Biography
Suzanne Spaulding serves on the board of advisors for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ (FDD’s) Center for Cyber and Technology Innovation (CCTI).
Previously, Suzanne served as undersecretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate at the Department of Homeland Security; she was effectively the CEO, with a rank equivalent to a four-star general, and managed a $3 billion budget and an 18,000-person workforce to strengthen the nation’s cybersecurity and critical infrastructure.
She has served in Republican and Democratic administrations and on both sides of the aisle in Congress. She was general counsel for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and minority staff director for the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. She also spent six years at the CIA, where she was legal adviser to the director’s Nonproliferation Center. Throughout her career, Suzanne has advised CEOs, boards, and government policymakers on how to manage complex security risks across all industry sectors.