Maura Godinez served in the Central Intelligence Agency for 25 years as a member of the Directorate of Operations and four years as an intelligence community contractor. An operations officer and intelligence practitioner with 29 years of experience in Washington, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East, she has done analytic and operational work in the disciplines of counterintelligence, counterterrorism, foreign intelligence collection and covert action. She has worked at the nexus of technology and human operations throughout her career and began focusing on cyber issues in 2015.
Ms. Godinez first associated with the University of Southern California as CIA’s Officer in Residence at the School of International Relations in 2007; she rotated between teaching and working the intelligence community until 2017. Now she is primarily teaching at USC but continues to seek opportunities to practice and maintain her skills. Her courses present the nuts and bolts of intelligence disciplines and cyber conflict. Prior to joining the CIA, Ms. Godinez was a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State. She has a Master’s Degree in International Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Relations.