Michael Sulmeyer

Michael Sulmeyer will start as Professor of the Practice at the School of Foreign Service's Security Studies Program in the fall of 2025. He most recently served as the first Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy and as Principal Cyber Advisor to the Secretary of defense. He has held other senior roles involving cyber-related issues with the U.S. Army, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Council. In academia, he was a Senior Fellow with Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology. He holds a doctorate in politics from Oxford University where he was a Marshall Scholar, and a law degree from Stanford Law School.