Jessica Jones is the Founding Director of the GMU NSI CTC – Howard University Cybersecurity Clinic. This new clinic, funded with an initial $1M gift from Google.org and the Tides Foundation, will train students from GMU Scalia Law School and Howard University’s School of Business to be cyber leaders and will give them practical experience implementing cybersecurity with local organizations in the DMV area, including hospitals, school districts, nonprofits, and small businesses.

Jessica served as Deputy Executive Director of NSI for seven years, playing a pivotal role in NSI’s growth and development.

Prior to joining the National Security Institute, she held positions at the Congressional Research Service and Women in International Security, consulted for the Antiquities Coalition, and practiced law at Smith Freed & Eberhard.  She was a Special Assistant United States Attorney for  the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon and spent time at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia.   Jessica is an honors graduate of Vanderbilt University and Emory University School of Law.  She received her Master’s in International Economics and Strategic Studies with honors from The John Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, where she was selected for a Priscilla Mason Fellowship.