{{short description|American intelligence officer}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{infobox officeholder | name = Lora Shiao | image = Lora Shiao.jpg | office = Chief Operating Officer for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence | president = Donald Trump<br/>Joe Biden<br/>Donald Trump | term_start = October 2020 | term_end = September 2025 | predecessor = Deirdre Walsh | successor = Dennis Kirk | president1 = | term_start1 = | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = | successor1 = | office2 = Director of National Intelligence | term_label2 = Acting | president2 = Donald Trump | term_start2 = January 25, 2025 | term_end2 = February 12, 2025 | predecessor2 = Stacey Dixon (acting) | successor2 = Tulsi Gabbard | term_label3 = Acting | president3 = Joe Biden | term_start3 = January 20, 2021 | term_end3 = January 21, 2021 | predecessor3 = John Ratcliffe | successor3 = Avril Haines | office4 = Acting Director of the National Counterterrorism Center | president4 = Donald Trump | term_start4 = April 3, 2020 | term_end4 = August 10, 2020 | predecessor4 = Russell Travers (acting) | successor4 = Christopher C. Miller | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | party = | education = | caption = Official portrait, 2019 }}
'''Lora Shiao''' is an American government official who had served as the chief operating officer<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Chief Operating Officer |url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/leadership/chief-operating-officer |access-date=January 20, 2021 |website=Office of the Director of National Intelligence}}{{PD-notice}}</ref> for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. She briefly served as acting director of national intelligence<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 20, 2025 |title=President Trump Announces Acting Cabinet and Cabinet-Level Positions |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/designation-of-acting-leaders/ |access-date=May 12, 2025 |website=The White House |language=en-US}}</ref> from January 25, 2025, to February 12, 2025, and had also held this position for a short time from January 20–21, 2021.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=January 20, 2021 |title=Leadership |url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/leadership |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120231813/https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/leadership |archive-date=January 20, 2021 |access-date=January 20, 2021}}</ref><ref name="actingcabinet">{{Cite web |date=January 20, 2021 |title=President Joe Biden Announces Acting Federal Agency Leadership |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/01/20/president-joe-biden-announces-acting-federal-agency-leadership/ |access-date=January 20, 2021}}</ref>
== Career == Shiao served as an intelligence briefer to the United States attorney general and Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 2005 to 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 25, 2022 |title=Lora Shio Biography |url=https://www.odni.gov/files/NCTC/documents/leadership_biographies/Shiao_Biography_2020.pdf |access-date=February 19, 2023 |website=odni.gov|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125213329/https://www.odni.gov/files/NCTC/documents/leadership_biographies/Shiao_Biography_2020.pdf |archive-date=January 25, 2022 }}</ref>
She was appointed to the senior national intelligence service within the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) in May 2014. She was Deputy Director for Terrorist Identities during 2015–2016, where supported whole-of-government action in the identities intelligence mission space. As Deputy Director for Intelligence during 2016–2019, she led the NCTC's all-source analysis of the capabilities and intentions of terrorist actors worldwide to inform national policymakers and support the efforts of the intelligence community, military, law enforcement, and homeland security partners.<ref name=":0" />
Shiao was NCTC's Executive Director from March 2019 to April 2020, a role in which she managed the center's financial and personnel operations and helped drive information technology innovation. Shiao then served as Deputy Director of the NCTC from April to October 2020.<ref name=":0" /> During this time, Shiao was Acting Director of the NCTC from April 3 to August 10, 2020, when she was replaced by Christopher C. Miller.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite press release|title=DNI Ratcliffe Welcomes Chris Miller as NCTC Director|date=August 10, 2020|publisher=ODNI|url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/item/2138-dni-ratcliffe-welcomes-chris-miller-as-nctc-director|quote="'“I am pleased today to have sworn in Chris Miller as NCTC Director.'"|language=English|access-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810212714/https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/item/2138-dni-ratcliffe-welcomes-chris-miller-as-nctc-director|archive-date=August 10, 2020}}{{PD-notice}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Schmitt|first=Eric|date=March 21, 2020|title=Top U.S. Intelligence Official Taps New Counterterrorism Chief|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/21/us/politics/lora-shiao-counterterrorism.html|access-date=January 21, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
Shiao was named Chief Operating Officer for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) in October 2020. In this capacity, Shiao was responsible for the strategic management of the ODNI, including corporate governance, financial operations, information management, information technology, security and counterintelligence, continuity of operations, facilities and logistics, and talent management.<ref name=":0" />
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