SPACE SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS

Bingen, Kari

Kari Bingen

Director, Aerospace Security Project
Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)

Kari A. Bingen is the Director of the Aerospace Security Project and a Senior Fellow in the Defense and Security Department at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Her research interests include national security space, intelligence, and technology issues across the public and private sectors. She joined CSIS from HawkEye 360, an innovative space technology company, where she was the Chief Strategy Officer.

Prior to HawkEye 360, Kari served as the U.S. Senate-confirmed Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, overseeing the Nation’s defense intelligence and security enterprises. Before that, Kari served as the policy director on the House Armed Services Committee and staff lead for its Strategic Forces subcommittee, advising members of Congress on defense policy, program, and budget matters.

In addition to her work at CSIS, Kari is passionate about “paying it forward” as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Georgetown University. She is a member of the U.S. National Intelligence University Board of Visitors, a member of the U.S. Strategic Command Strategic Advisory Group, and serves on a number of corporate and non-profit advisory boards. She is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics.

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