Providing Intelligence Support for a Safe Homeland from the Desk of Ms. Caryn Wagner

July 16, 2010

Caryn Wagner, Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis
Chief Intelligence Officer, Department of Homeland Security, served as an instructor in intelligence community management for the Intelligence and Security Academy from October 2008 to October 2009. She retired in 2008 from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), where she served as budget director and cyber security coordinator. Prior to that, she served in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence as an assistant deputy director of national intelligence for management and the first chief financial officer for the National Intelligence Program. She accepted this position after serving as the executive director for intelligence community affairs, where she was responsible for the Community Management Staff, which provided strategic planning, policy formulation, resource planning, program assessment and budget oversight for the IC.

Wagner’s previous position was that of the senior Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) representative to Europe. She served as liaison for the DIA director to U.S. European Command and to NATO from April 2003 to April 2004. From October 2000 until April 2003, Wagner served as DIA deputy director for analysis and production.

From 1996 to 2000, Wagner headed the director, Military Intelligence (DMI) staff, where she conducted military intelligence community planning and was responsible for development and management of the General Defense Intelligence Program.

Other previous positions included serving as staff director of the HPSCI Subcommittee on Technical and Tactical Intelligence, and as an associate at Booz-Allen and Hamilton. Wagner also served as an Army signals intelligence and electronic warfare officer.

Wagner received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and history from the College of William and Mary, and a Master of Science degree in systems management from the University of Southern California.

Caryn Wagner was interviewed by GIF Editor Harrison Donnelly.