Hon. William R. Evanina

Founder and CEO of The Evanina Group; Former Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center

Alexandria, VA, USA
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Crisis Management, Cybersecurity, Geopolitics, Government, Law, Political, Security & Defense, World Affairs
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Hon. William R. Evanina Biography

The Honorable William R. Evanina is the founder and CEO of the Evanina Group advising CEOs and Board of Directors on strategic corporate risk. He provides a wide array of elite strategic risk consultation services and tabletop exercises to Boards of Directors, CEOs, and senior decision makers operating within a very complex and competitive global economy and with nefarious nation state actors. Clients include corporations within energy, financial services, telecommunications, biomedical, technology, private equity, national security, and retail sectors.

Evanina currently serves on multiple advisory boards and is an instructor at the University of Chicago’s distinguished Graham School.

He frequently appears in national news outlets (television, print, op-eds) advising on threats, vulnerability and mitigating strategies.

Previously, Evanina was nominated by President Trump in 2018 and subsequently confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 6, 2020, to be the first Senate-confirmed Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC). He served as the Director of NCSC since June 2, 2014. In this position, he was the head of Counterintelligence (CI) for the U.S. Government.

Evanina was responsible for leading and supporting the CI and security activities of the U.S. Intelligence Community, the U.S. Government, and U.S. private sector entities at risk from intelligence collection or attack by foreign adversaries. Under NCSC, he oversaw national-level programs and activities, such as the National Insider Threat Task Force; personnel security and back-ground investigations; information technology protection standards and compliance; CI cyber operations; supply chain risk management; threat awareness to sectors of the US critical infrastructure; national-level damage assessments from espionage or unauthorized disclosures, CI mission management, and national CI and security training programs.

Under Evanina’s leadership, NCSC produced the President’s National Counterintelligence Strategy of the United States of America 2020, which has been instrumental in raising foreign intelligence threat awareness to critical infrastructure sectors and the private sector executives regarding supply chain, economic security, cyber, and malign foreign influence.

Evanina chaired the National Counterintelligence Policy Board, and the Allied Security and Counterintelligence Forum comprised of senior CI and security leaders from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the UK. He also served as Chair of the NATO Counterintelligence Panel.

Prior to his selection as the Director of NCSC, Evanina served as the Chief of the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) Counterespionage Group.

Evanina previously served as Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, where he led operations in both the Counterintelligence and Counterterrorism Divisions. He served over 31 years of distinguished federal service, 24 of which were as a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). At the start of his law enforcement career in 1996, he investigated organized crime and violent crimes through the FBI’s Newark Field Office. He then served on an FBI SWAT unit for 10 years, ultimately supervising this unit. He participated in some of the highest profile terrorism investigations in our nation’s history including the 9/11 attacks, the anthrax attacks, and the Daniel Pearl kidnapping. During his tenure with the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), Evanina was selected as a Supervisory Special Agent and received the FBI Director’s Award for Excellence for his leadership in the investigation into convicted spy Leandro Argoncillo. Evanina also served as the Supervisory Special Agent (SSRA) in the Newark Division’s Trenton Office.

Evanina’s government career began in 1989 as a Project Manager with the General Services Administration, in Philadelphia.

Born and raised in Peckville, PA, Evanina holds an associate’s degree in history from Keystone College in LaPlume, PA, a bachelor’s degree in public administration from Wilkes University in Wilkes Barre, PA, and a master’s degree in educational leadership from Arcadia University in Philadelphia. He was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Humanities from Keystone College.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 08/20/2025.

Hon. William R. Evanina Speaking Topics

  • National Security: The New Paradigm of Threat

    In this engaging and thought-provoking presentation, the Honorable William Evanina provides a comprehensive and alarming mosaic of the nation state threat landscape and what it means for corporate America, data, systems, research, and technology. This intimate presentation is perfectly suited for Boards of Directors, C-Suites, and executives driving respective missions in a complex global business ecosystem. The Honorable Evanina provides enterprise-wide solutions to combat current and emerging threats to corporate America as well as state and local governments.

  • The Ever-Changing Geopolitical Landscape

    Global order and evolving threat landscapes have never been so complicated and impactful to America than this moment in time. From “the great power competition” with China and Taiwan’s future holds, to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and issues in the Middle East, the number of concerns facing Americans is unsurpassed.

    In this presentation, former Director of National Counterintelligence and Security and Chair of the NATO Counterintelligence Panel, the Honorable William Evanina provides comprehensive insight on how the world’s events impact corporate America, academia, technology, commerce, and American citizens. This timely presentation is focused on current events and tailored to the needs of the audience.

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Hon. William R. Evanina is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as National Security: The New Paradigm of Threat, The Ever-Changing Geopolitical Landscape, The 2025 China Dilemma and Crisis: The 30 Minute Executive Table-Top Exercise to Get You Prepared. The estimated speaking fee range to book Hon. William R. Evanina for your event is $20,000 - $30,000. Hon. William R. Evanina generally travels from Alexandria, VA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Michèle Flournoy, Eric O'Neill, Theresa Payton, Nicole Perlroth and John Iannarelli. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Hon. William R. Evanina for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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