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twc.edu Melanie Sisson Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution Melanie W. Sisson is a senior fellow in the Foreign Policy program's Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology where she researches the use of the armed forces in international politics, strategies of deterrence, U.S. national security strategy, defense policy, and defense applications of emerging technologies. Sisson's current work focuses on U.S. Department of Defense integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning capabilities into warfighting and enterprise operations. She also serves on the advisory council of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy for International Affairs based in Bonn, Germany, and as a consultant to STR, a national security AI firm based in Boston. A former senior national security project associate with the RAND Corporation, manager of program evaluation for a non-profit mental health organization, and member of the U.S. intelligence community, Sisson earned a doctorate in political science from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a master's from the Columbia University School of International Affairs. She is a consultant to the U.S. Department of Defense, lectures regularly with universities nationwide, and is published in national media outlets and academic journals. Charley Snyder Global Head of Security Policy, Google Charley Snyder serves as Head of Security Policy at Google. In this role, Charley leads efforts to organize Google's security expertise and technology to solve global challenges related to safety and security online. Before joining Google, he was a senior vice president at Goldman Sachs Group, where he was Global Head of Vulnerability Management and led the firm's zero-trust security strategy. Previously, Charley served in the US Department of Defense, including as Deputy Director of Strategic Cyber Defense and Capabilities in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and as a Senior Cyber Policy Advisor. Earlier in his career, Charley was a professional staff member for the US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security. Nicole Tisdale Founder and Principal, Advocacy Blueprints For more than a dozen years, Nicole Tisdale served as a national security expert at the White House. She is an expert on cybersecurity, intelligence, foreign malign influence campaigns, disinformation, and election security. Most recently, she led the White House's national security advocacy efforts before Congress. She played a central role in the creation and passage of the cyber incident reporting law, the most significant cybersecurity legislation passed in a decade. As a congressional staffer, she helped create, manage, and support the Homeland Security Committee through more than 96 congressional hearings and the passage of 354 bills in the House of Representatives, 80 of which became law. Originally from Nettleton, Mississippi, Nicole is a barred attorney and graduate of the University of Mississippi (B.A., 2006; J.D., 2009).