# OpenAI leadership appointment

OpenAI has created a new role, Senior Counselor for National Security Modernization, and named Dan Driscoll, the 26th U.S. Secretary of the Army, to fill it. He will advise OpenAI leadership and partners across government, industry, academia and allied institutions on how advanced AI can strengthen national and cyber security, with a focus on responsible use of democratic AI with U.S. allies, and will help internal OpenAI teams understand the operational needs of global national security institutions.

OpenAI has created a new role, Senior Counselor for National Security Modernization, and named Dan Driscoll, the 26th U.S. Secretary of the Army, to fill it. He will advise OpenAI leadership and partners across government, industry, academia and allied institutions on how advanced AI can strengthen national and cyber security, with a focus on responsible use of democratic AI with U.S. allies, and will help internal OpenAI teams understand the operational needs of global national security institutions.