Adele Johanna Josiger Merritt is an American applied mathematician and intelligence official serving as the U.S. associate director of national intelligence and chief information officer.
Adele Merritt | |
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| Associate Director of National Intelligence and Chief Information Officer | |
| Assumed office January 24, 2022 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Michael Waschull (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Pace University University of Rhode Island |
Life
editMerritt earned a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Pace University.[1] She completed a Master of Science and Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Rhode Island.[1] Her 1999 dissertation was titled Advances in Z-cyclic whist and triple whist tournaments.[2] Norman Joseph Finizio was her doctoral advisor.[2] Merritt was a national security fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School.[1]
Merritt began her career at the National Security Agency as an applied research mathematician.[1] In addition to holding various positions within the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC), she completed a joint duty assignment at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, was the principal deputy chief information officer for cyber at the U.S. Department of Energy, and served as a director and acting senior director for intelligence programs on the National Security Council staff during the Obama administration.[1] Merritt led a public-private partnership focused on addressing cyber threats to U.S. national security systems and critical infrastructure.[1] Most recently, she was the program director at MISI, a non-profit focused on advancing cybersecurity innovation and collaboration through partnerships with industry, academia, and government.[1] In 2022, Merritt was nominated by U.S. president Joe Biden to serve as the associate director of national intelligence and chief information officer.[1][3] She started in this role on January 24, 2022.[1][4]
Merritt and her husband are the parents of twins.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Chief Information Officer". www.dni.gov. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b Merritt, Adele Johanna Josiger (1999). Advances in Z -cyclic whist and triple whist tournaments (Ph.D. thesis). University of Rhode Island. OCLC 48259738.
- ^ Mitchell, Billy (2022-03-07). "Intelligence community gets new CIO in Adele Merritt". FedScoop. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
- ^ Goldstein, Phil (March 29, 2022). "Intelligence Community Gets a New CIO Amid Shifts in Cloud, Tech Architecture". FedTech Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
