Jessica Herrera-Flanigan

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Jessica Herrera-Flanigan (born 1970) is a corporate & public affairs executive and lawyer. Herrera-Flanigan is known for her work in several sectors, including national security, telecommunications, media, technology, foreign policy, and sports. She is a sought-after speaker and author. She currently serves as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the US Center for SafeSport, the independent non-profit created by Congress to address the problems of abuse in the Olympic and Paralympic Movements in the United States.

Herrera-Flanigan is a Board Member of Regis University and the Peabody Awards. She also sits on the Advisory Board of the University of California National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.. She previously served on the board of the National Association of Broadcasters, NALEO, and the Hispanic Federation.

Biography

Herrera-Flanigan was born in Port Arthur, Texas in 1970. She is of Mexican-American and Cajun descent. She graduated from Yale University in 1992 with a BA in American Studies and from Harvard Law School in 1995 with a JD. Herrera-Flanigan resides in the DC area with her husband, Thomas Flanigan, an inventor and engineer, and their children.

Recognition

Herrera-Flanigan has received numerous awards, including a Doctorate of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa, from Regis University, Multichannel News’ Wonder Woman Award, the Hispanic Heritage Foundation NFL Award, Friends of the Art Museum of the Americas/OAS Special Recognition Award, and Women’s High Tech Coalition Women in Cybersecurity Award.

Washingtonian called Herrera-Flanigan a Tech Titan in 2022. In 2017, Cablefax named her as one of the Most Influential Minorities.. In both 2018 and 2019, the publication named her one of the Most Powerful Women in Cable & Media.. In April 2023, Latino Leaders -for the third year in a row- named her as one of the 100 Most Influential Latinas. Herrera-Flanigan also has been named three times by Hispanic Business as one of the 100 Most Influential Hispanics in the U.S.

Career

Herrera-Flanigan is the former Vice President of Public Policy & Philanthropy at Twitter where she managed corporate affairs for Brazil, Spanish Latin America, the US, Canada, and the company’s San Francisco headquarter, as well as the company's global philanthropic and volunteer efforts. Previously, she served as the Executive Vice President of Government & Corporate Affairs at Univision, where she oversaw the company's government advocacy efforts, as well as led the company's social impact and CSR strategy and content teams. She also founded and served as the first President of the Univision Foundation. Before joining Univision, Herrera-Flanigan spent several years as a partner at the public affairs and strategic consulting firm Monument Advocacy.

She was the first Latina to head up a Congressional committee staff when she was named by Congressman Bennie G. Thompson as the Staff Director & General Counsel of the House Committee on Homeland Security in 2005. During her time on the Committee, she helped lead with Chairman Thompson the review of government response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, as well as the passage of H.R.1, "Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007" that provided for the implementation of the 9/11 Commission's remaining recommendations. It included provisions requiring major improvements in aviation security, border security, and infrastructure security; providing first responders the equipment and training they need; beefing up efforts to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction; and significantly expanding diplomatic, economic, educational, and other strategies designed to counter terrorism. The bill had bipartisan support and was signed into law on August 3, 2007. She joined the Committee's predecessor in 2003, where she worked for Ranking Member Jim Turner (D-TX), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) on technology, privacy, civil rights and civil liberties, and cybersecurity.

Prior to Congress, she co-led a team of prosecutors specializing in the investigation and prosecution of cybercrimes at the U.S. Department of Justice in the Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section(CCIPS), Criminal Division. Among the cases she worked on were the Melissa virus and I Love You virus. She also served as vice-chair on the U.S. Delegation to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ("OECD") Experts Group on international information security and represented the United States at Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ("APEC") and the Organization of American States ("OAS"). She left Congress to join the Monument Policy Group as a partner in 2008. While at Monument, Herrera-Flanigan led the Reform Government Surveillance Coalition on behalf of tech companies and helped obtain the passage of the USA Freedom Act.. She also served as a columnist for NextGov and wrote and appeared in the media on homeland security and cybersecurity for various journals and books.

Herrera-Flanigan also has served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney on Fraud & Public Corruption cases, has taught cybercrime and criminal law at both the Washington College of Law, American University and the American Military University, and has been a fellow at several think-tank and policy organizations. Herrera-Flanigan started her career at the D.C. law firm Crowell & Moring, practicing communications, litigation, and energy law.

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