Connie LaSalle leads a team of technologists at NIST whose work is dedicated to advancing research and standardization of cybersecurity and privacy practices across the digital ecosystem. During her tenure at NIST, Connie has advised senior leaders on strategy and policy options related to the global standards ecosystem, the Nation’s metrology needs, and critical and emerging technologies, such as digital identity, privacy-enhancing technologies, cybersecurity, AI, blockchain, and the intersection of these topics with U.S. economic and national security interests. Prior to this role, Connie managed customer success and product development teams in the private sector, advised the Chief Information Officer of the U.S. Department of Justice, and spearheaded several government-wide cybersecurity and IT modernization initiatives led out of the White House Office of Management and Budget.