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Lisa Monaco
Former Deputy Attorney General, Former White House Homeland Security Advisor, and Former Deputy National Security Advisor
- Led crisis response and national security strategy at the highest levels of government, including the FBI, DOJ, and the White House Situation Room
- Offers insight into the evolving threat landscape at the intersection of AI, cybersecurity, and geopolitics
- Helps organizations manage risk, lead through uncertainty, and stay competitive in a disrupted world
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With decades of high stakes experience in law enforcement, national security, cybersecurity and geopolitics, Lisa Monaco helps leaders and organizations understand today’s dynamic threat environment and deliver strategies for an era where disruptive technology meets a disrupted world order.
Lisa’s experience spans decision-making at the highest levels of the Justice Department and FBI, coordinating crisis response from the Situation Room inside the White House, to advising the nation’s boardrooms. She brings deep strategic, management and operational experience from inside and outside government. As Deputy Attorney General of the United States, she was the COO of the 115,000 person organization and oversaw a $39 billion budget. The nation’s top law enforcement agencies—including the FBI—and the nation’s federal prosecutors reported to her. In this role, she established innovative AI governance and enforcement strategies and spearheaded a pivot in the nation’s approach to combatting cyber threats like ransomware and nation-state cyber attacks.
As Homeland Security and Deputy National Security Advisor to President Obama she advised the President on all aspects of counterterrorism strategy and policy and coordinated the nation’s response to a wide range of security issues, including international and domestic terrorist incidents, cyber threats, pandemics, and natural disasters. Outside of government she has served in private practice and on numerous private sector and non-profit boards focused on national security issues.
In a time of heightened volatility and risk, Lisa provides clear insights and actionable guidance to help organizations navigate today’s complex geopolitical landscape and protect their both most critical assets and reputation.
The Ultimate Double-Edged Sword: Harnessing Opportunity and Managing the Risk of Artificial Intelligence. Artificial intelligence has the potential to be an indispensable tool. Organizations of all types are looking for ways to harness this transformational technology and manage its risks. Lisa Monaco provides critical insights from atop the nation’s only combined law enforcement and national security agency where she led the strategy for both governance and enforcement. She provides audiences a framework to use this tool to advance mission while managing its potential for misuse.
Disrupting Tomorrow’s Threats Today. At a time when corporations are on the front lines of today’s complex geopolitical environment, Lisa Monaco reveals the biggest challenges facing companies today and offers strategies to guard against them while remaining competitive. From sanctions enforcement and export controls a fast-growing area of corporate risk to cyber threats and disruptive technologies that require companies to play offense as well as defense, Lisa Monaco draws on decades of law enforcement and national security experience to bring audiences future-focused strategies to manage and lead through risk.
From the Courtroom to the Situation Room to the Board Room. Drawing on roles at the highest levels of the Justice Department, FBI and inside the White House, Lisa Monaco shares key strategies for building and leading teams and managing crises to enable organizations to not only weather but thrive amid today’s uncertainties.
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