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Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall

White House Homeland Security Advisor and Deputy National Security Advisor (2021-2025); Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy (2014-2017); Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and Distinguished Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology

Offering unique insights and unparalleled expertise across a spectrum of issues, Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall’s work in both the top levels of U.S. government and with private sector partners highlights her ability to bring innovative solutions to complex challenges. With first-hand experience as a defense and energy policy leader, global crisis manager, and proven female executive, Sherwood-Randall has inspired numerous teams to achieve ambitious goals, facing dynamic times with courage, steadiness, and grace under pressure.

Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall has tackled the world’s most pressing global and domestic challenges for four decades. Leading in top public roles, including as White House Homeland Security Advisor and Deputy National Security Advisor (2021-2025) and Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Energy (2014-2017), Sherwood-Randall has worked on the most complex and consequential global challenges, participating in the highest levels of international and domestic decision-making.

Sherwood-Randall's expertise spans a broad range of topics that are highly relevant today, including leading through crises, securing critical infrastructure, driving energy innovation, and conducting international diplomacy with both allies and adversaries.

Talks & Conversations

Foreign Policy: Assessing Trends, Threats, & Opportunities

As a renowned national security, foreign affairs and defense expert who has spent four decades addressing the world’s most pressing global challenges, Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall provides a comprehensive look at the major trends and most significant threats facing the world today.

Women in Leadership

Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall describes what it means to be an effective female leader and and how organizations can foster growth opportunities for both women and men in order to achieve their goals and outperform their competitors.

Homeland Security: Leading on Crisis Management and Reducing Risks

Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall offers a deep dive into the evolving challenges facing our nation and the strategies required for robust, forward-thinking risk reduction and crisis management in the modern world. Sherwood-Randall’s unique expertise equips audiences with the mindset and tools that are necessary to prevent, prepare for, and respond to crises and ultimately foster a safer, more secure future.

STEM: Preparing Americans for the Jobs of Tomorrow

Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall can speak to private sector and community leaders as well as STEM practitioners and aspiring scientists about the importance of a STEM education—especially when it comes to strengthening the workforce. For for-profit and not-for-profit leaders alike, Sherwood-Randall describes the benefits of STEM investments as a pathway to keeping their competitive edge, attracting top innovators, and recruiting and retaining the talent that will power their futures.

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