Kiersten Todt

Kiersten Todt is Chief of Staff at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). She is responsible for the planning, allocation of resources, and development of long-range objectives in support of the department's goals. Prior to CISA, she served as Managing Director of the Cyber Readiness Institute, a non-profit that develops free cybersecurity resources for small businesses. She co-founded CRI in 2017 with the CEOs of Mastercard, Microsoft, PSP Partners, and the retired CEO of IBM. She most recently served as Executive Director of the Presidential Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity and has served in senior positions in the White House and in the United States Senate, where she was a co-drafter of the legislation to create the Department of Homeland Security.