Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans

DHS Policy is the mission-oriented, component-focused organization for the Secretary, Deputy, and the Component Heads, to:

• Advise the Secretary and Deputy Secretary
• Develop policy, including representing the Department in Interagency fora
• Coordinate and unify policy positions
• Lead and coordinate international engagement and negotiations
• Operate programs (REAL ID and Visa Waiver Program)
• Lead the development of operational and resource allocation guidance
• Develop strategies
• Develop operational plans
• Collect, maintain, and report immigration data

Organizational chart

Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans Organizational Chart

Leadership

• Under Secretary, Robert Silvers
• Deputy Under Secretary, Kelli Ann Burriesci
• Chief of Staff, Marie Chalkley (A)

• Deputy Assistant Secretary, Strategic Integration and Policy Planning, Drew Kuepper

• Assistant Secretary, International Affairs, Serena Hoy
  • Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, International Affairs, Robert Paschall
  • Deputy Assistant Secretary, Western Hemisphere, David Cloe
• Assistant Secretary, Counterterrorism and Threat Prevention, Samantha Vinograd (A)
  • Deputy Assistant Secretary, Screening and Vetting, Casie Antalis (A)
  • Deputy Assistant Secretary, Counterterrorism and Threat Prevention, Lucian Sikorskyj (A)
  • Deputy Assistant Secretary, Law Enforcement, Matt King
  • Deputy Assistant Secretary, Countering Transnational Organized Crime, Bruce Lichtman (A)
• Assistant Secretary, Border and Immigration Policy, Blas Nuñez-Neto (A)
  • Deputy Assistant Secretary, Border and Immigration, Adam Hunter
  • Deputy Assistant Secretary, Immigration Statistics, Marc Rosenblum
• Assistant Secretary, Trade and Economic Security, Bridget McGovern
  • Deputy Assistant Secretary, Trade, Tasha Hippolyte (A)
  • Deputy Assistant Secretary, Economic Security, Brien Beattie (A)
• Assistant Secretary, Cyber, Infrastructure, Risk, and Resilience, Thomas McDermott (A)
  • Deputy Assistant Secretary, Cyber Policy, Thomas McDermott
  • Deputy Assistant Secretary, Infrastructure, Risk, and Resilience, Vacant