Jake Braun served in the White House as Acting Principal Deputy National Cyber Director from May 2023 to July 2024. Prior to joining the White House Office of the National Cyber Director, he was appointed by President Joseph Biden as Senior Counselor to the Secretary of Homeland Security. Braun is also a lecturer at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy Studies and Chairman of the Cyber Policy Initiative there. From 2009 to 2011, Braun served as White House Liaison to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Braun is also co-founder of the DEF CON Voting Machine Hacking Village (Voting Village) hacker conference."