1. Letitia A Long served as a civilian in the US Navy and the Intelligence Community between 1978 and 2014, retiring as the fifth Director the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and the first woman to lead a major US intelligence agency, in October 2014.
Letitia Long currently is the Chairman of the Board for the Intelligence and National Security Alliance.
Letitia Long began her career in the US Navy in 1978 as a civilian intern developing capabilities for the submarine force.
Letitia Long transitioned to Naval Intelligence program management in the mid-1990s.
Letitia Long joined the newly established office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence in June 2003 as the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence until May 2006.
Letitia Long led the agency as it provided critical support to the SEAL Team Six operation that led to the death of Osama bin Laden in May 2011.
Letitia Long currently sits on the boards of Raytheon Company, Urthecast Corporation and Noblis, Inc She is on the board of the Virginia Tech School of Public and International Affairs and previously served on the board of the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation.
In 2021, Letitia Long was elected onto T-Mobile's board of directors as a director focusing on national security and the company's post-merger commitments to Sprint.
In 2021, Letitia Long joined the National Security Advisory Board of venture capital firm, Shield Capital, as Senior Advisor.
Letitia 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 in 1988.