Hathaway Brown's Center for Global Citizenship is excited to announce a collaboration with the Cleveland Council on World Affairs. On Thursday, October 20, HB will host national security expert Jennifer Sims in The Ahuja Auditorium.This talk is part of the the CCWA Speaker Series on Foreign Policy. HB is proud to be the only organization to provide a CCWA programming venue outside the organization's normal event site during the 2016-2017 schedule.
Jennifer Sims is a consultant on intelligence and homeland security for private corporations and the U.S. government. She's a member of the Senior Advisory Group to the Director of National Intelligence, and a Senior Fellow with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Sims will explore the complex world of U.S. cyber security, intelligence issues that will continue to shape U.S. foreign policy, and the threat of cyber attacks against the U.S. carried out abroad.
The program includes a reception in the Atrium at 5:30 p.m., followed by the talk in the auditorium from 6 until 7:15 p.m. This event is open to the HB community and the general public. The CCWA generally charges a $25 non-member attendance fee, but in recognition of HB's sponsorship, all those in the HB community can sign up using the member rate of $15.
Click here to learn more and to register. Please feel free to share this invitation with anyone who might like to attend. Questions may be directed to Joe Vogel, Director of HB's Center for Global Citizenship, at jvogel@hb.edu.
ABOUT JENNIFER SIMS
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Jennifer Sims joined The Chicago Council on Global Affairs in December 2009 and is a nonresident senior fellow on national intelligence. Sims is a widely recognized expert in the intelligence community, and also serves as professor and the director of intelligence studies at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.
Sims was previously deputy assistant secretary of state for intelligence coordination and later served as an intelligence advisor to the under secretary for management and coordinator for intelligence resources and planning at the US Department of State. She also served as a professional staff member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and as a legislative assistant to Senator John Danforth on foreign and defense policy.
In 1998, Sims was the recipient of the intelligence community's highest civilian award, the National Distinguished Service Medal. She has written many publications on defense technology and arms control and her current research addresses intelligence support to counter-terrorism, counter proliferation, and homeland security. Sims is currently writing a book on reforming US intelligence organization and practices. Learn more here.