CSIS Technology and Intelligence Task Force

Advancing the U.S. intelligence mission through technological change

The CSIS Technology and Intelligence Task Force brings together leading experts from the intelligence, technology, national security, and research communities to explore the implications of emerging technologies for the U.S. intelligence community. These technologies include, but are not limited to, artificial intelligence, machine learning, cloud computing, and data analytics. The Task Force will generate an action plan to guide how the intelligence community leverages advanced technology to produce strategic intelligence and adapts to maintain the intelligence advantage over increasingly sophisticated rivals.

Read the press release announcing the task force here.

Co-Chairs

Ms. Avril Haines*

Former Deputy National Security Advisor and Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Ms. Stephanie O’Sullivan

Former Principal Deputy Director for National Intelligence

*Avril Haines stepped down from her role as co-chair and left the task force at the end of July 2020.

Commissioners

Mr. Michael Allen

Managing Director of Beacon Global Strategies LLC; Former Majority Staff Director of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Ms. Kari Bingen

Former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security

Mr. Robert Cardillo

President, The Cardillo Group; Former Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Mr. John P. Carlin

Partner, Morrison & Foerster; Former Assistant Attorney General for National Security

Mr. Rick Ledgett

Senior Advisor at Hakluyt Cyber; Former Deputy Director of the National Security Agency

Mr. Marcel Lettre

Former Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence

Mr. Jason Matheny

Founding Director of Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology; Former Assistant Director of National Intelligence and Director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity

Mr. John McLaughlin

Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies; Former Deputy Director and Acting Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Ms. Jami Miscik

CEO of Kissinger Associates, Inc.; Former Deputy Director for Intelligence at the Central Intelligence Agency

Mr. Stephen Slick

Director of The University of Texas at Austin’s Intelligence Studies Project; Former CIA Clandestine Service Officer and National Security Council Senior Director for Intelligence Programs and Reform

Gen. Joseph L. Votel

USA (Ret.), President and CEO of Business Executives for National Security; Former Commander of U.S. Central Command and U.S. Special Operations Command

Dr. Amy Zegart

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute of International Studies and Davies Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University

CSIS Experts

Kathleen Hicks*

Task Force Senior Adviser

Brian Katz*

Task Force Research Director

*Kathleen Hicks stepped down from her role as senior adviser and left the task force in January 2021.

*Brian Katz stepped down from his role as research director and left the task force in January 2021.

Initial Sponsors

Prospects and Pitfalls for Security Assistance in Haiti

Incentivizing Innovation for National Security

Fireside Chat with Andrew Shearer

Geopolitics of Electricity Trade

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