Board Members
David Hoffman
Professor of the Practice at the Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy
David Hoffman is the Steed Family Professor of the Practice of Cybersecurity Policy at the Sanford School of Public Policy. He also formerly was the Associate General Counsel, Director of Security Policy and Global Privacy Officer for Intel Corporation. Hoffman currently...
Jen Ellis
Founder, Nextjensecurity
Jen Ellis is working to reduce cyber risk for all digital citizens. She partners with security experts, technology providers and operators, civil society, and governments, to create greater understanding of cybersecurity challenges and solutions...
Lorrie Faith Cranor
Director & Bosch Distinguished Professor of the CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Lorrie Faith Cranor is the Director and Bosch Distinguished Professor of the CyLab Security and Privacy Institute and FORE Systems Professor of Computer Science and of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University…
Sam Curry
Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer, Zscaler
Sam is a Visiting Fellow at the National Security Institute, and in addition to his role the Cybersecurity Coalition, Sam’s early background was in cryptography, physics and languages. He was part of an early startup that pioneered VPN...
Alexander Niejelow
Cybersecurity and Technology Executive
Alexander Niejelow is a cybersecurity and technology expert whose experience spans across the private sector and government. Alex most recently served as the Senior Vice President for Cybersecurity Coordination and Advocacy at Mastercard. In this role, Alex was responsible for…
Eric Wenger
Senior Director, Technology Policy, Global Government Affairs
Eric Wenger is Senior Director for technology policy and leads Cisco's government affairs work globally on a range of policy issues, including: cybersecurity, 5G, IOT, lawful intercept, and data protection. Eric came to Cisco from Microsoft, where he was Policy Counsel.
Executive Leadership
Ari Schwartz
Coordinator
A leading voice in cybersecurity policy with over two decades of government and nonprofit experience, Ari serves as the Coordinator for the Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law. Ari also serves as Venable LLP’s Managing Director of Cybersecurity Services and Policy…
Bri Law
Deputy Coordinator
Bri Law is the Deputy Coordinator of the Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law. Bri serves as a senior cybersecurity services project manager at Venable, LLP. Among her duties, Bri works as the Deputy Coordinator for the Cybersecurity Coalition, an initiative of the Center…