Thornberry, Mullen Among Big Names on Bloomberg-Led Defense Innovation Board

October 18, 2022

We finally learned this week who is serving on the newest panel of the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Board, chaired by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

According to a DOD release, the board includes:

  • Gilda Barabino, president at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
  • Susan Gordon, board member at CACI International, Avantus Federal, MITRE, and BlackSky
  • Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, co-founder of Inflection AI, and partner at Greylock
  • Mike Mullen, former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • William Roper Jr., distinguished professor at Georgia Tech, senior advisor at McKinsey and Company, and former assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics
  • Ryan Swann, chief data analytics officer at Vanguard
  • Former Rep. Mac Thornberry, former chairman of the House Armed Services Committee and current member of the CAE board of directors

DOD photo by Lisa Ferdinando

October 18, 2022

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