Senior Vice President

Laurie Gallo was interviewed for the "Leadership in Diversity & Inclusion" feature, which was published in the September 13, 2009, edition of The New York Times Magazine.

Laurie Gallo is a McLean-based Senior Vice President who leads Booz Allen Hamilton’s support to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Director of National Intelligence (DNI).  She also provides leadership support for several other federal agencies that focus on intelligence, counterintelligence, and counter-terrorism initiatives.

Ms. Gallo’s key areas of expertise include:

• Intelligence research and analysis
• Intelligence analysis training
• Study support
• Strategic planning
• Intelligence operations

Ms. Gallo is an advisor to Booz Allen’s Community of Professional Intelligence Analysts (CPIA), which provides a forum for 1,100+ analysts to share information, capabilities, and methodologies. In addition, she is an advisor to the Women in International Security (WIIS), a non-profit, non-partisan organization that focuses on increasing the influence of women in foreign and defense affairs.

Prior to joining Booz Allen in 1984, Ms. Gallo worked as an intelligence analyst at the National Security Agency, where she provided time-sensitive and long-term intelligence reports and analysis to the intelligence community.

She holds an M.A. degree in national security policy studies from the George Washington University and a B.S. in journalism from the University of Maryland.

profile updated April 2009