About Us
Chris Beck

Chris Beck Chief Scientist and Vice President for Policy
Chris Beck is the Chief Scientist and Vice President for Policy at the Electric Infrastructure Security (EIS) Council, where he has worked since May 2011.
Dr. Beck is a technical and policy expert in several homeland security and national defense related areas including critical infrastructure protection, cybersecurity, science and technology development, WMD prevention and protection, and emerging threat identification and mitigation.
Dr. Beck served as the Subcommittee Staff Director for Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Science and Technology and was the Senior Advisor for Science and Technology for the House Committee on Homeland Security (CHS), where he worked from May 2005 to May 2011. Prior to CHS, he worked in the office of Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez for three years, beginning as a Congressional Science Fellow and then as a legislative assistant.
Before government service, Dr. Beck was a postdoctoral fellow and adjunct professor at Northeastern University. He holds a PhD in physics from Tufts University (2001) and a B.S. in physics from Montana State University (1994). He served in the Marine Corps Reserve for five years (1987 – 1992).
Executive Director
EIS Staff
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Chris Beck
Chief Scientist and Vice President for Policy -
Dr. Anthony Bucci
Technical Director for Infrastructure Simulation -
Dr. Ehud (Udi) Ganani
Vice President, Israel Operations -
John Heltzel
Director of Resilience Planning -
John Organek
Director, Program Planning and Operational Architecture -
Dr. Neil Siegel
Chief Engineer
Coordinators
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Scott Blevins
Communications Sector Coordinator -
James Kish
Federal Government Sector Coordinator -
Frank Koza
Electric Sector Coordinator -
John Lile
Law Enforcement and Local Public Health -
David Maxwell
Non-Government Organization and State Government Sector Coordinator -
David Miller
Fuel and Regulatory Sub-Sector Coordinator -
Yedidya Sinclair
Financial Sector Coordinator -
Shandi Treloar
Private Sector Coordinator
Advisors
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Scott Aaronson
Vice President, Security and Preparedness, EEI -
Rt Hon. Lord James Arbuthnot of Edrom
Former Chair of the UK House of Commons Defence Committee, -
Miranda Ballentine
Former Assistant Secretary of the Air Force -
Curtis Birnbach
President of Advanced Fusion Systems -
Terry Boston
Past President and CEO of PJM -
LTG Mark Bowman
Former CIO, Cyber Security Director, Joint Staff, the Pentagon -
Stephen Broughall
Former CIO, DTRA -
U.S. Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (D, N.Y.)
House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Committee on Homeland Security -
The Lord Toby Harris of Haringey
UK Coordinator -
U.S. Congressman (R, C.O.) Doug Lamborn
House Armed Services Committee, and Natural Resources Committee -
James Roche
Former Secretary U.S. Air Force -
David Roop
Former Director, Electric Transmission, Dominion Energy; National Academy of Engineering Member; President, CIGRÉ US National Committee -
Sarah Schnurr
Strategic Advisor -
Dr. Paul Stockton
Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense