Margaret Myers ’88
Director, Information Technology and Systems Division, Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)
Dr. Margaret Myers earned her Ph.D. from the College of Engineering and Computing at George Mason University. She is the director of IDA’s Information Technology and Systems Division, leading more than 60 IDA researchers in addressing significant national and global cybersecurity and cyberspace challenges. From 2000 to 2008, she served as principal director for the Department of Defense deputy chief information officer. Prior to that assignment, she served as director of information technology acquisition and investment for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I). Additionally, she acted as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for C3I Acquisition. She was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in 1992. Myers served on active duty in the U. S. Army and continued her service in the Army Reserve, retiring in 2005 in the rank of colonel. She received the DoD Distinguished Civilian Service Award, Presidential Rank Awards of Distinguished Executive and Meritorious Executive (twice), and the Distinguished Alumni an Outstanding Alumnus Awards from the George Mason University Volgenau School of Engineering.
