Joan Dempsey is a senior Vice President at Booz Allen Hamilton where she leads the firm’s intelligence business in Central Maryland. Previously, she led the firm’s intelligence business in the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. During a 25-year career in the federal government, Joan held political appointments twice: first, in the Clinton Administration upon Senate Confirmation, she served as the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence for Community Management; and, in the Bush Administration as the Executive Director of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. Joan also spent 17 years as a senior civilian in the Department of Defense as Deputy Director of Intelligence at the Defense Intelligence Agency, as Director of the General Defense Intelligence Program, and as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security. She began her federal civilian service in 1983 as a Presidential Management Intern in the Office of Naval Intelligence. She also served for 25 years as a naval reserve intelligence officer and was on active duty as a US Navy cryptologic technician. Joan was the 2004 recipient of the Security Affairs Support Association William O. Baker Award. She also was granted an honorary doctorate in 2004 from the Joint Military Intelligence College. She is a recipient of the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement, the Intelligence Community Seal Medallion, the Distinguished Civilian Service Award from the Secretary of Defense, and The American University Roger W. Jones Award for Executive Leadership. She is a member of the board of the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation, the NSA Cryptologic Museum, and ~he CIA Officers Memorial Foundation. Joan is a Special Advisor to the US Strategic Command and chairs the Intelligence, Reconnaissance and Surveillance Panel of the Command’s Strategic Advisory Committee.