The Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law

Vice-Provost for International Affairs, Case Western Reserve University

David Fleshler arrived at Case Western Reserve University in May 2009, and he now serves as the inaugural Vice Provost for International Affairs. In this role, he leads the Office of Global Strategy, which provides university-level vision and leadership for international activities across campus. David works in partnership with faculty, staff, and students to enhance the university’s international focus. He also works to identify and pursue strategic partnerships with local, state, national and international organizations. Mr. Fleshler is the Immediate Past President of the Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA). David received his AB from the University of Michigan and JD from Boston College Law School.

Professor, Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy

David Hoffman is the Steed Family Professor of the Practice of Cybersecurity Policy at the Sanford School of Public Policy. He also formerly was the Associate General Counsel, Director of Security Policy and Global Privacy Officer for Intel Corporation. Hoffman currently chairs the Civil Liberties and Privacy Panel for the Director's Advisory Board for the US National Security Agency. He also chairs the board of the Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law, serves on the Advisory Boards for the Future of Privacy Forum and the Israel Tech Policy Institute, and founded and chairs the board for the Triangle Privacy Research Hub. In the past, he has served with a wide variety of government offices and civic organizations, such as the Department of Homeland Security and the National Cyber Security Alliance, and has testified before Congress. Hoffman is the author of many papers and articles on cybersecurity and privacy. His research and teaching has been aided by funding from Intel Corporation, The Crypsis Group, The Media Trust, and Mine. Hoffman earned his AB from Hamilton College and his JD from Duke Law School.

Chief of Research Security Strategy and Policy, National Science Foundation

Dr. Rebecca Spyke Keiser is Chief of Research Security Strategy and Policy (CRSSP) at the National Science Foundation (NSF), a position she has held since March 2020. Keiser is the first CRSSP, a position established in March 2020 to ensure the security of federally-funded research while maintaining open international collaboration. In this role, Keiser provides the NSF director with policy advice on all aspects of research security strategy. She also leads NSF’s efforts to develop and implement efforts to improve research security and the agency’s coordination with other federal agencies and the White House. Until March 2020, Keiser was the head of the Office of International Science & Engineering (OISE) at NSF. Keiser served as head of OISE since coming to NSF in 2015.

Founding Partner
Culper Partners

David Kris is a founder of Culper Partners LLC. An expert in intelligence, law enforcement and security issues, he has more than 25 years of experience in government, the private sector, and academia. Prior to forming Culper, Kris was General Counsel at Intellectual Ventures and Deputy General Counsel and Chief Compliance officer at Time Warner, Inc. He is currently an outside advisor to Cybereason, a cybersecurity firm. In government, Kris was the presidentially-appointed and Senate-confirmed head of the Department of Justice’s National Security Division; a senior advisor to Republican and Democratic Attorneys General and Deputy Attorneys General; and a federal prosecutor for more than eight years. He currently serves on several government advisory boards. An authority on U.S. foreign intelligence surveillance, Kris is co-author of the leading treatise in the field, National Security Investigations and Prosecutions (3d ed. 2019), as well as the author of other articles and blog posts. He is a member of the board of directors and a Contributing Editor of the Lawfareblog, adjunct professor at the University of Washington Law School, a University Affiliate at Georgetown University, and a member of the advisory boards for the National Security Institute (NSI) at George Mason University, the Tech, Law, Security (TLS) Program at American University, and the Pandemic Response Commons, a data ecosystem designed to address COVID-19. He is a graduate of Haverford College and Harvard Law School, and a former law clerk to Judge Stephen S. Trott of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Executive Director
The Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law
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Dr. Denis Fred Simon is Executive Director of The Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law, Senior Adviser to the President (of Duke University) for China Affairs, and Professor of China Business and Technology at Duke's Fuqua School of Business. Fluent in Mandarin Chinese, Simon has more than four decades of experience studying business, competition, innovation and technology strategy in China. In 2006, he was awarded the China National Friendship Award by Premier Wen Jiabao in Beijing. Prior to returning to Duke, Dr. Simon served as Executive Vice Chancellor at Duke Kunshan University in China (2015-2020). Simon’s career included spells as senior adviser on China and global affairs in the Office of the President at Arizona State University; vice-provost for international affairs at the University of Oregon; and professor of international affairs at Penn State University’s School of International Affairs. He also has had extensive leadership experience in management consulting having served as General Manager of Andersen Consulting in Beijing (now Accenture) and the Founding President of Monitor Group China.