Lisa Einstein

Lisa Einstein is a technologist dedicated to promoting opportunities and addressing risks of emerging technologies. As the first Chief AI Officer at the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), she led efforts to advance secure and resilient AI adoption and mitigate AI threats to critical infrastructure. She previously served as CISA’s Senior Advisor for AI and Executive Director of its Cybersecurity Advisory Committee. A former Peace Corps Volunteer in Guinea, Einstein taught physics to over 600 students in a rural village. She earned master’s degrees in computer science and international cyber policy from Stanford University and advises research at the Stanford Intelligent Systems Laboratory. She also holds a BA in physics and dance from Princeton University and danced professionally for several years, including with Camille A. Brown and Dancers.