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Cindy Williams
Senior Fellow

Cindy Williams

Member Since 1997

Biography

Cindy Williams is a Research Affiliate of the Security Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she was a Principal Research Scientist until her retirement in 2013. Her interests include budgets and budgeting for national security and the capabilities and personnel practices of armed forces in North America and Europe. Formerly she was an Assistant Director of the Congressional Budget Office, where she led the National Security Division. Dr. Williams served as a director and in other capacities at the MITRE Corporation in Bedford, Massachusetts; as a member of the Senior Executive Service in the Office of the Secretary of Defense; and as a mathematician at RAND.

History of Employment

Position Division Organization Start End
Research Affiliate Security Studies Program Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2013 Present
Senior Fellow and Principal Research Scientist Security Studies Program Massachusetts Institute of Technology Current
Assistant Director National Security Division Congressional Budget Office Current
Director C2 Integration Environment The MITRE Corporation Current
Associate Technical Director Continental Command, Control, and Communications Division The MITRE Corporation Current
Department Head Strategic Air Command Systems Department The MITRE Corporation Current
Associate Department Head Strategic Defense Initiative The MITRE Corporation Current
Director Strategic Offensive Forces Division, Program Analysis and Evaluation, Office of the Secretary U.S. Department of Defense Current
Operations Analyst U.S. Department of Defense Current
Mathematician Strategic Forces Project RAND Corporation Current
Project Leader, Force Operations Team Automated Wargaming Center RAND Corporation Current

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