Stephen is a Senior Vice President at Aon, servicing clients nationally on the Cyber Solutions Product and Claims team. In this role, Stephen provides clients with broking expertise and consultative advice for Cyber, Professional Liability, Technology, and Media risks and supports program design, policy wording innovation, and claims resolution.

Prior to joining Aon in 2025, Stephen was a senior leader in the Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) at the White House. Most recently, he served as the Assistant National Cyber Director for Policy Development, overseeing policy for critical infrastructure protection, technology security, cyber incident response, and strategic cyber risk. Stephen also served as the first Assistant National Cyber Director for Legislative Affairs and as a Senior Advisor to the Deputy National Cyber Director for National Cybersecurity, where he led efforts on federal insurance for catastrophic cyber risks. While at ONCD, Stephen was as a detailee to the U.S. Department of Agriculture where he developed and led USDA’s cyber engagement with the food and agriculture sector.

Before joining the White House, Stephen was a cyber and E&O insurance broker and claims advocate at Marsh. He also spent nearly fifteen years on Capitol Hill, holding key leadership positions on the House and Senate Homeland Security Committees. Stephen began his career as a Legislative Attorney at the Congressional Research Service where he focused on homeland security, agriculture, and water law.

Stephen is a 1999 graduate of the University of Texas Pan American in Edinburg, Texas (now the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley), and holds a J.D. from Texas Wesleyan University School of Law in Fort Worth, Texas (now Texas A&M University School of Law). Stephen currently serves as an Adjunct Professor at American University, teaching cybersecurity governance in the Kogod School of Business.

Stephen is admitted to practice law in the state of Texas and is a licensed insurance broker in the state of Virginia.

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