President Joe Biden plans to expand the National Infrastructure Advisory Council‘s membership with the appointment of Mark Milley, a retired U.S. Army general, and three other industry leaders.
The White House said Friday NIAC currently has 26 members who provide advice on how to boost critical infrastructure resilience and security and lessen physical and cyber risks to those sectors.
Milley will bring to NIAC experience serving as the 20th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 2019 to September 2023. The four-time Wash100 Award recipient has over four decades of military service, holding multiple command and staff positions in six divisions and a Special Forces Group. He was a chief of staff of the Army and commanding general of the Army Forces Command.
The other incoming members are Martin Adams, general manager and chief engineer of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power; David Grain, CEO and founder of Grain Management; and Kurt Summers Jr., senior managing director and head of public-private partnership investments and ESG strategy at Blackstone Infrastructure Partners.
They will join the 26 NIAC members the White House appointed in August 2022 to help ensure the security and resilience of critical infrastructure assets. The council conducts studies to identify and reduce complex cyber risks, enhance intelligence information sharing between government and industry and facilitate cooperative decision-making among senior executives and federal leaders, among other efforts.
