Betty J. Sapp

Betty Jean Sapp (born 1955) is the former Director of the National Reconnaissance Office (DNRO).[2] She served as a United States Air Force Officer and employee of the Central Intelligence Agency. She was the first female Director of the NRO.

Betty J. Sapp
18th Director of the National Reconnaissance Office[1]
In office July 2012 – April 4, 2019
President	Barack Obama Donald Trump
Preceded by	Bruce A. Carlson
Succeeded by	Christopher Scolese
Personal details
Born	1955 (age 64–65) St. Louis, Missouri
Profession	Civil service

Early life

Sapp is a native of St. Louis, Missouri, and now resides in Alexandria, Virginia.[3] She holds a Bachelor of Arts, and an M.B.A. in Management, both from the University of Missouri. She is also Level III certified in Government Acquisition and was certified as a Defense Financial Manager.

Career

She began her government career as a United States Air Force officer in a variety of acquisition and financial management positions, including: business management positions in the NRO; as a Program Element Monitor at the Pentagon for the Milstar system; as Program Manager for the Fleet Satellite Communications System program at the Space and Missile Systems Center in Los Angeles, California; and as manager of a joint-service development effort for the A-10 engine at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.

In 1997, she joined the Central Intelligence Agency. She was assigned to the NRO where she served in a variety of senior management positions. In 2005, she was appointed the Deputy Director, Business Plans and Operations, where she was responsible for all NRO business functions, including budget planning, current year financial operations, contracting, financial statements, business systems development, cost estimating, and legislative affairs.

In May 2007, Sapp was appointed Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Portfolio, Programs and Resources in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, responsible for executive oversight of defense intelligence-related acquisition programs, the planning, programming, budgeting and execution of the Military Intelligence Program.

She was appointed the Principal Deputy Director, National Reconnaissance Office (PDDNRO) on April 15, 2009. In July 2012, she was appointed Director of the NRO, becoming the first woman to hold that position.[4] She left the agency in April 2019.[5] As of May 29, 2019, she was named as a member of the BALL board of directors.[6]

References

1. https://www.nro.gov/History-and-Studies/Center-for-the-Study-of-National-Reconnaissance/NRO-Directors/
2. Marquis Who's Who on the Web
3. "Betty J. Sapp". www.nro.gov. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
4. "First female chief for spy satellite agency". CNN.com.
5. "Congratulations and. Betty Sapp on your retirement". National Reconnaissance Office. April 4, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
6. https://www.govconwire.com/2019/05/former-nro-chief-betty-sapp-elected-to-ball-board/

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