John C. ("Chris") Inglis

Mr. Inglis is the former U.S. National Cyber Director at the Office of the National Cyber Director, an agency in the U.S. Government responsible for leading U.S. government strategy formulation on cybersecurity and for advising the President of the United States on matters related to cybersecurity, from 2021 to 2023. Prior to being appointed as the first U.S. National Cyber Director, he served as a Commissioner on the U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission, a U.S. intergovernmental body charged by the U.S. Congress with making recommendations for U.S. national cyber strategy, from 2019 to 2020, and as the Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer of the National Security Agency, where he was employed for 28 years and was responsible for guiding and directing strategies, operations, and policy, retiring in 2014. He also served on Huntington's Board of Directors prior to assuming his role as National Cyber Director.

Mr. Inglis has held a number of academic and advisory positions, including as the Milanovitch Distinguished Chair of Cyber Studies at the U.S. Air Force Academy, from 2023 to 2025, a member of the U.S. Navy Science and Technology Board, from 2023 to 2025, and the Looker Professor of Cyber Studies at the U.S. Naval Academy, from July 2014 to July 2016. He serves on the U.S. National Academy of Sciences Committee on International Security and Arms Control (CISAC) responsible for engaging other nations on arms control matters relating to nuclear and cyber technologies since 2023, a strategic advisor to Paladin Capital and Ballistic Capital, and as a member of the advisory boards of DataBahn, Andesite AI, Claroty, Semperis, and Secure Code Warrior cybersecurity companies.  He also serves on the Board of Trustees for The MITRE Corporation and on the Board of Directors for American International Group, Inc., serving on the respective audit committee for each company. He also served as a director of KEYW Corp., and served on, or co-chaired, three U.S. Department of Defense Science Board studies on cyber threat and strategy. He served as a member of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Advisory Council. Mr. Inglis is a retired veteran pilot, with 30 years of experience in the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard, attaining the rank of Brigadier General. His military service included command at the squadron, group, and joint force headquarters, and he holds a Command Pilot rating.

Mr. Inglis brings to the Board extensive leadership and cybersecurity expertise, which strengthens the governance of the Board, the NCG Committee, and the Technology Committee.

Mr. Inglis holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering mechanics from the U.S. Air Force Academy and advanced degrees in engineering and computer science from Columbia University, Johns Hopkins University, and George Washington University. He is also a graduate of the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University executive development program, the U.S. Air Force Air War College, Air Command and Staff College, and Squadron Officers' School. He holds an honorary doctorate from the U.S. National Intelligence University, granted in 2023.

Committees: Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, Technology Committee (Chair), Executive Committee