Lisa Gordon-Hagerty

Affiliation

Former Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security and Administrator of the NNSA

Biography

Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty served as the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Under Secretary for Nuclear Security at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) from February 2018 until November 2020. Confirmed by the U.S. Senate on February 15, 2018, she was the first woman to hold this leadership position. With more than 30 years of national security experience, Ms. Gordon-Hagerty was responsible for the management and operations of NNSA in support of President Trump’s nuclear security agenda. Ms. Gordon-Hagerty served previously in several U.S. Government leadership positions, including as the Director of Combating Terrorism, National Security Council staff for more than five years.