Jamie Gorelick is a partner at WilmerHale in Washington, where she chairs the Regulatory and Government Affairs Department. A litigator by training, she is listed as one of the “Best Lawyers in America,” a “Super Lawyer,” and a “Washington Legend in the Law.” She handles matters at the intersection of law and policy and counsels on governance, ethics and compliance, cybersecurity and national security issues. She was one of the longest serving Deputy Attorneys General of the United States and was General Counsel of the Defense Department. Earlier, she was Counselor to the Deputy and Assistant to the Secretary of Energy as well as Vice Chair of a Department of Defense Task Force. She was also a member of the 9/11 Commission. She is a member of the Defense Policy Board, the senior advisory panel to the Secretary and has served on numerous other government boards and commissions.
She is on the boards of Amazon and Verisign and was a member of the boards of United Technologies Corp., Schlumberger, Ltd, and Fannie Mae and has been honored for her board leadership by the National Association of Corporate Directors. She is Chair of the Urban Institute Board and has been a member of many other non-profit boards. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Commission.