LifeLock adds Tom Ridge, first Secretary of Homeland Security, to its Board of Directors
LifeLock announced this week the addition of Tom Ridge, the first Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, to the LifeLock Board of Directors.
“Today is a milestone day in the history of LifeLock as we have added Tom Ridge, one of our nation’s premier defenders, to our Board of Directors,” said Todd Davis, LifeLock Chairman and CEO.
After the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Centers, Former President George W. Bush appointed Ridge as the head of the newly created Office of Homeland Security. With passage of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, the Office of Homeland Security became a cabinet-level department, and Ridge its first secretary.
President Bush said he appointed Ridge because he had “the strength, experience, personal commitment and authority to accomplish this critical mission.”
Ridge is a native of Pennsylvania and served six terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1982 to 1994. He was Pennsylvania’s governor from 1994 to 2001, when he received the Homeland Security appointment.
Ridge attended Harvard on a scholarship, and supported himself by doing construction work. After graduating with honors, he attended Dickinson School of Law, but his education there was interrupted when he was drafted into the Army. Achieving the status of infantry staff sergeant, Ridge received the Bronze Star, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation with Palm and the Combat Infantryman Badge.
After the war, he returned to Dickinson and earned his law degree.
Ridge is the founder and CEO of Ridge Global, a Washington, D.C. consulting firm providing services in the areas of international risk management, global trade security, emergency preparedness and response, event security and crisis management.
“We know the position that Tom has taken on homeland security and we know that he brings the same commitment, determination and expertise to help position LifeLock to not only fight identity theft but to help protect all things personal for our members.”
LifeLock’s other board members are:
- David Cowan, partner, Bessemer Venture Partners;
- Todd Davis, Chairman and CEO, LifeLock;
- Chini Krishnan, founder and CEO, Vimo, Inc.;
- George Reyes, retired CFO, Google; and
- Gene Yoon, co-head, AmSSG Private Equity, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
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