Former NSA/CSS Leadership



 
 
Beginning Date Name
November 1952 MG Ralph J. Canine, USA
November 1956 Lt Gen John A. Samford, USAF
November 1960 VADM Laurence H. Frost, USN
January 1962 Lt Gen Gordon A. Blake, USAF
June 1965 LTG Marshall S. Carter, USA
August 1969 VADM Noel Gayler, USN
August 1972 Lt Gen Samuel C. Phillips, USAF
August 1973 Lt Gen Lew Allen, Jr., USAF
July 1977 VADM Bobby Ray Inman, USN
April 1981 Lt Gen Lincoln D. Faurer, USAF
May 1985 LTG William E. Odom, USA
August 1988 VADM William O. Studeman, USN
May 1992 VADM J. Michael McConnell, USN
February 1996 Lt Gen Kenneth A. Minihan, USAF
March 1999 Lt Gen Michael V. Hayden, USAF
August 2005 Gen Keith B. Alexander, U.S. Army
April 2014 ADM Michael S. Rogers, U.S. Navy
May 2018  Gen Paul M. Nakasone, U.S. Army
Beginning Date Name
August 1956 Mr. Joseph H. Ream
October 1957 Dr. H. T. Engstrom
August 1958 Dr. Louis W. Tordella
April 1974 Mr. Benson K. Buffham
May 1978 Mr. Robert E. Drake
April 1980 Ms. Ann Z. Caracristi
July 1982 Mr. Robert E. Rich
July 1986 Mr. Charles R. Lord
March 1988 Mr. Gerald R. Young
July 1990 Mr. Robert L. Prestel
February 1994 Mr. William P. Crowell
October 1997 Ms. Barbara A. McNamara
June 2000 Mr. William B. Black, Jr.
August 2006 Mr. John C. "Chris" Inglis
January 2014 Mr. Richard H. Ledgett Jr.
February 2014 Mr. George C. Barnes

Directors of The Armed Forces Security Agency (NSA's predecessor)

Beginning Date Name
July 15, 1949 RADM Earl E. Stone, USN
July 15, 1951 MG Ralph J. Canine, USA

Deputy Directors of The Armed Forces Security Agency
(NSA's predecessor)

Beginning Date Name
November 1950 Colonel S. P. Collins, USA *
Captain Joseph Wenger, USN *
Colonel Roy H. Lynn, USAF *
April 1951 Colonel Travis Hetherington, USAF
* From November 1950 to April 1951, there was a Deputy Director for each service.
Beginning Date Name
December 1952 RADM Joseph Wenger, USN
November 1953 BG John Ackerman, USAF
June 1956 MG John A. Samford, USAF
Beginning Date Name
November 1999 Maj Gen Tiiu Kera
October 2001 Maj Gen Tommy F. Crawford
July 2003 Maj Gen Curtis M. Bedke
September 2004 Maj Gen Stephen J. Miller
July 2006 Maj Gen Randal D. "Randy" Fullhart
July 2008 Maj Gen Noel T. (Tom) Jones
October 2010 Maj Gen Jim H. Keffer
July 2012 Brig Gen D. Scott George
August 2014 Maj Gen John D. Bansemer
February 2016 Maj Gen Mark W. Westergren
August 2018 RADM Daniel J. MacDonnell