Leisel Bogan

Leisel Bogan currently works in consulting on global strategy for information and cybersecurity transformation. From 2009-2015 she was a Research Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. From 2009-2012, Leisel worked for Dr. Condoleezza Rice at Stanford University as her Senior Research Associate, Deputy and Interim Chief of Staff, ending her tenure as Research Director. She has also collaborated on Dr. Rice’s bestselling memoirs and other publications. Concurrently, she served as the first Associate at the geostrategic consulting firm, RiceHadleyGates, LLC, focusing on strategy, communications, and technology development in emerging markets. Previously, she worked at Palantir Technologies and as a consultant to several other technology and investment firms in the Silicon Valley. Before moving to the Bay Area, Leisel was an analyst at Warner Bros. Entertainment. She holds a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from Pepperdine University, and has guest lectured at the undergraduate school’s study abroad program in Florence, Italy.