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.

Gowadia began her federal service with the Federal Aviation Administration in 2000, working on aviation security technologies and policy, where after September 11, 2001, she led TSA's initiative to replace all walk-through metal detectors at airports with enhanced systems. Provided by Wikipedia