Public service has been a core tenant of Jordan Rae Kelly’s life since childhood. Kelly, who has held cybersecurity leadership roles across the FBI, White House and private sector throughout her career, credits her hometown with her interest in security.
“My hometown is Oak Ridge, Tennessee, which was an important town in the Manhattan Project. Growing up amongst a community that was really ingrained in the mission of service, from the Department of Energy facilities there, I became very interested in the idea of working for government because I was surrounded by many people who worked in that space,” Kelly explains.