July 30, 2024, 11:00-12:00 CST
Christa Brzozowski is the Assistant Secretary for Trade and Economic Security at the Department of Homeland Security. In this role, she advances the Department’s mission and organizational priorities by facilitating the enforcement of legitimate trade and travel and protecting the U.S. economy from nefarious foreign investors.
Brzozowski is a Senior Executive with 18 years in the U.S. Government. Prior to her current position, Brzozowski served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Foreign Investment & Trade Policy, within the DHS Office of Policy, where she was responsible for multiple economic competitiveness and trade-related security issues, to include cross-border e-Commerce, supply chain security, national security reviews of foreign investment, and an array of trade facilitation and enforcement topics.
From 2011 through 2016, Brzozowski served in a range of positions including: Trade Counselor to DHS Secretary Johnson (2014-2016), Director for Global Supply Chain Security at the National Security Council staff in the White House (2011-2013) where she led the development of Executive Order 13659: Streamlining the Export/Import Process for America’s Businesses (2014), and the National Strategy for Global Supply Chain Security (2012).
Brzozowski received her master’s degrees from the University of Cambridge, England (History), Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. (Liberal Arts/Political Theory), and most recently from the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA (Homeland Defense and Security).
Speaker presentation
SCRC’s Role in Assessing Critical Supply Chain Vulnerabilities and Leveraging the Tools and Expertise Needed to Advance Solutions
A November 2023 Executive Order created the Supply Chain Resilience Center (SCRC), housed in DHS Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans, to identify threats to supply chain resilience, address security vulnerabilities, and to inform efforts to prepare for and mitigate future supply chain disruptions. A/S Brzozowski’s CBTS Distinguished Speaker presentation focuses on the trade/economic security challenges facing the U.S, particularly those posed by China; the strategies for the enhancing the robustness and resilience of U.S. supply chains, with a special emphasis on critical infrastructure protection at our ports; and the importance of international cooperation for the global trade environment and the value of collaboration, especially with our North American trade partners, as industries seek ways to shorten extended supply chains and invest to reduce concerns about future supply chain disruptions. She will outline how the SCRC envisions supply chain mapping and modeling tools will shed light on supply chain networks and help identify critical network bottlenecks and dependencies. She will also highlight SCRC efforts to invest in risk assessment frameworks and predictive analytics to assess potential network risks and underscore the importance of role of public/private partnerships in the success of SCRC efforts.