Eric Traupe

Eric Traupe is a former Intelligence Community executive who amassed 30 years of combined experience in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the U.S. Marine Corps. Eric’s career focused on responding to trends impacting the global landscape, from his early years in the CIA’s paramilitary ranks up through the senior enterprise level. This included directing traditional intelligence activities focused on—Iran’s nuclear and regional ambitions, CIA’s foreign partnerships across the Middle East and North Africa, and global competition with China and Russia—and pursuing innovative cyber, technology, and data exploitation solutions to address complex national security issues.

Eric most recently served as the CIA’s Assistant Director for the Near East where he led thousands of officers from different career disciplines and US agencies, developed and executed multi-billion dollar budgets, and tackled acute intelligence and foreign policy challenges. As a member of CIA’s senior leadership team, he served on the Expanded Corporate Board and cultivated enduring partnerships across the U.S. interagency and with foreign partners to ensure U.S. national objectives were achieved. Throughout his career he was a trusted advisor to CIA Directors, Presidents, Cabinet and military officials, and members of Congress and participated in a range of White House strategic, policy, and resource decisions.