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Season 5: Episode 12: Policy, AI, and Cybersecurity - Inseparable

September 22, 2025

Season 5: Episode 12: Policy, AI, and Cybersecurity - Inseparable

A conversation with Erica Shoemate, consultant, motivational speaker, and head of the EN Strategy Group.

 

Erica is a Tech Policy Leader with extensive knowledge in cutting-edge technologies like Generative AI and AdTech. Today, she is a consultant, motivational speaker, and more, and heads the EN Strategy Group. Erica has helped organizations dismantle ineffective policies and build people-centered solutions in tech, leadership, and equity. Erica previously served as a National Security Leader and Analyst at the FBI and across the U.S. Intelligence Community. In 2017, as detailed in her 2021 best-selling contributing author anthology, Special Delivery: From Pregnancy to Toddlerhood (A Little Perspective), Erica utilized her strategic analysis expertise to save her own baby’s life. Currently, Erica is dedicated to transforming policy landscapes across multiple industries. Her National Security experience is deeply woven into all of her work as a policy consultant, maternal health strategist, and advocate.