Christine Abizaid spent nearly a decade as a counterterrorism intelligence officer at the Defense Intelligence Agency before transitioning to the National Security Council, first as a Director for Counterterrorism and then as the Senior Policy Advisor to the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism. In 2014, she was appointed by the Secretary of Defense as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia. Her last Government posting was leading the Defense Innovation Unit’s newly established presence in Austin, Texas. Abizaid joined Dell Technologies in 2017 and currently serves as an executive in its Global Operations organization. She holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of California, San Diego and a M.A. in International Policy Studies from Stanford University.