Christa Brzozowski is a seasoned national security leader with over two decades of experience at the intersection of homeland security, economic policy, and global trade. Most recently, she served as Assistant Secretary for Trade and Economic Security at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), where she led a multidisciplinary team focused on safeguarding critical supply chains, countering forced labor, and mitigating national security risks tied to foreign investment and transnational crime. In that role, Christa represented DHS in White House-led interagency forums, negotiated international security agreements, and testified before Congress on threats to U.S. interests in the Arctic, port cybersecurity, and human rights abuses in global trade.

 

Prior to her appointment as Assistant Secretary, Christa held senior roles at DHS, the White House National Security Council, and in the private sector. Her career has spanned policy development on foreign investment, intellectual property protection, and global supply chain security—culminating in the creation of the DHS Supply Chain Resilience Center and the trilateral ICE Pact with Canada and Finland. Christa holds graduate degrees from the Naval Postgraduate School, Georgetown University, and the University of Cambridge.