About Frances
Frances Fragos Townsend runs her own independent consulting business advising corporate boards on regulatory and cybersecurity matters. She previously served as EVP of Corporate Affairs and Chief Compliance Officer at Activision Blizzard, Vice Chairman and General Counsel at MacAndrews & Forbes, and was a corporate partner at Baker Botts LLP. From 2004 to 2008, she was Assistant to President George W. Bush for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, and chaired the Homeland Security Council. She was Deputy National Security Advisor for Combatting Terrorism from 2003 to 2004.
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Business Leader / ExecutiveConsultant / Advisor9/11 And War On TerrorCounterterrorismDomestic SecurityGlobal AffairsHomeland SecurityIran'S Threat To HomelandNational Security ChallengesU.S. Foreign Policy
Known for
- Assistant to President George W. Bush for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
- Chairing the Homeland Security Council
- Intelligence reform and counterterrorism policy
- National security and homeland security expertise
- Corporate board advisory services
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