President Donald Trump has nominated Karen Evans, a senior Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency official, to serve as under secretary for management at the Department of Homeland Security.
Congress received and referred Evans’ nomination to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on March 24.
Her nomination to the role came a month after she rejoined DHS to serve as executive assistant director for cybersecurity at CISA, where she acts as national coordinator for critical infrastructure security and resilience initiatives.
Karen Evans’ Career Background
Evans served as chief information officer at DHS from March 2020 to January 2021.
She supported the Department of Energy’s national security mission by serving as the first assistant secretary for cybersecurity, energy security and emergency response during the first Trump administration.
She also held roles within the departments of Justice and Agriculture and at the National Park Service.
The West Virginia University graduate is an elected fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.
Evans co-founded SafeGov and was managing director of the Cyber Readiness Institute.
