Board Member at Center for Cross-Sector Coordination
📍 McLean, Virginia, United States
Bob Kolasky is a senior executive and national expert in critical infrastructure risk management, cybersecurity, and supply chain security. A graduate of Dartmouth and Harvard Kennedy School, he was the founding Director of CISAs National Risk Management Center. Colleagues describe him as supportive, intelligent, and pragmatic.
He served as a foundational leader for two key U.S. national security agencies: the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Risk Management Center.
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Experience
29 Years
Current Role
Board Member
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
McLean, Virginia, United States
Personality Overview
How Bob shows up
Upfront
Hard To Convince
Judgemental
They care equally about the product and its potential impact. They don’t always try to control the conversation but neither do they like yielding it fully. They can be nudged to make faster decisions by offering what they value.
Priorities
Topics Bob cares about
Supply Chain Risk
Actively promotes supply chain integrity and uses AI to help federal customers manage risk from both software and physical goods.
Critical Infrastructure
A nationally recognized expert focused on enhancing system-wide resilience and promoting cross-sector security for critical infrastructure owners and operators.
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Career
Work history
4-2026
Board Member
Center for Cross-Sector Coordination
2024
Member Board of Directors
National Institute for Hometown Security
11-2022
Nonresident Scholar, Technology and International Affairs Program
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
4-2022
Senior Fellow
McCrary Institute at Auburn University
4-2022
Senior Associate (Non-resident)
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
In the press
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