A Road Less Traveled: National Security Careers After Law School – Jonathan Lee

On April 6, 2022, the Reiss Center on Law and Security and the National Security Law Society concluded the 2021-2022 season of A Road Less Traveled with our fifth speaker: Jonathan Lee, Director of Global Public Policy at WhatsApp.

Speaker Bio

Jonathan is currently Director of Global Public Policy at WhatsApp, where he helps develop and execute public policy strategy and engagement across the globe for the world’s largest private messaging service. Previously, Jonathan served as Deputy Chief of Staff at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Director for Human Rights and National Security Issues on the National Security Council; and Special Assistant to both the Deputy Secretary of Defense and the General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Defense. He helped lead efforts to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell at the Department of Defense and worked on closing the Guantanamo Bay detention center. He has also worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company.