Karen Gibson

Lieutenant General (Ret) Karen Gibson has nearly 40 years of experience in intelligence, cyberspace, and security roles, culminating her military service as Deputy Director of National Intelligence at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, where she led national-level space and cyberspace portfolios. She previously served as Director of Intelligence for U.S. Central Command, where she wielded National and Defense intelligence assets ranging to support national security objectives and military operations in the U.S. Central Command region; Director of Intelligence for Operation Inherent Resolve, the multinational coalition to defeat the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq; and as Deputy Commanding General for U.S. Army Cyber Command, where she designed and built U.S. Cyber Command’s first functional Joint Force Headquarters-Cyber for synchronizing offensive and defensive operations in cyberspace. Ms. Gibson also led intelligence-operations centers in Iraq, Afghanistan, Korea, and East Africa and taught Georgetown University for two years. Following the January 6th, 2021 attack at the U.S. Capitol, Ms. Gibson was asked to serve as U.S. Senate Sergeant at Arms, where she worked across the Legislative and Executive Branches to rebuild the Capitol’s security programs and restore faith in the Senate’s security. She was responsible for personal, physical, and cyber security in the Capitol and Senate buildings and in 450 Senate offices nationwide; managed the Senate’s emergency, life safety, and continuity of government programs; and was responsible for the Senate’s technical communication and cybersecurity, as well as a broad array of installation support services for the Senate community.