FP Virtual Dialogue: Predicting the Next Supply Chain Disruption

Dr. Kelly Fletcher is a career member of the Senior Executive Service and is supporting the Acting DoD CIO by leading engagement with the Defense Agencies and Field Activities, providing oversight of the Defense Information Systems Agency and leading strategic resource planning across the information technology and cybersecurity domains.  As the Principal Director for the Deputy CIO for Resources & Analysis, she ensured that IT and cyber priorities were appropriately resourced throughout DoD – including by the military Services, the Defense Information Systems Agency and within DoD CIO.

Prior to joining DoD CIO, Dr. Fletcher served, from September 2018 to February 2020, as the Deputy Director for Program Analysis & Evaluation at the Department of Homeland Security where she supervised and coordinated the development of the DHS-wide budget.  In addition, she led the realignment of the Federal Protective Services from the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency to the Management directorate.

Dr. Fletcher served in the Department of the Navy from December 2016 to September 2018 in a variety of roles – including Acting CIO and Business Modernization Lead.  As the CIO, she provided strategic leadership for all Department of the Navy information technology policy and budget decisions and led a Department-wide reorganization of information technology governance and oversight.  

Dr. Fletcher spent six years with the Office of the Secretary of Defense Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation where she served as the Special Assistant to the Deputy Director. She coordinated CAPE’s nine divisions and more than 60 analysts to support the development of the FY18-FY22 DoD budget. 

A recognized thought leader and sought after speaker in the field of technology and national defense, Dr. Fletcher was named one of FedScoop’s Top Women in Tech in 2018.

Dr. Fletcher earned her Ph.D. in engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and her B.S. from Washington University in St. Louis.  

Bob Kolasky was selected to lead the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s National Risk Management Center in 2018, at the Department of Homeland Security. As one of CISA’s Assistant Directors, he oversees the Center’s efforts to facilitate a strategic, cross-sector risk management approach to cyber and physical threats to critical infrastructure. As head of the National Risk Management Center, Kolasky has the responsibility to develop integrated analytic capability to analyze risk to critical infrastructure and work across the national community to reduce risk. He most recently served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary and Acting Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection, where he led the coordinated national effort to partner with industry to reduce the risk posed by acts of terrorism and other cyber or physical threats to the nation’s critical infrastructure, including election infrastructure. Kolasky has served in a number of other senior leadership roles for DHS, including acting Deputy Under Secretary for NPPD and the Director of the DHS Cyber-Physical Critical Infrastructure Integrated Task Force. He is also the former Assistant Director for the Office of Risk Management Analysis at DHS and prior to joining DHS, he was a journalist and an entrepreneur. He helped start two of the first public policy web sites and served as the Managing Editor for IntellectualCapital.com. Kolasky joined the Federal government in 2008 after six years as a management consultant. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1994 and from the Harvard Kennedy School in 2002.

Maggie Lake is a veteran journalist with over two decades of experience covering business, technology, politics and international affairs. She started her career at Reuters, where she worked in both the New York and London bureaus covering economics and global finance. In 2001, she joined CNN International where she served as a correspondent and anchor for the network’s flagship business shows. Over the course of her career, she has interviewed the world’s top CEOs, celebrities and politicians and has been a consistent champion of economic inclusion and sustainable development. Maggie has served as a weekly contributor for NPR and moderated events for the United Nations, World Bank, Council on Foreign Relations and Global Citizen. She now runs a communications consultancy Maggie Lake Media and is a founding board member of the newly created Rutgers University Center for Women in Business.

Gilman Louie is Co-Founder and Partner of Alsop Louie Partners, an early-stage technology venture capital firm founded in 2006. The firm focuses on disruptive and innovative technologies, and has made investments in the areas of cyber security, predictive analytics, education, and entertainment.

From 1999 until 2006, Mr. Louie was the first CEO of In-Q-Tel, an independent, non-profit venture capital firm established with the backing of the Central Intelligence Agency. Prior to In-Q-Tel, Gilman built a career as a pioneer in the interactive entertainment industry, with accomplishments that include the design and development of the Falcon F-16 flight simulator, as well as the licensing of Tetris, the world’s most popular computer game, from its developers in the Soviet Union. During that career, Gilman founded and ran a publicly traded company called Spectrum HoloByte, later acquired by the Hasbro Corporation. Gilman served as Chief Creative Officer of Hasbro Interactive and General Manager of the Games.com group.

He serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Markle Foundation, Niantic, Lookingglass Cyber Solutions, and various other private companies and non-profit foundations. Mr. Louie is Chairman of the Board of the Federation of American Scientists and of Vricon, Inc.

Mr. Louie is an active advisor to the intelligence community and serves on the Board of Visitors for the National Intelligence University, is a member of National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence and is a consultant to the Defense Innovation Board of the Department of Defense. He has served as a member of the Technical Advisory Group of the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and as a Commissioner of the National Commission for Review of Research and Development Programs of the United States Intelligence Community. He has also served as a member of the board of the CIA Officer’s Memorial Foundation.

Mr. Louie has a long record of public service intermixed with his entrepreneurial activities and has received dozens of awards for his various achievements, including medallions from the NGA, CIA, and DNI. He is also a recipient of the CIA’s Director’s Award.

Brittany Masalosalo is the 3M Senior Director for Commercial Diplomacy and Multilateral Affairs and a member of the Global Government Affairs Center of Excellence. Brittany’s primary responsibilities include representing 3M’s positions before domestic and international trade institutions, the international diplomatic community, multilateral and bilateral institutions, and other international audiences to advance 3M’s commercial diplomacy goals of advocating for policies and fostering political relationships that enable business success. Prior to joining 3M, Brittany worked at the White House in the Vice President’s office as a senior advisor for National Security and Foreign Policy. While she was originally hired by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, she continued to serve with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence until deciding to join 3M. Her portfolio included both regional and functional policy areas such as trade, international economics, and global health security. One of her most significant accomplishments includes her work on the current White House National Security Strategy. Prior to working at the White House, Brittany worked for several years at the Pentagon in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. She has also spent time living in Belgium, working with NATO partners and allies. While serving in the US Army, Brittany deployed twice to Iraq and is a decorated veteran. She holds an M. Ed from North Central University and a B.A. from American Military University.

John has over 35 years’ experience in the national security world. His recent work in the US Government revolutionized the cyber domain, international partnerships, cyber innovation, and cybersecurity technology. John developed and led Cybersecurity Scorecarding for the entire Department of Defense, which significantly influenced cyber readiness. He was also one of the plank holders for the development and implementation of the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative from 2007 – 2014 and was also the DOD lead and detailee to the White House for this significant and massive increase in American cyber capabilities. John and his team he led managed critical cyber information sharing agreements with 17 key international strategic partners and greatly elevated the trust and interaction with these indispensable countries. A 2010 White Paper from John established the foundation for the DoD DIU Office in Silicon Valley and a great expansion of US Government partnership with technology innovators and venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, Austin, Seattle, Boston, and other regions. COL Mills has had an immense impact on a number of significant national security events from the Cold War, Peace Dividend, War on Terror, World in Chaos, and now the era of Great Power Competition. John has served in Iraq, Kuwait, Bosnia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and directly supported operations in Afghanistan, Yemen, and other locations. He has helped organize, train, and equip six different foreign militaries and security forces as well as being a lead Joint Operations planner and implementer on numerous military and inter-agency operational plans, strategies, and operations.