Jen Easterly

Jen Easterly is a globally recognized American cybersecurity and national security expert with extensive experience in the public and private sectors. Hailing from Potomac, Maryland, she graduated as valedictorian and earned a bachelor’s degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point. She also earned a Master’s in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.

Easterly served over 20 years in the U.S. Army, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. Her military service included intelligence and cyber operations, with deployments to Haiti, the Balkans, Iraq, and Afghanistan. She was instrumental in establishing the Army's first cyber battalion and the United States Cyber Command. She also served as an assistant professor at West Point. She held key roles such as executive assistant to National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice (2002–2004) and deputy for counterterrorism at the National Security Agency (2011–2013). From 2013 to 2016, she was a special assistant to President Obama and senior Director for counterterrorism on the National Security Council.

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