Dr. Jerry Laurienti
Former Senior Intelligence Service Officer
Dr. Jerry Laurienti is a former Senior Intelligence Service officer and current NGA account manager at Leidos, with nearly three decades of national security experience across the CIA, State Department, and Department of Defense. A former CIA Deputy Associate Director and member of the CIA Leadership Board, he has expertise in intelligence, strategic operations, foreign policy, and geopolitical analysis, with regional focus on Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, the Near East, and global energy.
As an Africa watcher, I have long told the story of two continents, juxtaposing the region’s plight with its opportunities, often arguing that the West should prepare for the continent's strategic [...] More
Africa presents a range of security, economic, and humanitarian challenges to US national security that the Intelligence Community must stay ahead of even as Washington looks to refine its strategy [...] More
