The BLUF with the FBI AIA - November 2025

Check out our virtual series for intelligence professionals - The BLUF (bottom line up front) with the FBI AIA.

Join FBI AIA COO Sierra Karcher and FBI AIA Member Philip Fields as they discuss the critical gap between how hiring managers seek intelligence talent and how intelligence professionals communicate their value. This session aims to highlight the need to bridge this translation gap by helping both sides better understand, articulate, and align mission-driven skills with private-sector impact.

Philip and Sierra will explore the evolving transition of government intelligence professionals into the private sector, and why their strategic, analytical, and operational expertise represents one of the most underleveraged assets in today’s workforce. Even when resumes do not perfectly align with private-sector job descriptions, these professionals bring mission-driven thinking, risk awareness, and systems-level problem-solving that can elevate any organization. Intelligence professionals can learn quickly, are trained to be technically fluent across operational…