In previous assignments , she served as Director of Intelligence for United States Central Command ; Director of Intelligence for Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inher- ent Resolve , the multina- tional coalition to defeat ISIS ; and Deputy Com- manding General for U . S . Army Cyber Command .
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Karen Gibson became the Ser- geant at Arms of the United States Senate in March 2021 , having recently completed a 33- year military career in which she attained the rank of Lieu- tenant General in the United States Army
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Ms . Gibson has performed in numerous intelligence and cy- berspace operations roles , cul- minating her military service as Deputy Director of National In- telligence for National Security Partnerships
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A seasoned combat veteran , Ms . Gibson has led intelligence-op- erations fusion centers in Iraq , Afghanistan , Korea , East Africa , and the United States .
A native of Bozeman , Montana . Ms . Gibson earned a B . S . in In- dustrial Engineering from Pur- due University , a M . S . in Na- tional Security Strategy from the National War College , and a M . S . in Strategic Intelligence from the National Intelligence University . She is married and has two adult children .
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