Darryl A. Lansey was CIA’s Director of Leadership Learning prior to
his retirement in March 2018. He was responsible for creating and
executing CIA’s vision, guiding philosophy, and strategy for providing
enterprise-level training for new supervisors to senior executives. Previous
to Leadership Learning, he was the National Reconnaissance Office’s Chief
and Deputy Chief Learning Officer. During Darryl’s CIA career, he served in
four of five Directorates, including more than 20 years in the Directorate of
Intelligence where he authored and managed analyses on an array of topics
including: chemical and biological weapons proliferation, counternarcotics,
counterterrorism, and the Balkans. Upon Darryl’s retirement, CIA awarded
him with its Career Commendation Medal, which was the last of more than
30 exceptional performance awards and citations that he received during
his career. In retirement, Darryl is seeking mastery of his photography skills,
which has been a hobby for more than 45 years.
