From Intelligence to Impact
From the shadows to the keynote stage—turning intelligence into insight for today’s decision-makers.
Jennifer delivers dynamic keynotes grounded in lived experience—from the frontlines of global intelligence to the forefront of AI, cybersecurity, and digital risk. Her speeches help leaders decode emerging threats, navigate uncertainty, and lead boldly in a world of invisible conflict.
Signature Topics:
- Cybersecurity for the C-Suite: Why cyber is a leadership issue—and what executives must do now
- AI and the Battle for Truth: Deepfakes, disinformation, and cognitive security in the age of algorithmic influence
- From Spycraft to Strategy: Leadership and resilience lessons from the digital battlefield
- Digital Technologies and the Geopolitics of Innovation: What business leaders need to know now
Why Jennifer:
- Led digital transformation at CIA, overseeing cyber, AI, and digital operations globally
- Led intelligence operations abroad for decades, navigating risk, building foreign partnerships, and protecting our country and allies
- Deep credibility with public and private sector leaders
- Engaging and customized content for your audience
- Speaks with clarity, candor, and optimism—arming leaders with tools to act
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Sample Speeches and Panels
Outpacing the Adversary
Outpacing the Adversary
Outpacing the Adversary
This speech explores how speed, purpose, and partnership shape real advantage in an era defined by rapid technological change. Drawing on lessons from intelligence and national security, it shows why time-to-field now matters as much as the technology itself, and how mission-focused urgency can guide innovation. It offers a clear call for collaboration across government, industry, and allies to stay ahead of determined adversaries.
(OODAcon, October 2025)
Walking Toward Purpose
Outpacing the Adversary
Outpacing the Adversary
This speech traces a journey of reinvention, drawn from an 800-kilometer solo pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago undertaken during Jennifer's transition from a decades-long career in intelligence. Through vivid stories of mindfulness, solitude, connection, and rediscovered purpose, the speech explores what it means to let go of an old identity and walk toward a new one with clarity and gratitude. It offers a thoughtful reflection on how to navigate life’s biggest transitions with openness, resilience, and a renewed sense of mission.
Is This Our Digital Sputnik Moment?
Naval War College Foundation: Newport Summer Symposium on AI and Its Impact on Defense
Naval War College Foundation: Newport Summer Symposium on AI and Its Impact on Defense
In this keynote at GEOINT on America’s “Digital Sputnik moment,” Jennifer explains how cyber, AI, GEOINT, and open-source data are transforming both the threat landscape and the business of intelligence. She offers a candid inside look at CIA’s digital transformation—from cloud and data strategy to AI-enabled analysis and industry partnerships—while emphasizing that machines are there to augment, not replace, human judgment. Jennifer challenges audiences with a simple but urgent choice for national security and industry alike: innovate with purpose and speed, or risk being outpaced by determined adversaries who are already weaponizing the digital revolution.
Naval War College Foundation: Newport Summer Symposium on AI and Its Impact on Defense
Naval War College Foundation: Newport Summer Symposium on AI and Its Impact on Defense
Naval War College Foundation: Newport Summer Symposium on AI and Its Impact on Defense
In this pandemic-era virtual panel on Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on Defense, Jennifer explains how AI is transforming the very business of intelligence, from managing an unprecedented explosion of data to supporting warfighters on the ground. She shares how CIA is building an AI-ready workforce and technical ecosystem that keeps mission at the center, incorporates cutting-edge tools like language technologies and computer vision, and rigorously protects American values and civil liberties. Ewbank also frames AI as a core arena of strategic competition with China and Russia, calling for a whole-of-nation response that unites government, industry, academia, and allies to ensure the United States retains its intelligence and security advantage.