Sheila Flynn currently serves as a Senior Advisor to the Coordinator for Cyber Issues at the U.S. Department of State. She is responsible for the office’s work in East Asia, including developing strategic engagement on cyber policy with China, Japan and South Korea. She also supports U.S. involvement in negotiations at the United Nations on the national security, military and political dimensions of cyberspace. Prior to this role, Sheila worked on East Asia Internet policy in the State Department’s Economic Bureau. She has a masters degree in international relations from the University of Denver and an undergraduate degree in Geography from the University of Maryland.