United States Intelligence Community

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion in the Intelligence Community 

Legal Profession

As lawyers of the Intelligence Community, we have a solemn duty to ensure that 

efforts to protect the security of the United States and its people are grounded in law and 

fully consistent with the values of the Constitution we defend. As we strive each day to 

protect and preserve national security, we must with equal rigor act with integrity and 

resolve to maintain the public's trust and confidence. These objectives are best served by 

a workforce that is not only expert, but also inclusive and diverse, reflecting the people we 

serve. We, the undersigned general counsels, take responsibility for and ownership of 

fostering diversity and inclusion in the IC legal community. 

The IC legal community is a workplace in which talented people of integrity can 

thrive, excel, and be accepted without regard to their race, gender, age, religion, sexual 

orientation, national origin, color, or disability. We grow stronger and more effective when 

we rely on individuals with varying backgrounds, including language, geographical and 

socioeconomic experiences, veteran status, and family structure. We succeed through a 

culture of inclusion that connects each employee to the mission and encourages 

collaboration, flexibility, and fairness, so that each legal professional is able to participate 

and contribute to his or her full potential. IC leadership is invested in the global application 

of these principles within the intelligence profession, as evidenced in part in the IC Equal 

Employment Opportunity and Diversity Enterprise Strategy for 2015-2020. We support 

and are working to implement these and other IC diversity and inclusion strategic plans 

within our offices, departments, and agencies.

The IC's Principles of Professional Ethics establish diversity as a mission-critical 

element of the IC. To most faithfully execute its mission, the IC legal community — from 

entry-level employees to senior executives — must adhere to and apply these principles. 

To this end, we commit to seeking diversity at the leadership level, investing in the 

development and advancement of our legal staff, enhancing diversity recruiting, hiring, and 

retention efforts, and promoting compliance with Equal Employment Opportunity laws, 

policies, directives, and requirements across the IC. 

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion is an indispensable principle. It is core 

to IC mission success and vital to our goal of a high performing IC legal community that 

represents the best of the United States. This commitment to diversity and inclusion 

extends beyond a set of ideas or policies. We are honored to lead the IC's talented, mission-
driven legal professionals. And we are duty-bound to deepen our efforts to recruit, hire, 

develop, promote, support, and retain a more diverse and inclusive legal workforce. 

Jason Klitenic Courtney S. Elwood

General Counsel General Counsel

Office of the Director of National Intelligence Central Intelligence Agency

Glenn S. Gerstell Dana J. Boente

General Counsel General Counsel

National Security Agency Federal Bureau of Investigation

Thomas A. Monheim W. Renn Gade

General Counsel General Counsel

National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Defense Intelligence Agency

Hayley E. Chang Donna L. MacEwen

Deputy General Counsel General Counsel

U.S. Department of Homeland Security National Reconnaissance Office

Brent J. McIntosh Robert C. Gleason

General Counsel Acting Chief Counsel

U.S. Department of the Treasury Drug Enforcement Administration

Rear Admiral Steven J. Andersen Jennifer G. Newstead

Chief Counsel Legal Adviser

United States Coast Guard U.S. Department of State