to our national security,
and strengthening existing and developing new partnerships is an integral
enterprise objective of the 2019 National Intelligence Strategy,” said Coats.
“Lt. Gen. Gibson has a wealth of experience and brings a reputation for
outstanding leadership and for forging strong and mutually beneficial
partnerships to enhance intelligence and better inform decision-making. I look
forward to working with her to enhance collaboration among our many partners.”
Lt. Gen.
Gibson’s command assignments include commander, 742nd Military Intelligence
Battalion, and commander, 704th Military Intelligence Brigade, the Army’s
strategic signals intelligence brigade, both at Fort Meade, Md.
Her other
senior intelligence leadership assignments include duty as the director,
Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, Kuwait; director,
Combined Joint Intelligence Operations Center-Afghanistan, and the director of
intelligence, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, Djibouti.
Lt. Gen. Gibson
holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University, a
Master of Science in Strategic Intelligence from the Joint Military
Intelligence College, and a Master of Science in National Security Strategy
from the National Defense University.
Kelly Gaffney, who has served as acting DDNI for NSP since last summer, will
remain with NSP as the associate deputy director. Gaffney has been instrumental
in the ODNI’s efforts to integrate and synchronize the IC’s activities in
support of national priorities, military operations, and across the domains of
space, cyber, air, and maritime.
Source: ODNI
By Loren Blinde
April 25, 2019
