Biographies

Deputy DNI for Mission Integration

Lieutenant General Michele H. Bredenkamp

Lieutenant General Michele Bredenkamp

Lieutenant General Michele Bredenkamp serves as the Director’s Advisor for Military Affairs at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, McLean, Virginia since January 5, 2024. In her role, Lieutenant General Bredenkamp serves as the advisor to the Director of National Intelligence on Department of Defense activities and issues. She promotes enduring Department of Defense and Intelligence Community enterprise integration efforts between the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, combat support agency directors, the combatant commands, the military service intelligence chiefs, and other executive leaders across the Intelligence Community.

 

Lieutenant General Bredenkamp commanded the U.S. Army’s Intelligence and Security Command; 704th MI Brigade, Fort Meade, Maryland; Targeting Squadron, Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg; and Alpha Company, 524th MI Battalion, 501st MI Brigade, Republic of Korea.

 

Her Joint assignments include serving as Director of Intelligence, United States Forces Korea/Deputy Director of Intelligence, Combined Forces Command, Republic of Korea; Vice Director for Intelligence, J-2, Joint Staff, Washington, DC; and Assistant Chief of Staff, CJ2, Combined Joint Task Force-101 OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, Afghanistan.

 

Lieutenant General Bredenkamp’s operational assignments include Staff Officer, Strategic Advisory Group to the Commanding General, later Military Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, International Security Assistance Force, OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, Afghanistan; Intelligence Officer, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, Afghanistan; Operations Officer, 313th MI Battalion, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg; Plans Officer, G2, 82d Airborne Division, OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq; and Assistant Plans Officer, 501st MI Brigade, Republic of Korea.

 

Lieutenant General Bredenkamp holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Spring Hill Jesuit College, a master’s degree from Louisiana State University, and a Master of Military Art and Science from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. She is a graduate of the MI Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the School of Advanced Military Studies, the National Security Agency’s Senior Service College Fellowship, the Joint and Combined Warfighting School, and the National Defense University’s CAPSTONE General and Flag Officer Course.

 

Director, NCSC

Michael C. Casey

Michael C. Casey

On 18 September 2023, Michael C. Casey was sworn in as the Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC). In this role, he leads and supports the counterintelligence (CI) and security activities of the U.S. Government, and serves as the principal CI and security advisor to the Director of National Intelligence

Under Mike’s leadership, NCSC produces the National Counterintelligence Strategy of the United States and leads national-level CI and security programs, including the National Insider Threat Task Force, CI mission management, security clearance policy and reform, supply chain risk mitigation, and security standards and compliance for overseas diplomatic facilities. NCSC also plays a critical role in conducting outreach to the private sector and other stakeholders on foreign intelligence threats and how to mitigate these threats.

Prior to joining NCSC, Mike served as the Staff Director for the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) since 2016. Working with the Minority Staff Director, he led the staff as they supported Committee Members in conducting oversight of the U.S. Intelligence Community’s budget and activities.

Before his service in the U.S. Senate, Mike served as a Professional Staff Member on the House Armed Services Committee for more than nine years. He was responsible for policy covering a broad spectrum of global operations, as well as policies relating to the Department of Defense. In total, he spent over 27 years working for Congress in a variety of positions, most related to national security.

Mike Casey is a graduate of the University of Kentucky and earned a Master of Arts degree from Georgetown University.

Laura Galante

Laura Galante

Laura Galante has served as the Intelligence Community’s Cyber Executive and Director of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center (CTIIC) for the Office of the Director for National Intelligence since May 2022. In this role, Ms. Galante is responsible for driving a coordinated approach to cyber intelligence collection and analysis, aligning strategic investments with national security priorities, and leading intelligence efforts to respond to major cybersecurity incidents.

 

Ms. Galante brings extensive security industry experience to her current role. From 2017 to 2021, she assisted multiple Ukrainian government agencies to improve their cyber defense operations, directed an international task force to monitor cyber and information threats to Ukraine’s 2019 presidential election, and served as an expert witness in multiple cyber warfare trials. She spoke frequently on states’ use of cyberspace at international and industry conferences including a 2017 TED Talk.

 

Ms. Galante was previously the Director of Global Intelligence at Mandiant (formerly FireEye Inc.), the cybersecurity firm. Her team discovered and attributed multiple state and criminal cyber operations, to include the Russian military’s “APT28.” She developed intelligence products to improve the security posture of Fortune 500 companies, critical infrastructure providers, non-profits, government agencies, and international partners. Prior to her role at Mandiant, Ms. Galante served at the Defense Intelligence Agency where she led a team responsible for analyzing Russian cyber capabilities. She began her career at the Department of State.

 

Ms. Galante holds a B.A. in Foreign Affairs and Italian from the University of Virginia and a J.D. from the Catholic University of America. She is a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a former Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council. Ms. Galante is a proud 4-H alumna, a livestock club leader, and lives on a farm in rural Virginia with her husband and son.