Hon. Susan M. Gordon has served on our Board since September 2021. The Honorable Susan M. Gordon is a highly respected intelligence professional, visionary leader, and trusted strategic advisor on a broad spectrum of complex issues, including cybersecurity, emerging and disruptive technologies, artificial intelligence, and information operations. Ms. Gordon is the former principal deputy director of national intelligence, the nation s highest-ranking career intelligence officer. In that capacity, Ms. Gordon managed the operations of the intelligence community and was a key advisor to the President and National Security Council. Prior to her role as principal deputy director of national intelligence, Ms. Gordon served as deputy director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). In this position, she provided leadership to the agency and managed the National System of Geospatial Intelligence. Prior to the NGA, she served 27 years at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). At the CIA, Ms. Gordon rose to senior executive positions in each of the Agency s four directorates: operations, analysis, science and technology, and support. Over the course of her career, Ms. Gordon led the establishment of In-Q-Tel, the CIA s venture arm, and ultimately became the Director s senior advisor on cyber issues. Ms. Gordon is the founder and principal of GordonVentures, LLC, a technology, strategy and risk consultancy and currently serves as a consultant and advisor on technology and global risk. Among other endeavors, she is a member of the board of directors of CACI, OneWeb Technologies, Freedom Consulting, and Bridge Core Federal. Ms. Gordon also serves as a Trustee of the Mitre Corporation; and is the Vice Chairperson of the National Intelligence University Foundation, and is on the Board of Advisors of the National Security Space Association. Ms. Gordon previously served on the board of directors of Avantus Federal (2020 - 2022) and SecurityScorecard (2022 - 2025). She also serves on several technology advisory boards and consults with Microsoft Corporation. Ms. Gordon is a fellow at Duke and Harvard Universities and she continues to support Defense Department and Intelligence Community study activities. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in zoology (biomechanics) from Duke University. Ms. Gordon was selected to serve as a member of our Board due to her expertise and experience with an exemplary history of leadership in the intelligence community.