Janet Napolitano Appointed to President’s Intelligence Advisory Board

President Biden has announced the appointment of Janet A. Napolitano of UC Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy as secretary of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board. This board is an independent element of the Executive Office of the President and is used exclusively to assist the President with independent sources of advice on the effectiveness of the Intelligence Community.

From the White House press release:

Janet Napolitano is a Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy and the Founder and Faculty Director of the Center for Security in Politics at UC Berkeley. She served as the twentieth president of the University of California, the nation’s largest public research university with ten campuses, five medical centers, three affiliated national laboratories, and a statewide agriculture and natural resources program. Prior to joining the University of California, Professor Napolitano served as Secretary of Homeland Security from 2009 to 2013. She is a former two-term Governor of Arizona, a former Attorney General of Arizona, and a former U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona. In 2019, Napolitano published How Safe Are We? Homeland Security Since 9/11. Professor Napolitano earned her B.S. degree, summa cum laude, in Political Science from Santa Clara University and her J.D. from the University of Virginia. She is based in Berkeley, CA.

Napolitano previously served as U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security. She also served as Governor of Arizona, Attorney General of Arizona, and U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona. Before that, she was a partner at the law firm of Lewis & Roca in Phoenix. Currently, Napolitano leads the Center for Security in Politics at UC Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy.

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