Juliette Kayyem to Deliver Special Presentation at Brown Forum for Women in the Law Conference
11.28.23 — Juliette Kayyem, a national leader in homeland security and crisis management, will deliver a special presentation on media, elections and voting rights at Northeastern Law’s 16th annual Brown Forum for Women in the Law Conference on May 3, 2024. This dynamic gathering draws women from every level of professional development and accomplishment, providing career guidance, unparalleled professional development advice and networking. Women from across the country join us every year for this special day dedicated to empowerment, enrichment and enlightenment. Our 2024 theme is Women, Media and the Law: Impacting Elections 2024.
Kayyem is currently the Robert and Renee Belfer Senior Lecturer and faculty chair of the Homeland Security and Security and Global Health Projects at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. She also serves as a national security analyst for CNN where she has been described as CNN’s “go to” for disasters. A frequent contributor to The Atlantic, she has a weekly security segment on NPR’s Boston station GBH. Her most recent book, The Devil Never Sleeps: Learning to Live in an Age of Disasters, was described in a New Yorker profile as an “engagingly urgent blueprint for rethinking our approach to disaster preparedness and response.”
In government, Kayyem most recently served as President Obama’s assistant secretary for intergovernmental affairs at the Department of Homeland Security. Previously, she was Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick’s Homeland Security Advisor, a role that included overseeing the National Guard. She is the recipient of many government honors, including the Distinguished Public Service Award, the Coast Guard’s highest medal awarded to a civilian. She has also served on the Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Advisory Committee, where she co-authored its strategic assessment of critical infrastructure and cyber security vulnerabilities.
Kayyem is the author or editor of six books including Security Mom, a 2016 best-selling memoir that explores the intersection and commonalities of her life in homeland security and her life as a mother. In 2013, she was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist for editorial columns in The Boston Globe focused on ending the Pentagon’s combat exclusion rule against women, a policy that was changed that year.
Kayyem is also an innovative leader and consultant in the private sector. She is the CEO of Grip Mobility, a technology platform that provides audio and video capabilities for rideshare companies to increase the security for drivers and riders. She was named Inc. Magazine’s top 100 Female Founders in 2019. She is a senior advisor to Teneo, the global consulting firm, and also serves as a security advisor and consultant to several Fortune 500 companies and startups.
A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, Kayyem has served as a member of the National Commission on Terrorism, as a legal advisor to US Attorney General Janet Reno, and a trial attorney and counselor in the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Commission. Kayyem is also a board member of Mass Inc. and the Red Cross of Massachusetts.
About Northeastern University School of Law
The nation’s leader in experiential legal education since 1968, Northeastern University School of Law offers the longest-running, most extensive experience-based legal education program in the country. Northeastern guarantees its students unparalleled practical legal work experiences through its signature Cooperative Legal Education Program. More than 1,000 employers worldwide in a wide range of legal, government, nonprofit and business organizations participate in the program. With a focus on social justice and innovation, Northeastern University School of Law blends theory and practice, providing students with a unique set of skills and experiences to successfully practice law.
For more information, contact d.feldman@northeastern.edu