Deborah Wituski

About

Deborah Wituski is a seasoned executive with twenty-five years of experience leading intelligence analysis and operations in both national security and the private sector. As vice president of global engagement at Google and Alphabet Inc., she oversees 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.

Prior to her current role, Dr. Wituski served as vice president for resilience and 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 twenty-five-year career in the US Intelligence Community, notably as chief of staff to the director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 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 Federal Bureau of Investigation and in the National Counterterrorism Center.

Dr. Wituski holds a PhD in political science from the Ohio State University and an MA and BA in political science from West Virginia University. She is an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.