Jeff Mcleod

Jeff is a specialist leader in Deloitte's Cyber and Strategic Risk practice where he advises public sector clients on cyber emergency management, crisis response, and strategic risk. Prior to joining Deloitte, Jeff served as director of the National Governors Association’s Homeland Security and Public Safety Division where he supported governors and their senior advisors—including cabinet secretaries, legal counsel, and policy staff—in developing data-driven, evidence-based solutions to enterprise-wide security and safety challenges. At NGA, he also directed the bipartisan membership association of governors’ homeland security advisors—the Governors Homeland Security Advisors Council.

He has served on the boards of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice Global Advisory Committee, and Cure Violence, and he has testified before the United States Congress and state legislative bodies. His writing has been published in the University of Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law, the University of Pittsburgh Law Review, as well as The Hill, Government Technology, and other media outlets. Each fall, Jeff teaches a course on federalism at Georgetown Law School.