Biography
Christa Brzozowski serves on the board of advisors of the Center on Economic and Financial Power (CEFP) at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD).
Christa is a trade, economic security, and national security professional with more than 25 years of experience spanning senior positions in government and the private sector. She currently serves as vice president and head of global policy and strategy at HP, where she leads the company’s analysis of geopolitical, trade, economic security, and technology policy for their implications on business strategy and risk management.
Previously, Christa served as assistant secretary for trade and economic security at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), where she led the department’s trade, customs, foreign investment, and supply chain resilience policy portfolios. Earlier in her career, she served as deputy assistant secretary for foreign investment and trade policy and held several other leadership positions across DHS and at Amazon, overseeing policy issues at the intersection of international trade, intellectual property rights, foreign investment, customs enforcement, and national security.
Christa also served on the White House National Security Council staff as director for global supply chain security, where she helped shape U.S. policy related to supply chain resilience, trade facilitation, and economic security.
Christa holds master’s degrees from the University of Cambridge, Georgetown University, and the Naval Postgraduate School.