Lt. Gen. (Ret) Mary O'Brien

Principal Owner

Mary O'Brien Strategies LLC

Lieutenant General (Ret.) Mary O'Brien's final assignment was the Joint Staff Director of Command, Control, Communications and Computer/Cyber and Chief Information Officer, J6. Over a 34-year Air Force career, her senior assignments included: Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Cyber Effects Operations at Headquarters Air Force; Commander, Twenty-Fifth Air Force; and Director of Intelligence, J2, at U.S. Cyber Command. She retired in 2023. Now in private industry, she serves as an independent director on the Boards of Directors for National Digital Trust Company and Tharros, as well as on several national security-focused advisory councils. She also serves the military veteran community as an independent director for Operation Homefront on the cyber & technology and development committees and supports the families of fallen members of the Intelligence Community by serving on the Senior Intelligence Advisory Board for the Defense Intelligence Memorial Fund. She holds a B.S. in Chemistry from the U.S. Air Force Academy, a M.A. from The George Washington University, and a M.S.S. from Air War College.

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