Dr. Arthur House

Last Name: House

First Name: Arthur

ACNSL Offices and Committees:

Rank: Director

Service/Department: U.S. Army

Last or Significant Assignment:

• Director of Strategic Communications and Congressional Relations for the Director of National Intelligence

• Chief of the Communications Group for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Publications:

Arthur House is Principal of Cybersecurity Risk Associates and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Connecticut, teaching a course entitled “National and Cyber Security.”

He is active in corporate and government strategic communications, intelligence, cybersecurity and national security. His background includes senior executive responsibilities in international organizations, business, the U.S. Government and state government.

House served as Chief Cybersecurity Risk Officer for the State of Connecticut from October 2016 to October 2019 after four years as Chairman of Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.

As a member of the Senior National Intelligence Service, House was Director of Strategic Communications and Congressional Relations for the Director of National Intelligence and Chief of the Communications Group for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a combat support agency of the U.S. Department of Defense. As a White House Fellow he served as Special Projects Officer on the staff of the National Security Council.

He worked in Asia and Africa as an economist and loan officer for the World Bank and served on the Bank’s Policy, Planning and Program Review staff.

In the private sector, House was Senior Vice President of Public Affairs at Webster Bank and held senior executive positions at Cigna, Aetna, and Tenneco. He was a member of Tenneco’s European Advisory Council. He is currently Lead Director of American Superconductor Corporation and a board member of the Ocean Exploration Trust.

His career has also included three positions in the United States Senate: Chief of Staff to former Connecticut Senator Abraham Ribicoff, Chief of Staff to former Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd, and Legislative Assistant to Senator Chris Dodd. While working in the Senate his projects included the Camp David Peace Negotiations, the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II), Panama Canal Treaty ratification and the Tokyo Round trade negotiations. He was a Congressional Adviser to the United States Mission to the United Nations.

House is a graduate of Tufts College and has a PhD degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He started his career as Assistant Dean and a Research Associate in Political Development at the Fletcher School.

House has published a book on the United Nations Civilian Operations in the Congo and several articles on international relations subjects. He has taught graduate courses at University of Connecticut, Georgetown University and the National University of the Congo.

House has extensive television, radio and print media experience, including work as a public member of the Hartford Courant editorial board.

He has held a top-secret security with several compartments.

He holds a fluency rating in written and oral French.

House is married to Rita Jepsen. They live in Simsbury, Connecticut.