Katie Haun

Member Board Of Directors

2017

Serve on the Board of Directors for the world’s leading digital asset platform operating in 190 countries with over 50 million users and 45,000 merchants. Chair its Nominating and Governance Committee and serve on its Compensation Committee (previously served on Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee).

Lecturer In Management

2017

Design and teach GSB's first course on cryptoassets and blockchain technologies with economist Susan Athey.

Board Member

2021 - 2022

Member Board Of Directors

2017 - 2022

Serve on the Board of Directors and advise the largest white hat hacker-powered security platform that helps thousands of enterprise and government customers -- including the Pentagon, GM, Twitter, GitHub, Nintendo, Qualcomm, Square, Starbucks, and Dropbox -- find and fix critical software vulnerabilities.

General Partner

2018 - 2022

General Partner of the firm, and co-chair of the firm's three crypto funds.

Lecturer in Law

2016 - 2018

Design and teach Stanford Law School's first-ever course on Digital Currency & Cybercrime with cross-enrollment from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford's Computer Science Department. The course focuses on the novel questions that emerging -- and sometimes anonymizing -- technologies present, and covers subjects ranging from the blockchain to encryption to hacking and TOR.

Assistant U.S. Attorney & Digital Currency Coordinator

2006 - 2017

Investigate and prosecute a wide variety of financial and cyber crimes and regulatory offenses. Specialize in cyber crime and the Dark Net, FinTech, cryptocurrency, the blockchain and AML/BSA compliance, and serve as DOJ's first-ever Digital Currency Coordinator, a role that involves daily private sector outreach. Investigate violations of anti-money laundering laws, and conduct parallel investigations with the SEC, Treasury Department and foreign partners, e.g. FCA, in enforcement actions. Have investigated and prosecuted corporate compliance failures, and negotiated criminal settlements with Fortune 500 companies including major technology companies. Also served as lead counsel in numerous jury trials, including RICO and homicide cases, all to successful verdict, and led several high profile, complex investigations. Have substantial experience litigating privacy issues that relate to law enforcement and security, such as electronic surveillance, encryption, and location-based services.

Counselor to the Attorney General

2007 - 2008

As one of three Counselors reporting directly to Attorney General, acted as Attorney General Mukasey's primary advisor on a broad range of civil, criminal, and constitutional matters. My portfolio included the Antitrust, Tax, Civil and Environmental Divisions, OLC, and the Solicitor General's Office. Member of DOJ’s 12-person Core Management Team, convened to address privacy issues and data breaches. Participated in daily senior management briefings and communicated on a regular basis with leadership of other agencies. Chaired weekly terrorism litigation meeting attended by senior DOJ officials. Monitored all major tax, environmental, antitrust, and national security litigation throughout country and briefed Attorney General and White House officials on same. Argued appeals in federal courts across the U.S. and second-chaired U.S. Supreme Court argument. Reviewed Office of Legal Counsel and Office of Solicitor General positions on behalf of Attorney General, and prepared Attorney General for congressional hearings and assisted with development of DOJ’s $22B budget. Routinely met with foreign ministers and dignitaries; served as official delegate to G-8 Ministerial meeting in Japan.

National Security Division (Counsel to the AAG)

2006 - 2007

Advised Attorney General and Assistant Attorney General on wide range of national security-related issues, including civil and criminal terrorism litigation, terrorist financing, Patriot Act, FISA requests, privacy issues, CIPA, and OFAC proceedings. Reviewed proposed indictments, search warrants, and illegal activity requests in national security cases from U.S. Attorneys’ offices across the country. Monitored major terrorism prosecutions, and advised Department leadership on same. Coordinated interagency decisions on national security matters with the Pentagon, the State Department, Treasury, and the CIA. Served on FBI’s Undercover Review Committee, which approved all of FBI’s significant undercover operations.

Attorney

2001 - 2006

Counseled corporate clients in a wide variety of matters ranging from commercial contracts to antitrust to corporate governance. • Compliance and Internal Investigations: advised and implemented compliance programs for Fortune 500 companies in the areas of False Claims Act, anti-kickback statutes, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; conducted internal investigations for legal and regulatory violations and guided business clients to successful conclusion of possible violations; represented major pharmaceutical companies in investigations for fraud and off-label promotion • Privacy and Data Protection: advised large financial institutions on data breaches; counseled clients on data protection • Corporate Defense: represented manufacturing company in antitrust investigation for price fixing; manufacturer against allegations of hiring undocumented workers; telecommunications company in unfair competition civil suit; former Enron executive in Enron Task Force criminal investigation • Contracts: advised on contract provisions, general litigation, and commercial disputes

Law Clerk to Justice Kennedy

2004 - 2005

Law Clerk to Judge Kozinski

2000 - 2001