Meroe Park

Meroe Park is a former American intelligence official who served as Executive Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 2013 to 2017. Prior to Mike Pompeo's confirmation, she briefly served as Acting Director.[1][2][3][4] She is now the chief operating officer of the Smithsonian Institution.

Meroe Park
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Acting
In office January 20, 2017 – January 23, 2017
President	Donald Trump
Preceded by	John O. Brennan
Succeeded by	Mike Pompeo
Executive Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
In office 2013–2017
President	Barack Obama
Personal details
Born	(1966-12-01) December 1, 1966 Eugene, Oregon, U.S.
Children	2
Education	Georgetown University (BSc)

Early life

Park was born and raised in Eugene, Oregon to Korean born professor Kwangjai Park.[5] She graduated from Georgetown University (BSc).

Career

Park worked at the CIA for 27 years, during which she served as Chief of Human Resources, Director of Corporate Resources for Analysis, Chief of Payroll, and as a senior mission support officer for locations in Eurasia and Western Europe.[5] During her career, she received two Presidential Rank Awards. After serving as Executive Director and briefly as Acting Director, she retired from the intelligence community in June 2017.[6]

After leaving the CIA, Park became Non-executive Director at the Bank of Butterfield[7]in October 2017. Bank of Butterfield is a Bermuda-based banking and wealth management firm which operates on Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey and in the United Kingdom.[8] She also became Executive Vice President of the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, where she oversees the different programs of that organization and its work with federal agencies.[9] In February 2018, she was named a Distinguished Executive-in-Residence at Georgetown University.[5] In December, 2019, Park was appointed deputy secretary and chief operating officer of the Smithsonian Institution. She is responsible for supervising 6,000 employees at 19 museums, nine research centers and the National Zoo.[10]

References

1. "Trump visits CIA headquarters after sharply criticizing the intelligence community". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-02-11.
2. "Meroe Park | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2017-02-11.
3. "Sisterhood of Spies: Women crack the code at the CIA - NBC News". NBC News. Retrieved 2017-02-11.
4. "Trump Rejects Notion of Feud With CIA in Day-One Visit". Bloomberg.com. 2017-01-21. Retrieved 2017-02-11.
5. "Former CIA official serving as Georgetown Distinguished Executive-In-Residence". February 26, 2018.
6. "Meroe Park: Executive Biography". Bloomberg. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
7. "Former CIA Executive Director Joins Bank Board". Bermuda News. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
8. "Profile: Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Ltd". Reuters. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
9. https://ourpublicservice.org/staff/meroe-park/
10. McGlone, Peggy (December 16, 2020). "Smithsonian secretary taps former intelligence officer as deputy". Washington Post. Retrieved May 15, 2020.

Government offices
Preceded by John O. Brennan	Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Acting 2017	Succeeded by Mike Pompeo