Greg Garcia is the Executive Director of the Health Sector Coordinating Council Cybersecurity Working Group, the government-recognized critical infrastructure industry advisory council of more than 470 healthcare providers, pharmaceutical and medtech companies, payers and health IT entities partnering with government to identify and mitigate cyber threats to health data and research, systems, manufacturing and patient care.

In 2006, Greg was appointed by President George W. Bush as the nation's first Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity and Communications with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (since reorganized as the Deputy Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency). One of his signal achievements in this role was conceiving and initiating creation of the National Cyber and Communications Integration Center, the nation’s 24x7 public-private partnership for cybersecurity watch, warning, analysis and incident response.

He also served as executive director of the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council, stood up the I.T. Sector Coordinating Council, and held senior executive positions with Bank of America, 3Com Corporation, Information Technology Association of America, and American Electronics Association, all with the responsibility of driving change in public policy and business operations to strengthen the security and resiliency of the nation's critical infrastructures.

Greg served as a professional staff member on the Committee on Science in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he helped draft and shepherd enactment of the Cyber Security Research and Development Act of 2002.

Greg is a former member of the Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board, a government/industry committee advising the Secretaries of Commerce and Homeland Security, and the Director of OMB, on national information security and privacy policy.

Greg is a 2024 recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige Foundation Award for Leadership Excellence in Cybersecurity.