Alissa Starzak is the Vice President, Deputy Chief Legal Officer, and Global Head of Public Policy at Cloudflare, a web performance and security company that is on a mission to help build a better Internet. Cloudflare runs one of the world’s largest networks, protecting and accelerating millions of web properties worldwide. Prior to joining Cloudflare, Alissa worked for the US government in a variety of national security positions. Most recently, she served as the 21st General Counsel of the Department of the Army, after confirmation by the Senate. Before her appointment as Army General Counsel, Alissa served as the Deputy General Counsel (Legislation) of the U.S. Department of Defense, advising on legal issues with a legislative or congressional component and managing an office of attorneys responsible for developing the Department of Defense legislative program. Prior to moving to the Department of Defense, she served as Counsel to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and as an Assistant General Counsel at the Central Intelligence Agency’s Office of General Counsel. She also worked in private practice in Washington, D.C., and clerked for the Honorable E. Grady Jolly, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She graduated from Amherst College and the University of Chicago Law School.