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Deborah Wituski
Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Distinguished Professor of Practice
About
Dr. Deborah Wituski is the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Distinguished Professor of Practice at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced and International Studies. She is a seasoned executive with more than 25 years’ experience leading intelligence analysis and operations in both national security and the private sector. She served as Vice President of Global Engagement at Google & Alphabet from 2023-2025, where she led the Office of the President and Chief Investment Officer, driving global engagements with business and policy leaders and focusing on the interplay of technology, economic growth, and investments.
Dr. Wituski previously served as Vice President for Resilience & Risk Foresight at Google, where she developed and implemented a worldwide program providing critical risk and business resilience analysis. During her tenure, she expanded the substantive and geographic remit of the global intelligence team and reimagined the enterprise business continuity program.
Before joining Google, Dr. Wituski held various senior leadership positions during a 20-year career in the U.S. Intelligence Community, notably as Chief of Staff to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, advising on key analytic and operational issues and managing enterprise functions, and Chief of Staff to the Deputy Director of CIA. She also served as Deputy Assistant Director of CIA for Counterterrorism, overseeing the strategic direction of global programs and interagency collaboration and held leadership positions in the National Security Branch of the FBI and in the National Counterterrorism Center.
Dr. Wituski holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from The Ohio State University and an M.A. and B.A. in Political Science from West Virginia University. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Dr. Wituski previously served as Vice President for Resilience & Risk Foresight at Google, where she developed and implemented a worldwide program providing critical risk and business resilience analysis. During her tenure, she expanded the substantive and geographic remit of the global intelligence team and reimagined the enterprise business continuity program.
Before joining Google, Dr. Wituski held various senior leadership positions during a 20-year career in the U.S. Intelligence Community, notably as Chief of Staff to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, advising on key analytic and operational issues and managing enterprise functions, and Chief of Staff to the Deputy Director of CIA. She also served as Deputy Assistant Director of CIA for Counterterrorism, overseeing the strategic direction of global programs and interagency collaboration and held leadership positions in the National Security Branch of the FBI and in the National Counterterrorism Center.
Dr. Wituski holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from The Ohio State University and an M.A. and B.A. in Political Science from West Virginia University. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.