Cindy Farkus

Ms. Farkus brings a tremendous amount of national security experience to The Chertoff Group, specificlly in counterterrorism with an emphasis on transportation security. Previously, Ms. Farkus served in several key positions including DHS Acting Assistant Secretary for International Affairs as well as Assistant Administrator for the Office of Global Strategies and Assistant Administrator for the Office of Intelligence at TSA. During her time at DHS, Ms. Farkus ensured that strategic international relationships stayed on track during the early stages of the presidential transition, worked proactively with international partners and those involved in securing overseas transportation operations to influence global security standards and enforce regulations throughout the global transportation network, and oversaw day-to-day intelligence activities providing key insights to directly influence TSA operations around the globe.