Kiersten Todt

Senior Vice President of Cybersecurity Partnership and Engagement, Mastercard

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Kiersten Todt is Senior Vice President of Cybersecurity Partnership and Engagement at Mastercard. She oversees Mastercard’s global engagements with government entities and partners, facilitating collaboration to address evolving cyber threats and promote secure innovation.

Most recently, she served as President of Wondros, a service-driven creative company that specializes in brand storytelling and building transformative campaigns. Kiersten served as Chief of Staff of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Her government service also includes serving as Executive Director of President Obama’s Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity and as a professional staff member in the U.S. Senate, where she co-drafted the legislation to create the Department of Homeland Security. Kiersten co-founded, with leading industry CEOs, the Cyber Readiness Institute, a non-profit focused on small business cybersecurity and supply chain resilience.

Kiersten is a strategic advisor to venture capital firms and serves on boards of technology companies focused on open-source software, memory safe language, and neurodiversity.