| Event Name: |
December Luncheon - Leila Gardner |
| Event Date: |
12/01/2023 |
| Event Time: |
11:00 am EST - 1:30 pm EST |
| Event Organizer: |
Quantico-Potomac Chapter |
| Description: |
Ms. Gardner is the Assistant Director of
Intelligence, Deputy Commandant for Information,
Headquarters Marine Corps. As the Assistant
Director of Intelligence she manages the
Headquarters Intelligence Branches and provides
professional intelligence management and policy
support to assist the Director of Intelligence
(DIRINT) and the Deputy Commandant for Information
(DCI) in the conduct of Marine Corps Intelligence
activities within the Marine Corps, Defense, and
National Intelligence Communities. Prior to her
selection as the Assistant Director, she served as
the USMC Intelligence Mission Manager and advised
the DCI, the DIRINT, and the Marine Corps
Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
Enterprise (MCISRE) on all aspects of strategic,
operational, and tactical intelligence, including
current and future programs. While on a Joint Duty
Assignment with the Defense Intelligence Agency
(DIA), Ms. Gardner was the Deputy Research
Director for Military Capabilities from September
2018-September 2019 and from February 2017 to
August 2018, she served at the Mission Manager for
Europe Eurasia at DIA. From October 2019 to
October 2020 Ms. Gardner spent a year on active
duty as a Navy Commander as a Defense Liaison to
the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defense-
Intelligence at RAF Wyton's Pathfinder Five Eyes
Facility. Prior to joining DIA on a Joint Duty
Assignment in February 2017, she was the Senior
Advisor to the Director of Intelligence for
Analysis and Production, Headquarters Marine
Corps. In that position she represented the Marine
Corps as the senior intelligence analyst and
provided policy and management guidance on
intelligence analysis and production in order to
assist the Director of Intelligence in the conduct
of Service Intelligence activities within the
Marine Corps, Defense, and National Intelligence
Communities.
Ms. Gardner was selected as a Defense Intelligence
Senior Leader (DISL) in September 2011. Her areas
of responsibility include Advancing Analysis
across the Marine Intelligence Enterprise, the
Unified Intelligence Strategies, National
Intelligence Estimates, and strategic planning.
She was assigned to the Marine Corps Intelligence
Activity (MCIA) from 2000-2010 where she held
various analytic and leadership positions
including threat analysis and regional specialist.
Her areas of concentration included cultural
intelligence, irregular warfare, and the need to
utilize open source material to provide
intelligence products at the lowest classification
level. In October 2010 she assumed the duties as
the N2, Director of Analysis, for the KENNEDY
Irregular Warfare Center at the Office of Naval
Intelligence.
Ms. Gardner began her intelligence career in 2000
at the Marine Corps Intelligence Activity where
she served in a number of analytic positions
including the Balkans, Horn of Africa, and Russia
regional analysis. In addition to her duties as
Senior Associate Mission Manager, Ms. Gardner is a
commissioned intelligence officer in the U.S. Navy
Reserve. She was commissioned in 2003 after having
served 10 years as an enlisted Marine Corps
intelligence specialist in the Marine Corps
Reserve. Her personal decorations include the
Bronze Star, Joint Service Commendation medal (oak
leaf in lieu of second award), Navy Commendation
medal (gold star in lieu of second award), Joint
Service Achievement medal and Navy Marine Corps
Achievement medal.
Ms. Gardner is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth
University and holds a Master of Science in
Military Studies degree from Marine Corps Command
and Staff College. She received her Intelligence
Community Officer designation in 2009. |
| Event Speaker: |
Leila Gardner
Assistant Director of Intelligence
Deputy Commandant for Information, Headquarters
Marine Corps |
| Event Category: |
Luncheon |
| Location: |
Quantico, VA |
| Event Contact: |
Kimberly Bandler |
| Event Contact Phone: |
(571) 234-9073 |
| Event Contact E-Mail: |
kimberly@xagegov.com |
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