Areas of Expertise
Chief Security Officer (CSO) | Enterprise Risk Management | Crisis Management | Executive Protection | Physical Security & Access Control | Intelligence Collection & Analysis | Geopolitical Risk
About Jason
At The Chertoff Group, Jason Mayer supports the Security Risk & Resilience practice, advising organizations on enterprise security risk management and crisis response. He brings two decades of experience building and leading global corporate security programs, most recently as global head of security and safety at Chobani and founding head of global corporate security at Gartner. His government career spans the White House National Security Council, the CIA and the Department of Homeland Security, where he served as senior counselor to the Under Secretary for Policy.
Career Highlights
- Global head of security and safety at Chobani, building the company’s global corporate security program across more than 120 offices and manufacturing plants worldwide
- Senior counselor to the DHS Under Secretary for Policy, leading the department’s engagement with the White House Global Sports Interagency Policy Committee on security planning for the 2026 World Cup and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, and directing the DHS Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships
- Executive director of the Homeland Security Advisory Council and chief of staff for DHS Partnership & Engagement, recruiting the department’s most diverse advisory board in its history and leading a 70-person stakeholder engagement team
- Founding head of global corporate security at Gartner, managing a security program spanning more than 100 countries and 17,000 employees with an annual budget exceeding $10 million
- Senior director in The Chertoff Group’s Security Risk Management Advisory practice, advising multinational corporations and foreign governments across the energy, aviation, media and defense sectors on special event security, crisis management and intelligence analysis
- Adjunct instructor of homeland security and risk management at Georgetown University
- Intelligence officer at the CIA and senior advisor to the White House Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor, supporting national security policy on counterterrorism, cybersecurity and border security
Education
Graduate Certificate, Artificial Intelligence (in progress), George Washington University | JD, American University Washington College of Law | MA, International Security, Georgetown University | BA, Diplomatic History & International Relations, University of Pennsylvania