Nancy Morgan is the CEO of Ellis Morgan Enterprises LLC, a National Security Executive leader, the former US Government Intelligence Community Chief Data Officer (IC CDO) and a Strategic Advisor to The Cantellus Group. She has over 36 years of executive level experience leading strategy, innovation and driving transformation in the data and information technology arenas. She retired from US Federal Government service in April 2022 and now does independent consulting/advisory board work related to Data and AI strategy, trustworthy use of Data and AI, corporate governance and working with the public sector.

While in Government she successfully led numerous data and IT initiatives while serving as a program manager and Executive Leader at the Central Intelligence Agency. She has extensive experience leading major corporate transformation efforts and proven experience standing up new organizations across portfolios for data strategy, data management, data policy, data literacy/data acumen, trustworthy use of AI, digital transformation, software development, and cloud technology adoption/migration in the national security and intelligence arenas. She has a proven history fostering mutually beneficial internal and external partnerships. She is a champion for women in STEM/STEAM fields and developing the next generation workforce.

In her last tour with the Federal Government, she was on a joint duty assignment to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, where she served as Assistant Director of National Intelligence for Domestic Engagement, Information Sharing and Data and was dual hatted as the Intelligence Community Chief Data Officer (IC CDO). She led the IC’s strategic initiative to re-imagine the future of the IC’s data and information landscape in the digital era.

She now serves as a Strategic Advisor on SambaNova Systems’ Artificial Intelligence Innovation Advisory Council, Informa’s AI Security Council, and Kibu,Inc. Advisory Council. She is an active member of Women Leaders in Data and AI (WLDA) and is a frequent public speaker. She was recently named to dataIQ100 USA Most Influential People in Data.

She has a Master of Science in Information Systems from American University and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and French from Colgate University. She is based in the Washington, DC area.