Ms. Stokes is a retired Senior Executive with over 41 years of experience in the DoD intelligence
and security communities. She served two military Departments, the U.S. Special Operations
Command, the Missile Defense Agency and the Defense Security and Counterintelligence
Agency. Her experience transcends all disciplines of security. She was responsible for the
implementation of the federal background investigation mission from the National Background
Investigations Bureau to the Department of Defense. While serving as the Senior Security
Advisor for the U.S. Army, she was the pioneer for development and execution of the
Continuous Evaluation Program which transformed the background investigation process for the
federal government. She was the recipient of the Presidential Rank Award in 2015 among other
honors throughout her career. She is currently serving on Advisory Boards and as a senior
consultant to several Defense Contractor organizations.