Biography

Deneen DeFiore joined the Board of Directors in July 2022. Ms. DeFiore currently serves as vice president and global chief information security officer for United Airlines. Ms.DeFiore brings more than 20 years of experience in technology and cybersecurity. Prior to her role at United Airlines, Ms. DeFiore served as senior vice president, global chief information and product security officer at GE Aviation. During her 19-year tenure at General Electric, Ms. DeFiore held various leadership positions across GE Corporate, GE Aviation and GE Power. She was instrumental in helping to build cybersecurity capabilities on a corporate level and worked closely with the U.S. Department of Defense, multiple government agencies and policy groups, and became an active voice in the industry to shape policies for defense department implementations. In her current role at United Airlines, Ms. DeFiore is responsible for cybersecurity strategy, overseeing and reducing risk and improving cyber resilience. She led the company's COVID-19 technology crisis response efforts and implemented and enabled secure remote workforce capabilities across all business operations.