Английская Википедия:Adele Merritt

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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.

Life

Merritt 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]

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