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Joseph W. Wippl
Joseph W. Wippl became Professor of the Practice at Boston University in May 2011 after serving as a Senior Lecturer in the School's Department of International Relations. During his 30-year career with the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) National Clandestine Service (NCS) he served as an operations officer and manager in Bonn, West Germany; Guatemala City; Luxembourg; Madrid; Mexico City; Vienna; and Berlin. On assignments at the CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia, he was Deputy Chief of Human Resources; Senior NCS representative to the Aldrich Ames Damage Assessment Team; Chief of the Agency's Europe Division; and the CIA's Director of Congressional Affairs. Prior to his arrival at Boston University as a CIA Officer in Residence, he occupied the Richard Helms Chair for Intelligence Collection in the NCS training program.