FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
‍April 23, 2025

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‍Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law
ccpl@glenechogroup.com

‍Washington, D.C. – Today, the Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law (CCPL) announced its second annual class of fellows, which includes four career industry security experts. 

CCPL’s new cohort includes tech policy experts, Kent Landfield and Leonard Bailey, who will join returning fellows Donna Dodson and Mark Bohannon, all of whom bring years of cybersecurity expertise in the public and private sectors. 

Kent Landfield brings over 35 years of experience in software development, global network operations, vulnerability research, and network security. He is the founder of the Landfield Group and previously served as Chief Standards and Technology Policy Strategist at Trellix and McAfee. In that role, he played a visible and ongoing part in the development of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and Privacy Framework, as well as international security automation initiatives. Kent has contributed to several subcommittees under the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC), and during his tenure at McAfee, he served as Chief Architect of the McAfee Labs Vulnerability Group and as a McAfee Principal Architect. A founding member of the CVE Editorial Board in 1999, Kent continues to serve on the CVE Board today and chairs the CVE Strategy Planning Working Group. He has led and participated in numerous efforts focused on cybersecurity threat information sharing, standards development, and collaborative research. Kent also holds patents in DNS, email security, and software patch distribution technologies.

“Throughout my career, I’ve worked at the intersection of innovation and technology policy, and I’m honored to continue that mission as a CCPL fellow,” said Landfield. “The Center has played a pivotal role in shaping cybersecurity policy since its founding, and I look forward to collaborating with its exceptional staff and members to further advance meaningful cybersecurity objectives.”

Leonard Bailey has a robust career in cybersecurity law and policy and as a federal prosecutor. He currently serves as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center and New York University’s School of Law and School of Engineering, where he teaches courses on cybersecurity, cybercrime, and critical infrastructure protection. He has also served in several senior roles at the Department of Justice, including as Special Counsel for National Security in the Criminal Division’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS), where he founded and led the Cybersecurity Unit; as Associate Deputy Attorney General; and as Senior Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division. Throughout his tenure, he played a key role in shaping cyber policy, prosecuting cybercrime, and advancing public-private collaboration on cybersecurity.

“Over the past 20+ years working in the cyber policy arena, I’ve had the privilege of working alongside many of the exceptional individuals who established CCPL in 2017 and continue to lead its initiatives and research,” said Bailey. “I’m honored to join CCPL as a fellow and look forward to contributing to its vital mission and meaningful work."

Having previously served as one of the Center’s inaugural fellows, Donna Dodson will be continuing her fellowship. Previously, she served as Chief of the Cybersecurity Division, the Inaugural Director of the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, the ITL Association Director for Cybersecurity, and as the Chief Cybersecurity Advisor at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). 

Inaugural Fellow Mark Bohannon will also be continuing his fellowship. Bohannon holds years of experience in the software industry and technology policy space, most recently as Vice President of Global Public Policy at Red Hat, where he focused heavily on cybersecurity. He previously served as Chief Counsel for Technology and Counsellor to the Under Secretary at the Department of Commerce.

Landfield, Bailey, Dodson and Bohannon bring a diverse array of expertise in the cybersecurity sector. CCPL’s fellows spearhead critical policy research for reports and whitepapers, and this cohort is well-positioned to execute this mission. 

“We saw tremendous success in our first year of the fellowship program and look forward to continuing that momentum with this year’s cohort,” said Ari Schwartz, coordinator of the Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law. “We are honored to have two cybersecurity legends in Kent and Leonard join Donna and Mark to build on the positive impact we’ve seen in the first year of this program.”

‍About the Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law:

The Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law is an independent organization dedicated to enhancing cybersecurity worldwide by providing government, private industry, and civil society with practices and policies to better manage security threats. Established in 2017 as a 501(c)(6) nonprofit, the Center combines policy expertise with convening power to bring industry leaders together with policymakers, form coalitions, and launch initiatives that produce real-world outcomes.