2024 Pioneer Award
The Honorable Chris Inglis
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The Honorable Chris Inglis
Former US National Cyber Director
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Mr. Inglis is a Visiting Professor at the U.S. Air Force and Naval Academies, a senior advisor to Hakluyt and Company, a senior advisor to Paladin Capital, a member of the AIG, Mitre and Huntington Bancshares Boards, a member of the Aspen Global Cybersecurity group, the US Navy Science and Technology Board, and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) Advisory Council.
From 2021 to 2023 Mr. Inglis served as the inaugural Senate Confirmed White House U.S. National Cyber Director, after service as a Commissioner on the U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission, eight years as the National Security Agency Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer (2006-2014) and three years as the Special U.S. Liaison to London.
Mr. Inglis holds degrees in engineering and computer science from the US Air Force Academy, Columbia University, the Johns Hopkins University, the George Washington University, and an honorary doctorate from the National Intelligence University. Mr. Inglis is a graduate of the US Air Force Air Command and Staff College and Air War College, holds a rating as a US Air Force command pilot and attained the rank of Brigadier General in his active/reserve service. He has been awarded the distinguished Eagle Scout award (2010), the Distinguished Graduate Award for the US Air Force Academy (2019), three Presidential Rank Awards, and the President’s National Security Medal. He is married to Anna Maria Inglis with whom he shares three amazing children.