Jessica Herrera-Flanigan

Jessica R. Herrera-Flanigan
Born	August 28, 1970 Port Arthur, Texas
Occupation	Lawyer
Political party	Democrat
Spouse	Thomas C. Flanigan

Jessica R. Herrera-Flanigan (born August 1970) is an American lawyer, technology and security expert, and political professional based in Washington, DC.

Professional

Herrera-Flanigan joined the Monument Policy Group, a government affairs and strategic consulting firm, as a partner in July 2008. She is an expert on technology, Internet, cybersecurity, media, immigration, sports, privacy, homeland security, and national security issues and is a published author and frequent speaker on these topics on television, radio,and newspapers.^[1] She currently serves as the Co-Executive Director of [Compete America], a coalition of corporations, educators, research institutions and trade associations committed to ensuring that the United States has the talent necessary for continued innovation, job creation and economic expansion in a worldwide economy. In addition, she serves on the Advisory Board of the Homeland Security Defense & Business Council and is a member of the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security, as well as Co-Chair of the Special Committee on Homeland Security for the ABA’s Science & Technology Section.

Previously, she served as the Staff Director & General Counsel of the United States House Committee on Homeland Security, where she managed the Committee's legislative, oversight, and policy staff and agenda for Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS). She joined the Committee's predecessor in 2003,^[2] where she worked for Ranking Member Jim Turner (D-TX), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) on technology, privacy, civil rights and civil liberties, and cybersecurity. During the 110th Congress, Herrera-Flanigan was one of the highest ranking Hispanic staffers and the only Latina Majority Staff Director in the U.S. House.^[3] It is unconfirmed but it has been noted that she may be the first Latina to ever run a full Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives. She was honored by Women in Government Relations with its 2007 Congressional Staff Award^[4] and by the Hispanic Bar Association-D.C. as a 2007 Rising Legal Star. She was also recognized by the Women's High Tech Coalition in 2005 with its Women in Cybersecurity Award.^[5][6]

Before working on the Hill, Herrera-Flanigan was Senior Counsel at the Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, where she led a team of prosecutors and investigators pursuing cybercriminals, including hackers and virus writers. She worked on such cases as the Melissa and Love Bug viruses and the 2000 Denial of Service Attacks on U.S. systems.^[7][8] She also served as vice-chair on the U.S. Delegation to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (“OECD”) Experts Group on international information security.^[9] She also represented the United States at Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (“APEC”) and the Organization of American States (“OAS”).

She also served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in the D.C. U.S. Attorney's Office Public Corruption Section in Washington, D.C. and as an Associate at Crowell & Moring LLP. She has served as an adjunct professor of cybercrime, criminal law, and cybersecurity at the Washington College of Law, American University and the American Military University. She also has served as a Senior Fellow to the George Washington Homeland Security Policy Institute.

Herrera-Flanigan served as the Regional V (DC,VA,WV, MD) President of the Hispanic National Bar Association in 2008-09, is a past president of the Hispanic Bar Association of the District of Columbia, and has three times been named one of the 100 Most Influential Hispanics in the United States by Hispanic Business magazine (2008, 2002, 2000).^[3][10][11] She served on the CSIS Commission on Cyber Security for the 44th Presidency^[12] and on the Center for National Policy’s Military Transformation Series (MTS) Advisory Group.^[13]

Herrera-Flanigan is a contributor to HLSWatch, a blog on homeland security issues.

Education

Herrera-Flanigan received her B.A. in American Studies from Yale University in 1992 and her J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1995. She served as the City Editor of the Yale Daily News at Yale. She served as the Managing Editor of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Review, Production Editor of the Harvard Journal of Law & Technology, and as a Founding Editor of the Harvard Latino Law Review while in law school. She also graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Port Arthur, Texas.

Personal

Herrera-Flanigan is a native of Port Arthur, Texas and is of Mexican-American and Cajun descent. She is married to Thomas C. Flanigan, the CEO and Founder of MOT: Momentum of Technology. They reside in Northern Virginia.

See also

Lobbying in the United_States

References

1. ^ e.g. http://www.biggerbooks.com/bk_detail.aspx?ISBN=9781594601507, http://www.amazon.ca/Cybercrime-Jurisdiction-11-global-survey/dp/toc/9067042218, http://homeland.cq.com/hs/display.do?dockey=/cqonline/prod/data/docs/html/hsnews/110/hsnews110-000002969507.html@allnews&metapub=HSNEWS&seqNum=1&searchIndex=0
2. ^ http://www.washingtontechnology.com/print/20_13/26527-1.html
3. ^ ^{a b} http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/2008/10/2/100_influentials_2008_part_3.htm
4. ^ http://www.wgr.org/files/pdfs_public/events_highlights_sponsors2007.pdf
5. ^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200511/ai_n15850348
6. ^ http://www.nationaljournal.com/pubs/techdaily/features/people/2005/peop051122.htm
7. ^ http://pcworld.about.com/news/Nov162000id34406.htm
8. ^ http://www.infosecnews.org/hypermail/0106/4162.html
9. ^ http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/23/11/31670189.pdf
10. ^ http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/influentials/details.asp?id=362&year=2002
11. ^ http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/newsbyid.asp?idx=1794&page=6&cat=&more=
12. ^ http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/news/article/0,,sid14_gci1280005,00.html
13. ^ http://www.cnponline.org/

External links

• Longtime Homeland Security Staffer Traces Panel’s Colorful History
• Herrera-Flanigan leaves the Hill
• On the Move:People
• 2007 Profile: National Journal
• Committee staffers united by Sept. 11
• House Panels' Staff Directors Outline Goals for New Congress
• Herrera keeping tabs on Homeland Security
• Latina Style Article "Climbing the Hill"
• Security Breach Victims: Call the FBI

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Date of birth	August 28, 1970
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