Agents of Change:The Women Who Transformed the CIA: Video of the Commonwealth Discussion

Agents of Change:The Women Who Transformed the CIA: Video of the Discussion is now available. Scroll down to watch.

Scroll down to watch the video of last week's discussion with Christina Hillsberg and Terry Shames at the Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California. 

Christina Hillsberg is the author of Agents of Change: The Women Who Transformed the CIA. 

Hillsberg is a former intelligence operative who has written a narrative exploration of the agency’s history, told through exclusive interviews with current and former female CIA officers, many of whom have never spoken publicly until now. The book fills a necessary gap in the agency’s history and takes a critical view of the agency’s indisputable record of suppressing the women who would become its most valued trailblazers—and its most vocal troublemakers. These were women who sacrificed their personal lives, risked their safety, defied expectations, and boldly navigated the male-dominated spy organization, routinely passed over for promotions, recruiting assets, and managing clandestine operations. 

Terry Shames, who worked at the CIA, is the award winning mystery writer of the Samuel Craddock mysteries. Terry provided additional energy and knowledge of both the CIA and writing. Her latest series features FBI dive instructor Jessie Madison.