Kari Bingen

The Honorable Kari A. Bingen is the director of the Aerospace Security Project and a senior fellow in the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). She previously served as Chief Strategy Officer for HawkEye 360. Kari has also served as the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security for the U.S. Department of Defense, the policy director on the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and staff lead for its Strategic Forces Subcommittee. Kari is an adjunct assistant professor at Georgetown University, a member of the U.S. Strategic Command Strategic Advisory Group, and serves on a number of corporate and nonprofit advisory boards. She graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a bachelor’s degree in aeronautics and astronautics.