Career Cafe- Meet CIA/NGA Shelby Pierson

When: Tuesday, October 6th 2026, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT

Location: Elliott School of International Affairs, GSS Conference Room 603, 1957 E Street Northwest, Washington, D.C

Join us for our bi-weekly Career Cafe (with free coffee/tea) and great conversation in the GSS Conference Room! In this casual, open discussion you will meet Shelby Pierson is a former senior U.S. intelligence executive and trusted advisor to technologycompanies, investors, and boards operating at the intersection of national security, geospatial intelligence, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies. Across a 27-year career spanning the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), and theOffice of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), she led some of the Intelligence Community's largest analytic and operational organizations while helping modernize how intelligence is produced, shared, and operationalized.Today, Shelby advises CEOs, boards, investors, and growth-stage technology companies on navigating national security markets, scaling innovation, integrating AI and advanced analytics, and aligning technology investments with mission outcomes. Her advisory portfolio spans geospatial intelligence, commercial data, maritime intelligence, hyperspectral sensing, AI-enabled analytics, and defense technology.Don't miss this amazing opportunity to learn, connect and network with a legend in the Intelligence field!   ESIA NO-SHOW POLICYIn order to ensure the effectiveness of the services offered by the Elliott School's Graduate Student Services and maintain professionalism and courtesy between graduate students, alumni, professional staff, and our Employer Partners, the No-Show Policy is in effect for this event. Should you need to cancel your registration, you must log in to Handshake and update your RSVP, or contact our office [email protected] no later than 24 hours before any career event.Handshake Notification RemindersAs part of our support of GW's Event No-Show Policy, we want to remind students of two ways to ensure that they remember events they have registered for in Handshake. Both actions can be accessed from your "Settings & Privacy" areas from the drop-down menu under your name.  Set up your Handshake Profile to receive event remindersAutomatically export Handshake events to your Google calendar Please contact us at [email protected] with any questions and thank you again for registering!