Deirdre Walsh

Executive Vice President of Strategy & Government Affairs

ARKA

Deirdre M. Walsh is responsible for strategy and government affairs for ARKA Group.
Before joining ARKA, Walsh served as vice president of Strategic Operations for Ball Aerospace & Technologies and led the creation of government relations strategies.
Previously, she served as the first chief operating officer for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). From 2014 to 2018, she was director of legislative affairs for ODNI, where she managed ODNI’s interaction with Congress. Earlier she was deputy director of Congressional and Public Affairs at the National Reconnaissance Office. Walsh was appointed to the Senior National Intelligence Service in 2013 and received the Distinguished Presidential Rank Award.
She holds a Master of Arts in legislative affairs from the George Washington University and a Bachelor of Science in international studies from the University of Scranton, Pennsylvania.

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