IARPA taps Dixon as deputy director

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has tapped Stacey Dixon, an intelligence official with significant Capitol Hill experience, as its new deputy director.

Dixon, who previously oversaw geospatial R&D at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, has also served as NGA’s liaison to Congress and as a staffer on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

This is the second recent leadership appointment at IARPA, the intelligence community’s R&D shop; Director of National Intelligence James Clapper named biotech wonk Jason Matheny to head the organization last August.

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