Chris Inglis, the former national cyber director, deputy director of the National Security Agency and a Wash100 Award recipient, has joined MITRE’s board of trustees. In a statement published Thursday, Mark Peters, president and CEO of MITRE, said Inglis’ cybersecurity and national security leadership experience will be an asset to the not-for-profit corporation.
“For more than 50 years, MITRE has equipped the global community of cyber professionals with open-sourced frameworks and tools for threat-informed defense,” Peters stated. “I look forward to collaborating with Chris and our Board of Trustees, gleaning their insights as we tackle continued threats to our nation’s safety.”
Who is Chris Inglis?
Inglis was the White House’s first-ever national cyber director, a position established under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021. In this role, he advised the president on matters of cybersecurity policy and strategy and provided scientific and technological analysis.
He stepped down in 2023 and was succeeded by Harry Coker, a former senior executive at the CIA and the NSA.
Before the White House, the cybersecurity and national security expert was a U.S. Naval Academy Looker Distinguished Visiting Professor and a commissioner on the U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission.
He also served in the military in the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard for over 30 years, becoming a brigadier general and with the rating of command pilot by the time of his retirement.
Throughout his illustrious career in the government and military, Inglis received multiple awards such as the President’s National Security Medal and the Director of National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal.
