Carole House

Carole House recently departed the White House National Security Council (NSC) as Special Advisor for Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure. Most recently outside of government, she was an Executive in Residence at Terranet Ventures, Inc., and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council. She has served as the Chair of the Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and previously served at the NSC as the Director for Cybersecurity and Secure Digital Innovation. Carole first joined the NSC from the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), where she led cybersecurity, virtual currency, and emerging technology policy efforts. Prior to FinCEN, she worked as a Presidential Management Fellow supporting the White House Office of Management and Budget's Cyber and National Security Unit and the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on cybersecurity, supply chain risk management, and critical infrastructure protection policy issues. Carole is a former Army Captain who served in chemical defense and military intelligence until November 2014, including a deployment to Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, from 2012 to 2013 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. She holds a BA in international affairs from the University of Georgia and an MA in security studies from Georgetown University.