Caryn Wagner is a US Army intelligence officer and the Obama administration's nominee to head the Department of Homeland Security Office of Intelligence and Analysis

Office of Intelligence and Analysis

The Office of Intelligence and Analysis is a part of the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, of the United States Department of the Treasury and is responsible for the receipt, analysis, collation, and dissemination of foreign intelligence and foreign counterintelligence information...

 (an Under Secretary

Under Secretary

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 in the Department of Homeland Security position).

Wagner has 30 years of "intelligence experience" including two tours on the House Intelligence Committee. She is from Washington D.C. and is a graduate of the College of William and Mary

College of William and Mary

The College of William & Mary in Virginia is a public research university located in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States...

 (BA) and University of Southern California

University of Southern California

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(MS). Her previous positions have included Budget Director for the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence from 2007–2008 and Chief Financial Officer from 2005–2007, and Executive Director for Intelligence Community Affairs from 2004-2005 for the Intelligence Community. She contributed $922 to Obama's presidential campaign in 2008.