Jeh Johnson

Jeh Johnson is the former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security in the administration of President Barack Obama. In public office, he also served as General Counsel of the Department of Defense, General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force, and as a federal prosecutor in New York City. In private life, Jeh is currently co-chair of the Board of Trustees of Columbia University and a director of MetLife. He is a frequent commentator on NBC, CNN, MS NOW, and FOX News. For much of his career, he was a practicing attorney and a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is a graduate of Morehouse College and Columbia Law School and the recipient of 13 honorary degrees. He has debated frequently at the Oxford and Cambridge Unions and is an honorary member of the Cambridge Union.