Ashley Harrigan is the Deputy Director of Resilience Policy in the Office of Cyber, Infrastructure, Risk, and Resilience within DHS Policy. She is responsible for implementing policy and guidance for the Department on matters of national resilience such as supply chain vulnerability, natural disasters and climate change. In 2021 she led the coordination of the DHS Strategic Framework to address Climate Change, which was included in the White House Announcement for Prioritizing Climate in Foreign Policy and National Security. Her decade of federal service includes experience in emergency management, national continuity, critical infrastructure and operations which has helped bring a unique approach to policy implementation. She holds a B.A. in International Studies from Spelman College, an all-women’s institution and the nation’s top historically black college, as well as an M.A. in Communications. Additionally, she is certified in Risk Management for Business Continuity from the Disaster Recovery Institute International and holds an Executive Certificate in Public Policy from Harvard University.