The Defense Intelligence Agency has picked Melissa Drisko, a career intelligence official with experience managing a big technology portfolio, to be the agency’s No. 2 official. Drisko has served as DIA’s director of science and technology and in several other positions in the intelligence community.
Her appointment as deputy director is effective in August. She will replace Douglas Wise, who is retiring.
In a statement, DIA Director Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart praised Drisko as “the right choice as a partner in leading this agency. She speaks truth to power, unbiased and unblemished — this is the mark of a true leader.”
