Reith

Ernest Reith – Associate Executive Assistant Director, Science and Technology Branch

Ernest Reith began his career in 1983 and became a regional analyst in 1985 at the Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) in St. Louis, Missouri, where he developed and maintained geospatial intelligence databases of the Eastern Pacific Rim. Mr. Reith briefly entered private industry where he served as an applications engineer in digital photogrammetric system development at International Imaging Systems in Milpitas, California. Mr. Reith then returned to DMA, where he was part of a team that prototyped advanced image processing capabilities and developed new products.

Mr. Reith accepted an assignment in 1994 with the Defense Mapping School at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia as an instructor in remote sensing and geographic information systems. He was selected to a program manager position in the Terrain Modeling Project Office (TMPO) in 1995. Mr. Reith managed several multi-agency advanced sensor programs that included data acquisition, sensor utility assessment, and advanced applications development of radar, laser, video, and spectral data in TMPO, and later in the National Imagery and Mapping Agency’s Advanced Technology and Advanced Research and Development Divisions.

In 2002, he was promoted to chief of the Advanced Systems Division within the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and later to the director of the Full Spectrum Office in 2003, where he and his team focused on research, development, and transition of advanced tools and tradecraft leveraging new sources and methods. He was appointed to a senior executive position as science advisor for Spectral Research and Advanced Geospatial Intelligence in 2003 while continuing his role as director of the Full Spectrum Office. From 2007 - 2010, Mr. Reith served as the deputy director of InnoVision and was responsible for the day-to-day management of NGA’s research and development efforts. Mr. Reith is currently on a joint duty assignment as the associate executive assistant director of the Science and Technology Branch, Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Mr. Reith earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in geography from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). He completed a Master of Science degree in geography from Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville and has completed all academic requirements in pursuit of a Ph.D. in geography at UCSB. Mr. Reith is also a graduate of the Intelligence Fellows Program; Excel—Intelligence Community Executive Leadership Program; Intelligence Community Senior Leadership Program; Capstone General and Flag Officer Course; and is a member of the Defense Acquisition Corps in the systems planning, research, development, and engineering-science and technology manager career field. His awards include the NGA Meritorious Civilian Service Award and a number of meritorious unit citations.

Director – Robert S. Mueller, III
Deputy Director – Sean M. Joyce
Associate Deputy Director – Thomas J. Harrington
- Office of Law Enforcement Coordination – Ronald C. Ruecker
Chief of Staff/Senior Counsel to the Director – Aaron M. Zebley
Deputy Chief of Staff – Vacant

Office of the Director/Deputy Director/Associate Deputy Director
- Office of Congressional Affairs – Stephen D. Kelly
- Office of EEO Affairs – A. Tonya Odom (acting)
- Office of the General Counsel – Andrew Weissmann
- Office of Integrity and Compliance – Patrick W. Kelley
- Office of the Ombudsman – Monique A. Bookstein
- Office of Professional Responsibility – Candice M. Will
- Office of Public Affairs – Michael P. Kortan
- Inspection Division – Keith L. Bennett
- Facilities and Logistics Services Division – Patrick G. Findlay
- Finance Division – Richard L. Haley II
- Records Management Division – Michelle Ann Jupina
- Resource Planning Office – David Schlendorf
- Security Division – Jennifer S. Love

Executive Assistant Directors and Assistant Directors

National Security Branch
- Executive Assistant Director – Mark F. Giuliano
- Associate EAD – Tracy Reinhold
- Counterterrorism Division – Andrew G. McCabe
- Counterintelligence Division – C. Frank Figliuzzi
- Directorate of Intelligence – Eric Velez-Villar
- Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate – John G. Perren

Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch
- Executive Assistant Director – Kevin L. Perkins (acting)
- Criminal Investigative Division – Cory B. Nelson (acting)
- Cyber Division – Michael S. Welch (acting)
- Critical Incident Response Group – Robert A. Blecksmith
- International Operations Division – Joseph M. Demarest, Jr.

Human Resources Branch
- Executive Assistant Director – Janet L. Kamerman
- Training Division – Owen D. Harris (acting)
- Human Resources Division – David G. Bennett

Science and Technology Branch
- Executive Assistant Director – Steven M. Martinez
- Associate EAD – Ernest Reith
- Criminal Justice Information Services Division – David Cuthbertson
- Laboratory Division – Dr. David Christian Hassell
- Operational Technology Division – Amy S. Hess

Information and Technology Branch
- Executive Assistant Director and CIO – Dean E. Hall (acting)
- Associate EAD and Deputy Chief Information Officer – Dean E. Hall
- IT Services Division – Jennifer R. Sanchez
- Office of the Chief Knowledge Officer – G. Clayton Grigg
- IT Engineering Division and CTO – Jeffrey C. Johnson
- IT Management Division – John Martin Hope