ODNI Announces Senior Leadership Positions
December 7, 2005
ODNI News Release No. 7-05
Eliot A. Jardines
Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Open Source
Mr. Jardines is responsible for developing strategic direction,
establishing policy and managing fiscal resources for open source
exploitation for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence
(ODNI). Prior to joining the ODNI, Mr. Jardines was the founder
and president of Open Source Publishing, Inc., a privately held
firm providing open source intelligence support to the public and
private sectors. The firm was acquired by Radiance Technologies,
Inc., where he served as the director of the Radiance Open Source
Intelligence Division. Mr. Jardines served in military intelligence
assignments overseas and in the United States in both the active
Army and the Army Reserve. He is a graduate of the University of
New Mexico with a dual degree in political science and Latin American
studies. He received a Master of Arts degree in international studies
from the University of Connecticut and a Master of Science degree
from the Joint Military Intelligence College.
Alexander W. Joel
Civil Liberties Protection Officer
The Director of National Intelligence has appointed Alexander W.
Joel as the ODNIs Civil Liberties Protection Officer. Since
June 2005, Mr. Joel had been performing the duties of that position
on an interim basis. His responsibilities include ensuring that
the protection of privacy and civil liberties are appropriately
incorporated in Intelligence Community policies and procedures,
overseeing compliance by the ODNI with privacy and civil liberties
laws, and ensuring that the use of technology sustains, and does
not erode, privacy. Mr. Joel has more than a decade of experience
with privacy, technology, and national security law. Prior to joining
the government, Mr. Joel served as the privacy, technology, and
e-commerce attorney for Marriott International, Inc., where he helped
establish and implement Marriott's privacy compliance program. He
also worked as a technology attorney at the law firm of Shaw, Pittman,
Potts & Trowbridge in Washington, D.C., and as a U.S. Army Judge
Advocate General Corps officer, with assignments that included prosecutor
and criminal defense counsel. He joined the Central Intelligence
Agency's Office of General Counsel in October 2002. Mr. Joel received
his law degree from the University of Michigan in 1987 and his B.A.
from Princeton University in 1984.
Theresa Everett
Associate Deputy Senior Acquisition Executive and ODNI Procurement
Executive
Ms. Everett is responsible for the formulation of Intelligence
Community procurement policy and oversight of Intelligence Community-wide
procurement activities. Over the course of her 28 years of government
service she served in a variety of key intelligence acquisition
positions. She spent the last four years as Signals Intelligence
Team Lead in the Office of the Senior Acquisition Executive, Deputy
Director of Central Intelligence for Community Management. Previously
Ms. Everett served at the National Security Agency with more than
12 years in contracting and acquisition positions. In 1989 she was
appointed a supervisory contracting officer, to include a warrant
with unlimited obligation authority. Ms. Everett served in a variety
of leadership positions to include Chief, Logistics Division, Seoul,
Korea; Chief, Support Division, Seoul, Korea; Deputy Chief, Analysis
and Assessment Group, Information Operations Technology Center;
and Deputy Director, NSA Office of Recruitment and Hiring. She received
a B.S. in Business Management from the University of Maryland, an
M.A. in Management from Central Michigan University, and an M.S.
in National Security Strategy from the National War College.