Reston-based company names Tish Long to board of directors

AIS announces Long, the first woman to lead a U.S. intelligence agency, joins the board

Published December 8, 2020 by Sydney Lake

Reston-based Applied Information Services (AIS) announced Tuesday it has named former National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Director Letitia “Tish” Long to the company’s board of directors.

“Tish’s impact in the defense and intelligence community is unmatched,” AIS President and CEO Larry Katzman said in a statement. “Her industry and board experience will foster our continued growth in the federal IT market and support the delivery of mission-critical cloud solutions to better serve our defense and intelligence customers.”

Long has previously held leadership positions across the NGA, the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Department of Defense. She has previously served as the deputy director of Navy intelligence and was the first chief information officer for the Defense Intelligence Agency.

She was the first woman to lead a U.S. intelligence agency, and currently serves as chairman of the board for the Intelligence and National Security Alliance. Long also serves on the boards of directors of Corporate Office Properties Trust (COPT), Parsons, Noblis and the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors as vice rector. She earned her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Virginia Tech and her master’s degree in mechanical engineering from The Catholic University of America.

Founded in 1982, AIS provides cloud transformation services to government agencies and commercial clients.