Elizabeth Kimber
Vice President of Intelligence Community Strategy, Two Six Technologies and Former Deputy Director for Operations, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Ms. Kimber joined the ManTech Board of Directors in September 2022.
Ms. Kimber joined Two Six Technologies in May 2022 as the Vice President of Intelligence Community Strategy. Two Six was formed by The Carlyle Group in 2021 and is a high-growth technology company dedicated to providing products and expertise in support of national security missions.
Prior to Two Six, Ms. Kimber served for 37 years in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) including as Deputy Director for Operations of the CIA (DDO). In this role, Ms. Kimber was responsible for overseeing the CIA’s worldwide human intelligence operations and networks, as well as CIA’s foreign intelligence collection and covert action missions. Ms. Kimber joined the CIA in 1985 as a trainee in the Directorate of Operations and served 18 years in field operational positions, including as Chief of Station and DNI Representative. She also served as Acting Deputy Director of the CIA (Acting DDCIA), the first Assistant Director of CIA for Europe and Eurasia, Deputy Director of the National Clandestine Service, Chief National Resources Division, Deputy Chief Europe Division and Chief of the Special Operations Department in CIA’s Counterterrorism Center.
Ms. Kimber is the recipient of the Presidential Rank Award and numerous CIA and Intelligence Community awards. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, and a member of AFCEA International’s Intelligence Committee and WashingtonExec’s Intelligence Council.
Ms. Kimber received a Bachelor of Arts in History and French from Hamilton College and is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.