Cathy Lanier

SVP, Chief Security Officer of NFL

NFL

Cathy Lanier serves as the Chief Security Officer (CSO) for the National Football League. As the league’s
CSO, Ms. Lanier supervises all operations and activities of the NFL Security Department. She oversees
coordination with the league office and all 32 clubs, in addition to working with federal, state, and local
law entities to ensure the security of the NFL’s venues, fans, players, staff and infrastructure. She acts as
the primary supervisor of investigative programs, event security (including the Super Bowl) and
international games, game integrity programs, cyber and information security and department
administration. 

Prior to serving in her current role as Senior Vice President and Chief of Security at the National Football
League, Lanier held the position of Chief of Police with the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police
Department (MPD) from 2007 to 2016. Lanier rose through the ranks of the MPD to earn various
commendable honors including becoming the first female police chief of the nation’s capital, the first
commanding officer of Homeland Security and Counter-Terrorism for D.C. Police, one of a small number
of female chiefs in the nation at the time, and the longest serving chief on the D.C. force. When serving
as Chief of Police, Ms. Lanier’s innovative strategies were credited with reducing violent crime in
Washington, D.C. by 21 percent from 2007 to 2015 while the city’s population grew by 15 percent. 

Ms.Lanier is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and the United States Drug Enforcement
Administration’s Drug Unit Commanders Academy. She holds Bachelor's and Master’s Degrees in
Management from Johns Hopkins University, and a Master's Degree in National Security Studies from
the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.

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