Alan Bersin — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as Executive Chairman at Altana AI.
Former Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, overseeing a 58,000-employee workforce and a $12 billion operating budget.
Served as Assistant Secretary for Policy & International Affairs and Chief Diplomatic Officer at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Served as Vice President of INTERPOL for the Americas Region and a member of the INTERPOL Executive Committee between 2012 and 2015.
Led public education reform as Superintendent of Public Education in San Diego (1998-2005) and California’s Secretary of Education.
Inaugural Senior Fellow in the Homeland Security Project at the Belfer Center at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Received an A.B. in American government from Harvard College (magna cum laude) in 1968.

Biography

Alan Bersin is the Executive Chairman at Altana AI and Chairman of the consulting firm BorderWorks Group. He has held numerous senior positions in the U.S.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Department of Justice across two presidential administrations.

His federal appointments include serving as the Assistant Secretary for Policy & International Affairs and Chief Diplomatic Officer at DHS, and as the Commissioner of U.S.