Bio

Strategist. Communicator. Innovator. Advocate. Multifaceted cyber and technology professional with substantial business, legal, and policy experience bringing specialized cross-cutting perspective to bear on complex technology, cyber, and national security, and foreign policy issues. Effective manager of people and resources with experience in business development, project management, process improvement, and market expansion. Critical thinker, astute problem solver, and an effective translator between technical and nontechnical communities. Extensive contacts and experience with government and the private sector. Both a practitioner and a researcher. Effective builder of global cybersecurity, privacy, and election security/integrity programs in complex environments for large companies and government agencies. Former Senior Policy Advisor at the Department of Homeland Security focusing on cyber, infrastructure, and foreign policy appointed by President Obama. New America Cyber Policy Fellow, Truman National Security Fellow, & Council on Foreign Relations Term Member. 2019 Cybersecurity Woman of the Year in the category of “Barrier Breaker,” 2018 New America Top 35 Black American National Security & Foreign Policy Next Generation Leader, the 2018 National Urban League Cyber Connoisseur Honoree, a 2017 DMV 40 under 40 Trailblazer Awardee, and the 2016 Women in Technology Rising Star Awardee.