He will succeed Letitia Long, who will retire after 36 years of government service, the NGA said Friday.
NGA’s Nancy Rapavi writes that Cardillo took the director post Friday in a ceremony presided over by Michael Vickers, undersecretary of defense for intelligence, at NGA’s Springfield, Virginia-based headquarters.
Vickers touted Cardillo’s experience in the intelligence community and with geospatial intelligence.
Cardillo previously worked to provide daily briefings to the president.