CNAS Task Force on Biotechnology and American Competitiveness

The CNAS Task Force on Biotechnology and American Competitiveness tackles critical issues at the nexus of biotechnology and U.S. national security. Bringing together experts from government, industry, and academia, the CNAS Biotech Task Force develops pragmatic policy recommendations to address acute biosecurity challenges such as bioterrorism and bolster American competitiveness across the biotechnology landscape—from synthetic biology to pharmaceuticals to genomic editing.

The CNAS Biotech Task Force is chaired by Michael Chertoff, former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security and now Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of The Chertoff Group.

Task Force Chair

Michael Chertoff

Member, BioTech Task Force, Executive Chairman and Co-Founder, The Chertoff Group

Task Force Executive Director

Vivek Chilukuri

Senior Fellow and Director, Technology and National Security Program

Task Force Members

Bryan Baines

Member, BioTech Task Force, Director of Scientific Collaborations, Duke University Liaison to Four Points Innovation
Alex Burgin

Member, BioTech Task Force, Senior Director, Center for the Development of Therapeutics
Richard J. Danzig

Member, BioTech Task Force, Member, CNAS Board of Directors
Dr. Diane DiEuliis

Member, BioTech Task Force, Distinguished Research Fellow, National Defense University
Dr. Chris Fall

Member, BioTech Task Force, Vice President Applied Sciences, MITRE Corporation
John Frank

Member, BioTech Task Force, Chief Public Affairs Officer, Illumina
Dr. L. Val Giddings

Member, BioTech Task Force, Senior Fellow, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
Dr. Gigi Kwik Gronvall

Member, BioTech Task Force, Senior Scholar and Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Liz Hanpeter

Member, BioTech Task Force, Senior Director, Public Affairs, Emergent BioSolutions
Jacob Helberg

Member, BioTech Task Force, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Technology and National Security Program
Andrea Hodgson

Member, BioTech Task Force, Program Scientist, Schmidt Futures
Dr. India Hook-Barnard

Member, BioTech Task Force, Executive Director, Engineering Biology Research Consortium
Heather Ichord

Member, BioTech Task Force, Program Manager, Defense Innovation Unit
Carol Kuntz

Member, BioTech Task Force, Senior Advisor, Chertoff Group
Peter L. Levin

Member, BioTech Task Force, Adjunct Senior Fellow, CNAS
Dr. David A. Markowitz

Member, BioTech Task Force
Ryan Morhard

Member, BioTech Task Force, Director for Policy and Partnerships, Ginkgo Bioworks
Tara O’Toole

Member, BioTech Task Force, Senior Fellow, In-Q-Tel
Dr. Megan Palmer

Member, BioTech Task Force, Senior Director of Public Impact, Ginkgo Bioworks
Anna Puglisi

Member, BioTech Task Force, Director of Biotechnology Programs and Senior Fellow at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology
Gary Rieschel

Member, BioTech Task Force, Founding Managing Partner, Qiming
Nikki Teran

Member, BioTech Task Force, Policy Lead, Open Philanthropy