Huban A. Gowadia

Huban A. Gowadia (born c. 1969) is principal associate director of Global Security at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) since February 2020.

She was formerly Deputy Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration from January 19, 2017 to May 2018, following the statutorily required resignation of Peter V. Neffenger on January 20, 2017, upon Donald Trump becoming President. Prior to joining TSA, Gowadia was the Director of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. She was responsible for the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) contribution to protect the United States from nuclear attack, where her focus was on nuclear forensics capabilities to detect, analyze and report on nuclear and other radioactive materials that are out of regulatory control. for TSA to provide information for an investigation about the handling of whistle blowers at the agency to Gowadia as acting director. The subpoena demanded her to appear no later than noon on 31 March 2017; Gowadia failed to appear. On 2 May 2017, Committee chair Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, and Ranking Member Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Maryland, issued a letter for failing to comply with the Congressional subpoena. Following the letter, Gowadia and others appeared for transcribed interviews.

Gowadia joined the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in May 2018 as the deputy principal associate director for Programs for the National Ignition Facility and Photon Science (NIF&PS) principal directorate. She worked with the NIF&PS Department of Defense Technologies program to engage industry and federal sponsors to form partnerships to address some of the nation's most pressing security issues. She also supported the development of cross-disciplinary initiatives within LLNL that can utilize NIF&PS technologies to enhance mission space in other directorates.