Eli Sugarman is a Program Officer at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. He manages the Cyber Initiative, a ten-year, $130 million grant-making effort that aims to build a more robust cybersecurity field and improve policy-making. Previously, he was a consultant and strategist to private sector and nonprofit leaders. He has served as a foreign affairs officer at the U.S. Department of State, where he focused on international security issues. A San Diego native and graduate of Middlebury College, he holds a J.D. from Stanford University Law School.