Keith Holtermann

Dr. Keith Holtermann is the Chief Learning Officer at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). He comes to CISA via the DHS Science & Technology Directorate. At S&T, his previous charges included: Director of Compliance, Senior Advisor to FEMA for Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, and the Director of Research and Development Partnerships where he oversaw S&T’s research and development capabilities. Dr. Holtermann also worked for DHS’s Federal Emergency Management Agency, serving as the Assistant Administrator-Director of National Training, Education, and Exercises, and was the previous Director of the National Exercise Division. He has been in the emergency services field for more than 45 years and has been at DHS in the Senior Executive Service since 2009.

Prior to joining DHS-FEMA as a career executive, Dr. Holtermann was the Associate Dean for Health Sciences at The George Washington University (GW), School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and served on assignment with FEMA as their founding Director of the National Exercise and Simulation Center. While also at GW, Dr. Holtermann served on a 4-year assignment with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response in a variety of executive leadership charges. At HHS, he worked as the Emergency Operations Branch chief and the Training Exercises and Lessons Learned lead; he also opened and led the Office of International Response Policy. His past key positions at GW include Principal Investigator at the Response to Emergencies and Disasters Institute; Assistant Dean; Chief of 9-1-1 Research and Policy Analysis at the Ronald Reagan Institute for Emergency Medicine; and Director of the Emergency Health Services Program. At GW, Dr. Holtermann also played a key role in the oversight of Health Sciences research administration including the associated facilities.