Ms. Niloofar Razi Howe

Senior Fellow, Cybersecurity Initiative, New America Foundation; Senior Operating Partner, Energy Impact Partners

Niloofar Razi Howe has been an investor, executive, and entrepreneur in the technology industry for the past 25 years, with a focus on Cybersecurity for the past 15. Ms. Howe is a Senior Operating Partner at Energy Impact Partners, a VC fund investing in companies shaping the energy landscape of the future. She also serves on the Board of Directors of Tenable (NASDAQ: TENB), Morgan Stanley Private Bank, NA and Morgan Stanley Bank, NA, Pondurance (as Executive Chair), Recorded Future, Swimlane, Tamr, and on the Board of Advisors of Dragos, Enveil, RangeForce, and Picnic Threat. She is a life member at the Council on Foreign Relations and a Fellow, International Security Initiative at New America, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank. Her non-profit work includes serving on the board of IREX, an international development and education organization working in over 120 countries focused on promoting social justice and lasting change, as Chair and as a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art. Ms. Howe speaks regularly on national security, cybersecurity, technology, innovation, corporate governance, and corporate culture. She also created a TEDx talk entitled “The Gift of Exile” about the long-term opportunities that can arise from the most difficult challenges encountered in childhood for both the individuals who suffer the adversity and the communities that can accept and integrate such individuals. She is a regular judge at innovation competitions including the RSA Conference Innovation Sandbox Competition.