Episode 4: Former PDDNI Sue Gordon

The Honorable Sue Gordon, PDDNI, assisted the DNI in leading the Intelligence Community and managing the ODNI from August 2017 to August 2019. In particular, she focused on advancing intelligence integration across the IC, expanding outreach and partnerships, and driving innovation across the Community.

With nearly three decades of experience in the IC, Sue has served in a variety of leadership roles spanning numerous intelligence organizations and disciplines. Most recently, Sue served as the Deputy Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) from 2015 to 2017.

Prior to her assignment with NGA, Sue served for 27 years at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), rising to senior executive positions in each of the Agency’s four directorates: operations, analysis, science and technology, and support. She joined the CIA in 1980 as an analyst in the Office of Scientific and Weapons Research, and went on to serve as the Director of the Office of Advanced Analytic Tools, Director of Special Activities in the Directorate of Science and Technology, Director for Support, and ultimately in concurrent roles as Director of the Information Operations Center and the CIA Director’s senior advisor on cyber.