USGIF today announced the addition of Congressman C.A. “Dutch” Ruppersberger, D-Md., Chairman of the House Intelligence Technical and Tactical Intelligence Subcommittee, and Dr. Regina Dugan, Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, to the GEOINT 2009 Symposium agenda.

The congressman will address the GEOINT 2009 audience on Monday, Oct. 18, at 9:15 a.m. Dr. Dugan opens the general session on Tuesday, Oct. 19, with a keynote at 8:15 am.

Congressman Ruppersberger is serving his third term in the United States House of Representatives representing the citizens of Maryland’s 2nd District. Congressman Ruppersberger is known as a consensus builder who works with Members from both sides of the aisle to get results for Maryland and the nation.

In a great interview from the August 3 issue Space News interview, Ruppersberger discusses his concern about comprehensive U.S. space strategy as it relates to intelligence satellite programs, the greatest challenge facing the space acquisition community, and the the DNI’s electro-optical imagery plan reception on Capitol Hill. You can read the entire interview here.

Dr. Regina Dugan was sworn in as Director of DARPA on July 20, 2009. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Dugan held several key positions in industry, most recently as president and chief executive officer of RedXDefense LLC, a company which she co-founded in 2005 that develops defense against explosive threats. She has also served in senior executive positions in several additional companies in roles ranging from global sales and marketing to research and product development.

During her first tour at DARPA from January 1996 to May 2000, Dr. Dugan received the program manager of the year award for her leadership of the “Dog’s Nose Program”, which was focused on the development of an advanced, field-portable system for detecting the explosive content of land mines. She is also the recipient of the deFleury Medal, the office of the secretary of defense award for exceptional service, and the award for outstanding achievement.