Linda R. Medler

Linda Medler (Brigadier General, U.S. Air Force, Retired) is founder, President and CEO of L A Medler & Associates, LLC, which provides cyber strategy and operational consulting to companies, profit and non-profit boards, the U.S. Department of Defense, and academic institutions. She previously served as the Chief Information Security/Director of IT Security at Raytheon Missile Systems. General Medler retired from the Air Force in 2014. Her 27-year military career included command responsibilities in Afghanistan and delivering humanitarian relief in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, as well as serving as Director of Capability and Resource for U.S. Cyber Command, Chief Information Officer of the Joint Staff and Chief, Program Management Office, White House Communications Agency.

She has an MBA from the University of Arizona (Eller College of Management), a master’s degree in national security and strategic studies from the Naval War College, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Arkansas.