Kari Bingen

The Honorable Kari A. Bingen served most recently as the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security (Deputy USD(I&S)). The USD(I&S) establishes policies and priorities for the defense intelligence and security enterprises (including the Defense Intelligence Agency, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), National Security Agency, and Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency); manages an annual budget of over $54 billion, including military intelligence and joint military-national intelligence programs; and oversees the defense intelligence and security workforce of over 120,000 personnel. Professor Bingen began the realignment of defense intelligence and security investments to address National Defense Strategy priorities, guided the Department’s AI/ML pathfinder, and elevated the Department’s focus on personnel and industrial security.

Prior to DoD, she was the Policy Director on the House Armed Services Committee and staff lead for its Strategic Forces subcommittee, advising members of Congress on defense policy, program, and budget matters. Prior to entering government, Professor Bingen specialized in national security space issues, working with U.S. defense and intelligence community clients, first as a space systems analyst at SRA International’s Adroit C4ISR Center, and then as a senior space policy analyst at the Aerospace Corporation.

Professor Bingen is a non-resident Senior Adviser at the Center for Strategic & International Studies, a member of the Blue Origin Advisory Board, a member of the CalypsoAI National Security Advisory Board, and a member of the Common Mission Project Advisory Board. She is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics, and a 2002 NRO Technology Fellow.