Ricky Gill
Ricky Gill serves as the Director of ODNI’s Office of Economic Security and Emerging Technologies (OESET). In this capacity, Gill is responsible for coordinating support for U.S. Government investment security, enabling the Trump Administration’s commercial policy goals, and stewarding the technology innovation needs of the Intelligence Community.
Prior to joining ODNI, Gill served as a Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and the National Security Council (NSC) Senior Director for South and Central Asia. At the White House, Gill worked closely with Secretary of State / National Security Advisor Marco Rubio to facilitate the May 2025 ceasefire between India and Pakistan, for which he was recognized with the NSC Distinguished Action Award. He also championed deeper engagement with Central Asia, culminating in the President’s historic November 2025 C5+1 Leaders’ Summit.
Gill previously served in the first Trump Administration at the NSC as the Director for Russia and European Energy Security and at the U.S Department of State as Senior Advisor in the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations. He is a former Member of the California State Board of Education, where he represented the interests of over six million public school students.
A recipient of the Frank H. Buck Scholarship, Gill is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Princeton University and holds a law degree from the University of California, Berkeley. A member of the State Bar of California, Gill has been published in The National Interest, Newsweek, RealClearEnergy, and The Stanford Review. He is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is Lean Six Sigma Green Belt-certified.
Vacant
Deputy Director, NCSC
James A. Cangialosi
James Cangialosi is the Deputy Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC)—a component of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)—which leads and supports the counterintelligence and security activities of the U.S. government. As Deputy Director, Mr. Cangialosi plays a key role in leading the Center’s efforts to counter national security threats through strategic oversight and partner engagement. In this capacity, he supports the NCSC Director in managing the Center’s activities and building partnerships to enhance the nation’s counterintelligence and security posture.
Mr. Cangialosi joins the NCSC leadership team with an extensive career that includes more than 22 years of experience in federal law enforcement as a Special Agent with diverse assignments across the Department of the Air Force's Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) mission portfolio.
As a civilian member of AFOSI, Mr. Cangialosi served as Director of Counterintelligence for the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, supporting both the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force. Prior to that assignment he served as the DoD's Senior Representative and Deputy Director for the National Counterintelligence Task Force, a multi-agency national level initiative to target and defeat foreign intelligence entities and other espionage threats to the U.S.
Mr. Cangialosi also served in an overseas assignment at Aviano Air Base, Italy. Additionally, he was deployed to Iraq as a member of AFOSI's Anti-Terrorism Specialty Team, served as a Legislative Liaison for the Secretary of the Air Force, and supported AFOSI's Commander's Action Group.
A graduate of American University and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Mr. Cangialosi holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Justice and a Master of Arts degree in Global Policy, respectively. Throughout his career, he received extensive training, including fellowships with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Partnership for Public Service Excellence in Government. His achievements earned him the National Intelligence Superior Service Medal, the Secretary of Defense Exceptional Civilian Service Medal, and numerous other commendations.
Director, NCSC
George "Wes" Street
George “Wes” Street serves as the Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center. In this capacity, Street leads the United States’ national counterintelligence priorities and supports the security efforts of the Intelligence Community (IC) and U.S. government. He also serves as the primary counterintelligence and security advisor to the Director of National Intelligence.
Street has served in the U.S. counterintelligence community for more than thirty years, with service as an active-duty U.S. Army Soldier, Army Civilian Counterintelligence Special Agent, and most recently, as the Department of Defense Deputy Director of the National Counterintelligence Task Force.
During his military and Intelligence Community career, Street served in nearly all aspects of the counterintelligence and security communities as a practitioner, manager, and senior leader.
He has numerous deployments in support of combat operations, peacekeeping operations, and has established extensive collaborative relationships with partner nation organizations, Street has extensive experience addressing complex counterintelligence challenges globally. Additionally, Street has a proven track record with interagency counterintelligence investigations, operations, and activities in both foreign and domestic settings.
As Director of NCSC, Street is leading the National Counterintelligence Strategy of the United States and supports the IC and national-level counterintelligence and security programs.
Dana Madsen
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