Carol Staubach
Booz Allen Hamilton

Ms. Staubach joined Booz Allen Hamilton in December 2003 as a principal focusing on the National Reconnaissance Office market. She has a degree in Mathematics, Physics and Secondary Education from the University of Pittsburgh, and has done graduate study in Mathematics at Pitt and in Engineering Administration at George Washington University.

Ms. Staubach was promoted to vice president in October 2006 and is currently serving as the junior partner in the NRO market.

Ms. Staubach came to Booz Allen in 2003 after 33 years in the Central Intelligence Agency, the last fifteen of which were spent on detail to the National Reconnaissance Office. Her last assignment in the NRO, from August 2001 to July 2003, was as Director, Imagery Systems Acquisitions and Operations (IMINT), charged with acquiring and operating the nation's classified imagery satellites. In this capacity, she managed a budget of billions of dollars per year with multiple simultaneous satellite developments. She also managed the operations of NRO imagery satellites in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist strikes.

From 2000-2001, she was the Director, Advanced Systems and Technology (AS&T) where she managed the NRO space technology research program. Over 150 contracts were supervised, and they covered a wide range of innovative technologies.

Other NRO assignments included Director of the Ground Systems Program Office, SIGINT, where she planned and acquired a Ground Merged Architecture for the SIGINT ground stations which reported to her. Also, she directed a SIGINT Satellite Program Office, and ran the largest Imagery Ground Station. She has extensive satellite and ground acquisition experience and satellite operations experience.

CIA assignments included management of systems programming for CIA main computer systems, installation of data communications services for the new CIA Headquarters Building, and instruction in computer languages and operating systems.

Ms. Staubach was awarded the CIA Distinguished Service Medal, the NRO Gold Medal, the NRO Director's Circle Award, and the 2002 National Space Club Charyk Award, and most recently, the 2006 Women In Aerospace Lifetime Achievement Award. She is an elected member of the AFCEA Intelligence Committee, and a member of the AIAA and INSA associations, a member of the NGA Advisory Group, and the Intelligence Concepts Development Office (ICDO) Graybeards Panel for the DDNI for Collection.