Professorial Lecturer, Department of Justice, Law & Criminology
Area of Expertise:
FBI strategy, risk management, organizational design and decision-making; workforce diversity in law enforcement/national security; U.S. cyber policy including encryption/”lawful access”
Additional Information:
Sasha Cohen O’Connell is a former senior executive at the Federal Bureau of Investigation who is currently an Executive-in-Residence and the Director of the Terrorism and Homeland Security Policy Program at the School of Public Affairs, American University. She can comment on strategy, risk management, organizational design and decision-making in government with a specialty in federal law enforcement and the National Security Council. She has expertise in workforce diversity in law enforcement/national security and U.S. cyber policy to include encryption/”lawful access.” She has experience with print, online, and broadcast media. She most recently appeared on the Lawfare podcast where she discussed her experience as Chief Strategy Officer at the FBI with Ben Wittes. She is currently the host of the Mission Is Possible podcast which focuses on management issues in the national security field. She is a Board Member of #NatSecGirlSquad an organization focused on building competent diversity in the national security space.