Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff Christian Marrone has been named a Senior Fellow of The George Washington University’s Center for Cyber & Homeland Security (CCHS). Marrone joins leading experts in cyber and national security for the two-year post.
Christian Marrone currently serves as CSRA’s Senior Vice President, External Relations and Chief of Staff. In this role, Mr. Marrone executes the company’s strategy for strengthening relationships across the U.S. government and spearheads efforts to provide thought leading solutions to address the critical policy issues challenging government. He also serves as Chief of Staff to the President and CEO and leads CSRA’s Government Relations, Marketing & Communications, Security, Change Management Office and Program Excellence functions. Prior to joining CSRA, Marrone served in several senior positions in both Republican and Democrat Administrations, including Chief of Staff to Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson and Special Assistant to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. He currently serves as a member of the Department of Homeland Security’s Advisory Council and the Aspen Homeland Security Forum.
The George Washington University’s CCHS serves as a nonpartisan “think and do” tank to carry out policy-relevant research and analysis on homeland security, counterterrorism, and cybersecurity issues. CCHS senior fellows contribute to the work of the Center by participating as contributors and subject matter experts in policy task forces and projects; speaking at conferences and other events; writing and publishing policy reports, opinion pieces, and blog posts; and engaging in outreach with the news media and other stakeholders. Senior fellows serve in the position for a two-year term, which started on October 1, 2017.