Katherine Hennessey

Katherine Hennessey brings more than 25 years of experience at the intersection of technology, policy, and national security. Katherine has taught at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business, and served as Subcommittee Staff Director on the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations. As Head of U.S. Government Strategy at Everpure (formerly Pure Storage), she helps federal, state, and local agencies modernize with a unified data and storage platform built to store, manage, and protect data across on-premises, cloud, and hosted environments—supporting mission readiness, resilience, and AI-driven innovation. Previously, Katherine served as Head of Government Services at NightDragon, where she led public sector strategy in support of a portfolio of cybersecurity and defense technology companies, helping bring cutting-edge technologies to government operators in the U.S. federal, state, local, and allied markets. Earlier in her career, Katherine led government affairs for CrowdStrike and Forescout Technologies, founded and ran her own government relations consulting firm. A recognized voice on cybersecurity, emerging technology, and national security issues, Katherine has appeared in or been quoted by an array of major media outlets. She serves on the Board of Directors of Cyber AB, on the Advisory Board of the Technology Advancement Center, and as a Senior Fellow at the McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security at Auburn University.