We are honored to have an esteemed group of CFIUS experts who serve on our Editorial Advisory Board, including the former heads of CFIUS, Team Telecom, and other federal agencies at the nexus of foreign investment and national security, including the Office of Foreign Assets Control, and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

These individuals provide insights to the Foreign Investment Watch Editorial team, which helps ensure our coverage is timely and accurate. We use the Editorial Advisory Board to get feedback on story ideas, research and surveys, and often pressure-test ideas with them. In addition, the Editorial Advisory Board regularly reaches out to Foreign Investment Watch’s Editorial team proactively, keeping us apprised of developments that are relevant to our readers.

Thomas Feddo

Tom served as the first Assistant Secretary for Investment Security at the U.S. Treasury Department, where he led CFIUS and oversaw its national security reviews of cross-border transactions. Tom also served as Assistant Director for Enforcement at the Office of Foreign Assets Control, where he oversaw the Treasury Department’s economic sanctions enforcement efforts. Now founder of The Rubicon Advisors, Tom can be reached at [email protected].

Tyler McGaughey

Tyler served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Investment Security at the Treasury Department, where he was responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of Treasury’s CFIUS team. While at CFIUS, Tyler helped build the unit responsible for identifying non-notified transactions. 

J. Philip Ludvigson

Phil served as Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Investment Security at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. He also served as Treasury’s first Director for Monitoring & Enforcement, and built the office that pursues CFIUS non-notified transactions and oversees all CFIUS mitigation measures, including compliance monitoring and enforcement actions. Before joining Treasury, Phil held various roles at the Department of Homeland Security, including serving as the Acting Director of Foreign Investment Risk Management, where he led all aspects of the agency’s participation in CFIUS and Team Telecom. Now a partner at King & Spalding, Phil can be reached at [email protected]

Laura Black

Laura served as the first Director of Policy and International Relations of CFIUS, where she played a leading role in the development of investment regimes both within and outside the United States. A former senior advisor to both the Bush and Obama administrations, Laura served as the point person between the Biden-Harris administration transition team and the Offices of International Affairs (including CFIUS) and Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, including the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and Office of Foreign Assets Control. Laura can be reached at [email protected].

Stephen Heifetz

Stephen served in the U.S. government on CFIUS, and as a senior official in the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Policy Development where — among other things — he served as DHS’s daily representative to CFIUS. Currently a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Stephen also served as CFIUS counsel to the National Venture Capital Association. He can be reached at [email protected].

Anne Salladin

Anne spent nearly 20 years in the Office of the Assistant General Counsel for International Affairs of the Treasury Department, which provides legal advice to the Secretary of the Treasury as chairperson of CFIUS. As senior counsel, Anne was responsible for providing legal advice on CFIUS matters, working closely with other CFIUS agencies. A partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Hogan Lovells, Anne can be reached at [email protected].

James Mendenhall

James served as the General Counsel of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, where he supervised U.S. participation in World Trade Organization and NAFTA disputes and, among other things, served as the USTR representative on CFIUS. Currently a partner in the Global Arbitration, Trade and Advocacy group in the law firm of Sidley in Washington, D.C., James has deep expertise in CFIUS matters. He can be reached at [email protected].

Stephenie Gosnell Handler

Stephenie is a partner at Gibson Dunn, where she is a member of the firm’s International Trade and Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data Innovation practice groups. The former Director of Cybersecurity Strategy and Digital Acceleration at McKinsey, Stephenie specializes in complex legal, regulatory, and compliance issues relating to international trade, cybersecurity, and technology. She has deep experience with CFIUS, export controls, sanctions, and cybersecurity matters. Stephenie can be reached at [email protected].

Kenneth Nunnenkamp

Ken is a partner at Morgan Lewis, where he chairs the firm’s CFIUS Working Group. An expert on CFIUS, he regularly represents clients in international trade and national security matters before United States federal courts and government agencies, including the U.S Departments of State, Commerce, Homeland Security, Defense, and Treasury. He can be reached at [email protected].

David Holley

Dave is a partner at StoneTurn who has more than 30 years of investigative and risk consulting experience. An expert on CFIUS who has served as third-party auditor in connection with NSAs issued under the Committee, Dave has experience with regulatory investigations involving FCPA, OFAC, sanctions compliance, data privacy, and more. A former DoJ staffer with deep risk mitigation experience, Dave can be reached at [email protected]. 

Keith Ausbrook

Keith is a senior member of Guidepost’s National Security practice, where he has been engaged in some of the firm’s most high-profile CFIUS monitoring and compliance engagements. The former general counsel at CDS, Keith previously held the position of Executive Secretary of the Homeland Security Council at the White House; he has also served as Special Counsel to a House select committee, was Chief Oversight Counsel for the House Judiciary Committee following the September 11 attacks, and was the top lawyer on the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee that was engaged in oversight matters such as the theft of classified information by former National Security Advisor Sandy Berger, and the disclosure of Valerie Plame’s identity. He can be reached at [email protected]

Albert Schultz

Albert served at the Central Intelligence Agency as an Economic Analyst, Operations Officer (Case Officer), and contractor for nearly three decades years. Since 2016, he has focused exclusively on helping companies comply with CFIUS mitigation agreements as security director, trustee, proxy holder, third party monitor, and consultant.  Albert is the President of Kaerus Consulting LLC and can be reached at [email protected].

Olga Torres

Olga is the founding partner at eponymous Torres Trade Law, where she focuses on complex regulatory trade and national security matters, including strategies for addressing global regulatory regimes including CFIUS. An expert on export controls, international trade, FOCI and FCPA, Olga is also an advisor to the U.S. Department of State on defense trade matters as part of her appointment, by the Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, to the Defense Trade Advisory Group. She can be reached at [email protected].