Dr. Sasha Cohen O’Connell - Senior Director for Cybersecurity

Dr. Sasha Cohen O’Connell - Senior Director for Cybersecurity

April 2, 2025 · 31 min · Season 4 · Episode 12

About this episode

Dr. Sasha Cohen O’Connell discusses her career in cybersecurity and her roles in academia and federal service.

Sasha Cohen O’Connell, PhD is the Senior Director for Cybersecurity Programs at Aspen Digital. Dr. O’Connell comes to Aspen from American University where she was an Executive in Residence and Senior Professorial Lecturer teaching U.S. cyber policy at the graduate and undergraduate levels and leading the graduate certificate in cyber policy and management she developed. O’Connell began her career at the FBI where she served most recently as the organization’s Chief Policy Advisory, Science and Technology and as the Section Chief of Office of National Policy for the FBI’s Deputy Director where she led policy engagement with the National Security Council on a wide breadth of issues. Among other roles, O’Connell ran the FBI’s Strategy Management Office where she led implementation of the Balanced Scorecard for the FBI’s Director. Upon leaving federal service, Dr. O’Connell was a Director in the National Security Segment of Guidehouse where she led engagements with clients in the homeland/national security space. O’Connell holds a Bachelor of Arts from Barnard College as well as an MPA and Doctorate in Public Administration from American University.

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