About
Timothy Lea
Expert

Timothy Lea

Federal Executive Fellow – Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, Deputy Intelligence Community Space Executive – Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Timothy “TJ” Lea is a national security space expert. He spent 20 years in the United States Air Force as a space operations officer. Since 2006 he has served in the United States intelligence community performing various space leadership roles. His research interests include space warfare; organizational culture, design, and personnel policy; technology, and futures studies. He has received masters’ degrees in astronautical engineering and military operational art and science.