Kathy Boockvar

Kathy Boockvar is President of Athena Strategies and Senior Advisor to the Institute for Responsive Government, working to strengthen election security and administration across the U.S. Boockvar previously served as Pennsylvania Secretary of State and chief election official, overseeing secure and accessible elections amidst a global pandemic, marked by unparalleled transparency and voter participation. She also served as co-chair of the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS)’s Elections Committee from 2019-2020, and as NASS Representative on the Election Infrastructure Subsector Government Coordinating Council (EIS-GCC), a collaboration among federal, state, and local officials to secure elections.

Boockvar’s first job in elections was as a poll worker, and she worked for over two decades as an attorney and executive leader in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Prior to launching Athena Strategies, she was Vice President of Election Operations for the Center for Internet Security, and she is a founding member of the Committee for Safe and Secure Elections, a cross-sector collaboration working to help protect election workers, voters, and infrastructure. Boockvar serves on many national boards and committees and is a frequent speaker and writer on election security and voting rights. She received her law degree from the American University, Washington College of Law, and her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.