Greg Garcia

Executive Director for Cybersecurity Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council

Greg Garcia is the Executive Director for Cybersecurity of the Health Sector Coordinating Council, the convening organization for critical healthcare infrastructure organizations, working in partnership with HHS and other government agencies to protect the security and resilience of the sector, patient safety and public health. He was the nation's first DHS Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity and Communications under President George W. Bush, where, among other achievements, he initiated the creation of the National Cyber and Communications Integration Center. He also served as executive director of the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council, and held executive positions with Bank of America, 3Com Corporation, Information Technology Association of America, and Americans for Computer Privacy. Garcia also served as professional staff on the Committee on Science in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he helped draft and shepherd enactment of the Cyber Security Research and Development Act of 2002. He also serves on the Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board, a government/industry committee advising the Secretaries of Commerce and Homeland Security, and the Director of OMB, on national information security and privacy policy.