Anne Neuberger

Anne Neuberger is an internationally recognised leader in cybersecurity, risk management and emerging technology policy, with deep expertise developed through senior roles at the White House and National Security Agency. Her crisis leadership and collaborative approach with international partners have earned her a reputation for delivering impact in high-stakes environments. She is the Frank E. and Arthur W. Payne Distinguished Lecturer at Stanford University, a Distinguished Fellow at the Hoover Institute and at the Royal United Services Institute and a strategic advisor at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.

Ms Neuberger served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor from January 2021-2025. In that role she had primary responsibility for national policy around cyber warfare, cybersecurity and emerging technologies, including quantum, spectrum and advanced telecommunications (5G/6G) and components of AI policy. She built and led international coalitions to address transnational threats, including establishing the US Counter-Ransomware Initiative, which grew to 70 partner countries.

Prior to this role she served for over a decade at NSA and the Pentagon in senior roles where she was responsible for setting strategic direction and guiding execution of complex, global operations. She led major organisational transformations, including the creation of NSA’s Cybersecurity Directorate (4,000 people), where she drove operational integration and public–private collaboration. At NSA, she was appointed as associate deputy director of global intelligence operations (19,000 professionals) and director of the Cybersecurity Directorate. In 2013, she was appointed NSA’s first Chief Risk Officer, following sensitive media disclosures of NSA’s operations. In that role, Ms. Neuberger built NSA’s first enterprise risk management program. 

She has been awarded DoD and NSA’s highest civilian awards, as well as a Presidential Rank Award. 

Ms Neuberger entered government service as a White House Fellow. Prior to her government service, she held several positions related to technology and operations at a large financial services firm. Throughout her government and private sector roles she continued to devote significant efforts to transformative non-profit projects.

Ms Neuberger has an MBA and Master of International Affairs from Columbia University.