We established a new executive directorate, the Office of Policy and Planning (OPP) which will be led by Elisabeth (‘Lis’) Kann, as the Assistant Administrator, Office of Policy and Planning, where she will lead cross-bureau teams in addressing priority policy issues and mandates affecting the bureau.  In her new capacity, Lis will continue to serve as the bureau’s Chief Risk Officer while also managing TTB’s strategic planning and analytics programs.  Most recently, Lis served as the TTB’s Assistant Administrator for External Affairs/Chief of Staff and has been at TTB for over 11 years. In view of her successful stewardship of high-profile, cross-directorate initiatives to date, Lis’ placement in this new position situates the bureau well to handle the new and mission-critical challenges that lie ahead.

Amy Graydon will serve as TTB’s new Assistant Administrator for External Affairs/Chief of Staff. Amy joins TTB from the Department of Transportation, where she was the senior executive Director of the Office of Policy, Strategic Planning, and Regulations at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.  In this capacity, she led the organization’s efforts to build a long-term strategic plan and coordinated extensively across the Department’s multiple operating components to drive transformational initiatives with broad-based public impact.  In her new role, Amy will focus on improving TTB’s stakeholder engagement, communications, and public affairs functions while also facilitating management of the bureau’s internal processes and workflows. 

And finally, we’d like to welcome Cameron (‘Cam’) Brown, who recently joined TTB as the Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Headquarters Operations as a detailee.  Cam joins us from the Department of Homeland Security, where he most recently served as the Acting Principal Deputy Chief Counsel for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), leading CISA's Office of the Chief Counsel (OCC).  His OCC portfolio has included responsibility for general law, rulemaking, regulatory enforcement, cybersecurity, infrastructure security, and operational legal work.