Lisa Monaco

Lisa O. Monaco is the 39th Deputy Attorney General of the United States. A veteran of the US Department of Justice (DOJ), Lisa served as a career federal prosecutor and in several DOJ leadership positions. She began her DOJ career as Counsel to Attorney General Janet Reno and went on to serve as an Assistant US Attorney for the District of Columbia, where she was a member of the Enron Task Force. She thereafter served in several leadership roles: Chief of Staff at the FBI; Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General; and Assistant Attorney General for National Security, the first woman to hold that position. From 2013-2017, she was the Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor to the President. Lisa has served in private practice and taught national security law.