Former Senior CIA Officer, Directorate of Operations, CIA
A 22-year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency, Stephanie Usry Bellistri held numerous leadership positions as a senior officer in the Directorate of Operations. Bellistri served as Deputy Chief of Operations in CIA’s Counterterrorism Center, Deputy Chief of WMD Counterterrorism and Chief of Interagency Relations on the Afghan Task Force. She also served as CIA Liaison to US Atlantic Command, Special Assistant to the Associate Deputy Director for Counterintelligence and Chief of Iran Branch in CIA’s Counterproliferation Division.