Debora A. Plunkett

Debora A. Plunkett is an outside director on CACI International Inc’s board of directors, a Fortune 500™ company with more than 25,000 employees committed to expanding the limits of national security. She has held senior leadership positions at the National Security Agency and brings to the board more than 30 years of national security experience in critical mission areas such as cybersecurity and information assurance.

Plunkett served in positions of increasing responsibility at the NSA, including deputy director of information assurance from August 2008 to April 2010 and director of information assurance from April 2010 to November 2014. From 2000 to 2001, she served on the National Security Council at the White House in the administrations of Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

Plunkett earned the Distinguished Service Medal and the Exceptional Civilian Service Award from the NSA director. She earned the rank of distinguished executive from President Barack Obama and the rank of meritorious executive from President George W. Bush. A recognized expert in cybersecurity and national security, Plunkett has appeared on CBS’ 60 Minutes, Federal News Radio, been interviewed in the Washington Post, and delivered keynote addresses at cybersecurity and defense conferences.

Plunkett serves on the boards of directors of Nationwide Insurance, Mercury Systems, and BlueVoyant and is a professor in the cybersecurity graduate degree program at the University of Maryland. She was named a 2019 most influential corporate board director by Women Inc. Magazine.