Richard Danzig

Danzig was born in New York City in 1944, and attended the Bronx High School of Science, graduating in 1961. He received a B.A. degree in 1965 from Reed College, a J.D. degree in 1971 from Yale Law School, and a Bachelor of Philosophy degree in 1967 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1968 from Magdalen College at Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. Upon his graduation from law school, he served as a law clerk to United States Supreme Court Justice Byron White.

In 2007 and 2008, Danzig worked for Senator Obama's campaign as an advisor on national security issues.

Danzig has been a director of National Semiconductor Corporation and Human Genome Sciences Corporation.

In 2014, Danzig delivered the fifth Sloan Foundation Cyber Security Lecture at the NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering, based on his publication "Surviving on a Diet of Poisoned Fruit: Reducing the National Security Risks of America's Cyber Dependencies".

He is currently chairman of the board of directors of the Center for a New American Security, an independent think tank. He is also a member of the Defense Policy Board, a federal advisory committee to the United States Department of Defense, and is a senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. Danzig also served as a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, but resigned on July 18, 2018, over immigration decisions to separate families.

Danzig and his wife Andrea live in Washington, D.C., and have two adult children, David and Lisa.