Benjamin Haas was Chief of Staff of the Bureau of Industry and Security at the U.S. Department of Commerce and previously served as Principal Senior Advisor at the White House Office of the National Cyber Director. He also held senior roles at the State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. Earlier in his career, Benjamin worked on the Biden-Harris transition, at Human Rights First, and at Covington & Burling. A former U.S. Army intelligence officer, he deployed twice to Afghanistan. His writing on national security has appeared in outlets such as Foreign Affairs, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Politico.

Benjamin serves on the Stanford Law School Board of Visitors, is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and is part of the Truman National Security Project. Benjamin earned his Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School and a Bachelor of Science in International Relations from West Point.