Press Release

Philip Roberts Selected to Head DIA Activity at Rivanna Station

Washington D.C. - April 22, 2010

Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Ronald L. Burgess Jr. has selected Mr. Phillip Roberts to be the first Chief, DIA Field Support Activity – Rivanna Station, near Charlottesville, Va.

Mr. Roberts will serve as the focal point for DIA interactions with the National Ground Intelligence Center, the University of Virginia and the greater Charlottesville community.

Under Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 2005 Commission Recommendation 167, DIA is building the Joint-Use Intelligence Analysis Facility at Rivanna Station. DIA will relocate more than 800 of its employees to the facility by September 2011.

Mr. Roberts is currently DIA’s Chief of Staff and has worked at DIA for more than 20 years. Past roles include Chief of DIA Liaison – London, Vice Deputy Director for Analysis, and Chief of the Office of Counterproliferation Support.

Biography

PHILLIP R. ROBERTS
Chief of Staff

Mr. Phillip R. Roberts was appointed as Chief of Staff in March 2007. As Chief of Staff he insures timely satisfaction of the Agency’s current requirements while developing the plans, process improvements, and strategies that prepare the Agency for the future. Prior to this assignment, Mr. Roberts was the Chief of DIA Liaison - London. He was the Vice Deputy Director for Analysis prior to becoming Chief of DIALL. The Directorate for Analysis and Production (DI), composed of approximately 1,900 military and civilian personnel, provides all-source intelligence analysis to the Unified Commands and deployed U.S. and allied forces; the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and the Secretary of Defense.

Prior to his appointment to Vice Deputy Director, Mr. Roberts served as the Chief, Operational Support Group, Directorate for Intelligence. As such, he was responsible for the production of all-source intelligence on foreign infrastructure and operational environment related issues, in support of deliberate and crisis planning requirements worldwide.

In August 1998, Mr. Roberts became a member of the Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service (DISES). From 1998 to 1999, Mr. Roberts was the Chief, Office for Counterproliferation Support. In this capacity, he was responsible for the production of all-source intelligence on foreign, nuclear, chemical, and biological warfare programs in support of U.S. counterproliferation efforts. From 1995 to 1998, Mr. Roberts was the Senior Intelligence Officer (SIO), Office for Counterproliferation Support and from 1993 to 1995, he served as the SIO, Office for Ground Forces.

From 1991 to 1993, Mr. Roberts served as the Deputy Functional Manager and Director, Office of General Military Intelligence Functional Management. In this capacity, he oversaw program planning and budget execution for approximately $520 million and 7,550 personnel. During this period, Mr. Roberts chaired the Council of Intelligence Producers and directed the “JIC/JAC studies” which served as the basis for the largest reallocation of Defense intelligence resources in the post-Cold War period. From 1989 to 1990, as the Special Assistant for Intelligence Production, Directorate for Research, he directed the production of finished intelligence and data base maintenance of over 800 analysts. Prior to 1989, Mr. Roberts served in other supervisory and analytical positions including Chief, North Korean Military Capabilities Branch, and Senior Intelligence Officer, Asia Division.

Mr. Roberts has received two Intelligence Community National Meritorious Unit Citations and is a recipient of the Defense Intelligence Agency Award for Exceptional Civilian Service Medal, the Defense Intelligence Agency Award for Meritorious Civilian Service Medal, the Defense Intelligence Director’s Award, and the Director of Central Intelligence Diversity Management Award. From 2004 to 2007 he represented the Director, DIA at the NATO Intelligence Board.

October 2007

DIA is the nation’s premier all-source military intelligence organization.

It provides the nation’s most authoritative assessments of foreign military intentions and capabilities. The agency’s four core competencies -- human intelligence, all-source analysis, counterintelligence and technical intelligence -- enable military operations while also informing policy-makers at the defense and national levels.

DIA’s mission is unique and no other agency matches its military expertise across such a broad range of intelligence disciplines.