Intelligence Champions Council
The Intelligence Champions Council (ICC) strives to strengthen and grow the IC workforce by advising, mentoring, advocating for, and fostering dialogue among professionals across organizations and experience levels who are interested in intelligence-related careers.
Through programming and mentoring events, the Council facilitates informal learning for the intelligence and national security workforce and helps these professionals build positive relationships, discover mentors, and gain an appreciation for other perspectives.
Developed by the Council, the Intelligence Career Conversations podcast explores the variety of IC careers, including insights from professionals in the field, advice on career paths, education requirements, and current trends and challenges, including talent acquisition and retention, diversity issues, and opportunities across the public, private, and academic sectors.
Intelligence Career Conversations Podcast
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Kaitlin Kiser: Career Building Blocks
This week on the ICC podcast, Jim Donnelly is joined by Kaitlin Kiser, Deputy Director, ISR Education, LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education. Tune in as she describes key career pivot points, her passion for her work, important skills she’s developed to be successful, future workforce challenges, and more!
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Dr. John Ballard: The Importance of Life Long Learning
This week we welcomed Dr. John Ballard, President, National Intelligence University, on the Intelligence Career Conversations Podcast. Dr. Ballard shares his journey through academia in the IC and highlights unique distinctions NIU offers its students. He also emphasizes the importance of mentorship, finding mentors, and building strong relationships.
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Nazaret Berhane: Neurodiversity in the IC
Tune in to this special episode to hear Ms. Berhane share her career journey as a neurodiverse individual in the IC from FBI to ODNI, her passion for creating a diverse workforce and mentoring the next generation, and more!
Leadership
Council News and Publications
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INSA Announces Recipients of 2024 Charlie Allen Achievement Awards
January 10, 2024
The awards, to be presented on February 15 at the Army Navy Country Club in Arlington, VA, acknowledge the exceptional contributions of early to mid-career professionals to U.S. national security, as well as one senior leader for sustained commitment to building and mentoring a worldclass workforce.
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New Paper Offers Recommendations to Reimagine SCIF Life
September 25, 2023
In a September 2023 white paper, INSA's Intelligence Champions Council provides recommendations for both government and industry employers on ways to improve the physical and cultural environments for the IC's cleared workforce.