Paul Connelly, NACD.DC

Independent Director, Technology Risk Specialist, Former White House and HCA Healthcare CISO

Paul has more than three decades in senior cybersecurity leadership roles at the White House, a big four public accounting firm, and a Fortune 100 company, and now serves and advises boards.

After starting his career at the National Security Agency (NSA), Paul built the first cybersecurity programs at the White House and HCA Healthcare - leading them a combined 28 years in Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) roles. He was awarded the National Information Security Award (The Rowlett Trophy) by the Director, NSA, for his work at the White House, and was named Private Sector Information Security Executive of the Year for North America for his work at HCA Healthcare. In between those roles, Paul spent six years building a cybersecurity audit and consulting practice and became a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Throughout his career, Paul has been a developer of leaders, with thirty-eight members of his teams selected for CISO positions.

Paul is now an independent director on the board of Fortified Health Security, technical advisor to the board of the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, and a developer of National Association of Corporate Directors programs. He advises and mentors CISOs as a faculty member at IANS Research, is an active cybersecurity and AI thought leader, and develops and teaches cybersecurity leadership programs at Belmont University.

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