SUZANNE E. SPAULDING

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Software Technology Evidence

2 mention(s) identify SUZANNE E. SPAULDING as having software/technology expertise.

Company Filing Date Evidence Reason
OPPENHEIMER HOLDINGS INC 2024-03-15 Ms. Spaulding served as Under Secretary for cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection at DHS, led national cybersecurity policies, and advises cybersecurity firms. She brings extensive cybersecurity, governance, risk management and strategic planning expertise. Extensive cybersecurity experience including leadership roles at the Department of Homeland Security and advisory roles in cybersecurity firms.
OPPENHEIMER HOLDINGS INC 2025-03-14 Ms. Spaulding joined the Board in March 2024. She currently serves as Senior Adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies as of 2018. Throughout her career, she has advised CEOs, boards and government policy makers on how to manage complex security risks across all industry sectors. She served as Under Secretary for cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection at the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) from 2013-2017. At the DHS from 2011 to 2017, she led the development and implementation of national policies to strengthen security and resilience of critical infrastructure against cyber and physical risks, including CEO-level coordinating councils. She also initiated the strategic planning and multi-year legislative effort that led to the establishment of the first new operational component since the DHS was created, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. In addition, she collaborated with CEOs of the nation’s largest financial services companies to establish the Financial Systemic Analysis and Resilience Center, as well as leading initiatives to strengthen the cyber insurance market, identify and address key cyber vulnerabilities in national aviation systems, and updating the National Infrastructure Protection Plan. Further, from 2005 to 2011, she was Managing Partner of the Harbor Group; principal in the Bingham Consulting Group; and Of Counsel to Bingham McCutchen, LP. She also served as General Counsel for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (1995-1998) and minority staff director for the US House of Representatives Permanent Committee on Intelligence (2003-2004), as well as spending 6 years at the CIA as Legal Adviser to the Director of Central Intelligence’s Nonproliferation Center (1989-1995). She was a Congressionally-appointed member of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC) and is currently a member of CSC 2.0. She sits on the Board of Directors for Hidden Level, Inc., Texas Reliability Entity, Inc. (TexasRE), and Girl Security. She chairs the Cyber Advisory Board for Chubb Limited and is an advisor for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at DHS, Fortinet, Inc., Nozomi Networks Inc., American University’s Tech, Law and Security Program, and the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. She also was a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Blue Ribbon commission on Adaptive Governance: Board Oversight of Disruptive Risk. She earned her BA and J.D. from the University of Virginia. Ms. Spaulding has extensive cybersecurity experience, including serving as Under Secretary for cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection at the Department of Homeland Security, and advisory roles in cybersecurity firms and agencies, indicating strong technical skills related to software and cybersecurity.

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Filing Date Source Excerpt
2024-03-15 Ms. Spaulding served as Under Secretary for cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection at DHS, led national cybersecurity policies, and advises cybersecurity firms. She brings extensive cybersecurity, governance, risk management and strategic planning expertise.
2025-03-14 Ms. Spaulding joined the Board in March 2024. She currently serves as Senior Adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies as of 2018. Throughout her career, she has advised CEOs, boards and government policy makers on how to manage complex security risks across all industry sectors. She served as Under Secretary for cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection at the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) from 2013-2017. At the DHS from 2011 to 2017, she led the development and implementation of national policies to strengthen security and resilience of critical infrastructure against cyber and physical risks, including CEO-level coordinating councils. She also initiated the strategic planning and multi-year legislative effort that led to the establishment of the first new operational component since the DHS was created, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. In addition, she collaborated with CEOs of the nation’s largest financial services companies to establish the Financial Systemic Analysis and Resilience Center, as well as leading initiatives to strengthen the cyber insurance market, identify and address key cyber vulnerabilities in national aviation systems, and updating the National Infrastructure Protection Plan. Further, from 2005 to 2011, she was Managing Partner of the Harbor Group; principal in the Bingham Consulting Group; and Of Counsel to Bingham McCutchen, LP. She also served as General Counsel for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (1995-1998) and minority staff director for the US House of Representatives Permanent Committee on Intelligence (2003-2004), as well as spending 6 years at the CIA as Legal Adviser to the Director of Central Intelligence’s Nonproliferation Center (1989-1995). She was a Congressionally-appointed member of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC) and is currently a member of CSC 2.0. She sits on the Board of Directors for Hidden Level, Inc., Texas Reliability Entity, Inc. (TexasRE), and Girl Security. She chairs the Cyber Advisory Board for Chubb Limited and is an advisor for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at DHS, Fortinet, Inc., Nozomi Networks Inc., American University’s Tech, Law and Security Program, and the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. She also was a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Blue Ribbon commission on Adaptive Governance: Board Oversight of Disruptive Risk. She earned her BA and J.D. from the University of Virginia.

Data sourced from SEC filings. Last updated: 2025-07-01