and maggie brunner, a director for homeland security at the national governor's association. first, it's really terrific to have an opportunity to hear from jeffrey and the department of homeland security. since the summer of 2016, d.h.s. has been leading a national nonpartisan initiative to support state and local governments and securing their election systems what which are a part of the nation's critical infrastructure. jeff is the director and the senior official at the cyber security and infrastructure security at the department. the election security initiative is a d.h.s.-led interagency body charged with coordinating federal support for the community. jeff is experienced in cyber operations planner. he's a graduate of the university of virginia and earned his masters degree in systems engineering from george washington university. jeff, thank you very much for joining us. jeff: thank you for having me. good afternoon, all. i'm here in arlington, virginia where the cyber security and infrastructure security agency is located. we have -- we're previously known as nppd,

we are also joined by maggie brunner who is the owner's association homeland security and public safety program. she's the leaders of the 55 states and commonwealth she focuses on cyber security policy, homeland security and public safety technology. maggie holds a jd from william and mary bachelor's degree in history. thank you maggie for joining us. >> lindsay and maggie could you share some opening remarks about your perspective? >> certainly. i will start us off. thank you for having me today. and thank you for joining us, maggie and jeff. as dan said my name is libby i am the program manager the secretaries of state. we represent the secretaries of state and some lieutenant governors throughout the country. as dan said 40 of our members serve as their state's chief election official. that role varies a bit from state to state but all of them are involved in voter registration and overseeing the statewide voter registration system working with her local election officials i started two years ago. i am focus on cybersecurity really every aspect of the job. they oversee election minis

we are also joined by maggie brunner who is the owner's association homeland security and public safety program. she's the leaders of the 55 states and commonwealth she focuses on cyber security policy, homeland security and public safety technology. maggie holds a jd from william and mary bachelor's degree in history. thank you maggie for joining us. >> lindsay and maggie could you share some opening remarks about your perspective? >> certainly. i will start us off. thank you for having me today. and thank you for joining us, maggie and jeff. as dan said my name is libby i am the program manager the secretaries of state. we represent the secretaries of state and some lieutenant governors throughout the country. as dan said 40 of our members serve as their state's chief election official. that role varies a bit from state to state but all of them are involved in voter registration and overseeing the statewide voter registration system working with her local election officials i started two years ago. i am focus on cybersecurity really every aspect of the job. they oversee election minis