The architect of national security and the blueprint for disaster resilience
In short: How does a nation prepare for the unthinkable? Juliette Kayyem has spent her career at the intersection of government policy, academic research, and media analysis to answer that question. From the halls of the Department of Homeland Security to Harvard’s Kennedy School, she shapes how we perceive and survive global crises.
Juliette Kayyem has established herself as a preeminent authority on safety and crisis management through a diverse career in the public and private sectors. At Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, she leads the Homeland Security faculty, while also providing CNN with expert disaster analysis as a Senior National Security Analyst. Her work bridges the gap between high-level policy and public awareness, evidenced by her roles as a contributing writer for The Atlantic and a weekly security segment host on WGBH.
Her government experience is extensive and high-ranking. Having acted as Homeland Security Advisor to Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, she became the initial Arab American state head of homeland security and later worked as Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs under President Obama at the Department of Homeland Security. Her career began in the legal sphere at the Department of Justice, where she served as a trial attorney and advisor to Attorney General Janet Reno until 1999. She also served on the National Commission on Terrorism, a congressionally mandated review that urged the nation to adapt to growing terrorist threats in 2000.
Kayyem’s influence extends into the cultural and corporate spheres as well. She is the author of the best-selling memoir 'Security Mom' (2016), which explores the personal intersection of motherhood and homeland security, and her recent book, 'The Devil Never Sleeps,' which provides a blueprint for rethinking disaster response. She has advised major corporations and served as a faculty member for a joint effort with Bloomberg Philanthropies to train city leaders in pandemic planning from 2020 to 2022. Her advocacy also includes significant policy impacts, such as her 2013 Pulitzer Prize finalist editorial columns that helped end the Pentagon’s combat exclusion rule against women.
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