Bianca Adair
Dr. Bianca Adair, an officer in the Directorate of Operations at the Central Intelligence Agency, is a Faculty Affiliate and Former Resident Intelligence Officer at the LBJ School of Public Affairs. Dr. Adair has more than 16 years of federal government service in leadership positions in Washington, DC, and foreign field posts. In her 9 years at the CIA, Dr. Adair has worked in the Middle East, Europe, and North Africa on security, counterterrorism, and foreign policy, with a special focus on Iran. Prior to her time in the CIA, Adair served in Iraq and the United Arab Emirates as a Foreign Service Officer in the U.S. Department of State. Recipient of a Fulbright Research Grant on Austrian-Hungarian Relations and conversant in Persian (Farsi), French, Tajiki, German, and Hungarian, Dr. Adair holds a Ph.D in political science at The University of Alabama.