Aspen Digital

Kiersten Todt is the President of Wondros, a service-driven creative company that specializes in brand storytelling, strategic communications, and building transformative campaigns. She is the former Chief of Staff of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). She served as Executive Director of President Obama’s Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity and as a staff member in the US Senate, where she co-drafted legislation to create the Department of Homeland Security. Kiersten co-founded, the Cyber Readiness Institute, a non-profit focused on small business supply chain security. She is a strategic advisor to venture capital firms and serves on Boards of technology companies, which are focused on open-source software, memory safe language, and neurodiversity.

Michael S. Schmidt is an investigative reporter in the Washington bureau of The New York Times. He is also the co-creator and executive producer of the Netflix limited series “Zero Day,” which starred Robert De Niro. In 2020, he authored the book “Donald Trump v. the United States: Inside the Struggle to Stop a President.” The book rose to No. 3 on The Times’ bestseller list and No. 2 on Amazon.

Vivian Schiller joined the Aspen Institute in January 2020 as Executive Director of Aspen Digital, which empowers policymakers, civic organizations, companies, and the public to be responsible stewards of technology and media in the service of an informed, just, and equitable world. A longtime executive at the intersection of journalism, media, and technology, Vivian has held executive roles at some of the most respected media organizations in the world, including NPR, Twitter, NYTimes.com, NBC News, Discovery Times Channel, and CNN. Vivian is a Director of the Scott Trust, which owns The Guardian.

Craig Newmark is best known as the Founder of the classifieds ad site Craigslist, which showed tens of millions of Americans that the Internet could be reasonably useful and easy to use. Now, he engages in full time philanthropy, focusing on helping and protecting the people who help and protect our country. That includes cybersecurity, trustworthy journalism, and support for military families and veterans. Craig might be #nerdpatient0, having worn plastic pocket protectors, thick black glasses, taped together, and being poorly socialized. He remains poorly socialized but can simulate social skills as needed. Since then, he’s worked at IBM, Charles Schwab, Bank of America, and worked at Craigslist for about 25 years. He retired from his Craigslist customer service job some years ago.