David R. Shedd

David R. Shedd served the United States for 33 years in the intelligence and national security communities. At his retirement from government service in early 2015, he was the Acting Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) following four years of service as DIA’s Deputy Director. Throughout his career, he held a variety of senior management assignments at the Central Intelligence Agency. Mr. Shedd also served as the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Deputy Director for Policy, Plans, and Requirements and as Chief of Staff to the Director of National Intelligence. Prior to that, he held key intelligence policy positions at the National Security Council (NSC) and was posted overseas for nine years in the U.S. Embassies in Costa Rica and Mexico.Mr. Shedd is currently is a Distinguished Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, an Adjunct Professor at Patrick Henry College teaching national security and intelligence. He holds a B.A. degree from Geneva College in Pennsylvania and a M.A. degree from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.