Lora Shiao

Lora Shiao is an American government official who had served as the chief operating officer for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. She briefly served as acting director of national intelligence from January 25, 2025, to February 12, 2025, and had also held this position for a short time from January 20–21, 2021.

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.

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.

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.