Maureen Baginski

Before beginning her intelligence career, Baginski graduated with a BA and MA in Slavic languages and linguistics from the University of Albany, where she also received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters in 2005 for her service to the nation.

[1] Baginski began her career in intelligence in 1979 as a Russian language instructor at the NSA during the Cold War.

She was in charge of adapting the FBI's intelligence capabilities with information technologies, and created an intelligence-sharing platform that helped identify and stop terror plots.

[4] Many high-ranking government officials, including President George W. Bush and FBI Director Mueller, acknowledged and applauded Baginski's significant changes at the FBI which improved its capabilities to safeguard the United States of America.

She has been a board member at BearingPoint Inc., Argon ST, and SI International Inc. Baginski has also been President of National Security Systems at SPARTA Inc., chief executive officer at National Security Partners LLC,[5] and Chairwoman Emeriti of AFCEA.