Betty J. Sapp
PRINCIPAL DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE NRO

Ms. Betty J. Sapp was appointed the Principal Deputy Director, National Reconnaissance Office (PDDNRO) on April 15, 2009. As the PDDNRO she provides overall day-to-day management of the NRO with decision responsibility as delegated by the Director, NRO (DNRO). In the absence of the DNRO, she acts on the Director's behalf on all matters.

Ms. Sapp began her government career as a US Air Force officer in a variety of acquisition and financial management positions, including: business management positions in the NRO; as a Program Element Monitor at the Pentagon for the MILSTAR system; as Program Manager for the FLTSATCOM program at the Space and Missile Systems Center in Los Angeles; and as manager of a joint-service development effort for the A-10 engine at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.

In 1997, Ms. Sapp joined the Central Intelligence Agency. She was assigned to the NRO where she served in a variety of senior management positions. In 2005 she was appointed the Deputy Director, Business Plans and Operations, where she was responsible for all NRO business functions, including budget planning, current year financial operations, contracting, financial statements, business systems development, cost estimating, and legislative affairs.

In May 2007, Ms. Sapp was appointed Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Portfolio, Programs and Resources), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence. In this position, she was responsible for executive oversight of the multi-billion-dollar portfolio of defense intelligence-related acquisition programs, the planning, programming, budgeting and execution of the multi-billion dollar Military Intelligence Program, and for the technology efforts critical to satisfying both current and future war fighter needs.

Ms. Sapp holds a Bachelor of Arts, and an MBA, Management, both from the University of Missouri, Columbia. She is also Level III certified in Government Acquisition and was certified as a Defense Financial Manager.

Ms. Sapp is a native of St. Louis, Missouri, and now resides in Alexandria, Virginia.

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