Justin Poole was the seventh deputy director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).

[1] Poole began his career as a cartographer and geospatial analyst with the Defense Mapping Agency, one of NGA's predecessor organizations, in 1991.

[1] Poole holds a Bachelor of Science degree in geography (cartography) from the University of Maryland and is a graduate of the Senior Managers Program at the Harvard Kennedy School.

On February 27, 2019, Poole was placed on administrative leave following a DoD investigation containing substantiated allegations of personal misconduct.

On November 6, 2018, we initiated an investigation into the allegation that Mr. Poole engaged in an inappropriate and unprofessional relationship with a subordinate.