Summer Worden


Summer Worden is a former intelligence officer for the United States Air Force and Intelligence Community. She is the founder of a technology and security service company, Filly Intelligence LLC. Worden became the first person to file an accusation of a crime committed in outer space when she accused her then-estranged wife NASA astronaut Anne McClain of wrongfully accessing their bank accounts.

Education

Worden was born in Kansas. She attended Canton Galva High School and University of Texas at San Antonio. She earned a business degree and aerospace minor; she was in the Air Force ROTC program.
Worden is a graduate of Rice University, where she earned her MBA. She is an alumnus of the NSA Cryptologic School, and has advanced degrees in Strategic Intelligence and Digital Forensics.

Career

Worden worked for 13 years in the US Air Force and Intelligence Community. She also led a team for the National Security Administration. She has served in special access programs relating to nuclear security. Worden also worked as the Director of Risk and AML at USAA Financial.
She is the President of Port Blakely Company Family Council, a fifth-generation family forestry company.
She founded Filly Intelligence in 2012, a woman-owned, and service-disabled veteran-owned small business.

Personal life

Worden was married to NASA astronaut Anne McClain from 2014 until 2020. The couple separated in 2018, after McClain accused Worden of assault; the charges were dismissed.
In 2019 Worden accused McClain of inappropriately accessing bank accounts from outer space. This claim was the first public allegation of a crime committed outside of planet earth. Worden was later charged with two counts of making false claims to federal authorities, and McClain was absolved of all charges.
Worden has a son, Briggs. She conceived the boy through in vitro fertilization and carried by a surrogate. Worden and McClain shared custody of the child until their divorce.