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Nicole Isaac
Nicole Isaac
VP, Global Public Policy
Government Affairs
As Vice President of Global Public Policy for Government Affairs, Nicole leads a team of experts that drive Cisco’s policy agenda to bolster ICT adoption around the world and to enable Cisco’s purpose to power an inclusive future for all.
Prior to joining Cisco, Nicole spent more than 20 years in the government, corporate, legal, and nonprofit sectors. In addition to senior roles at Google, Meta, and LinkedIn, her background in government is wide-ranging.
After beginning her career as counsel in the U.S. House of Representatives, she became a foreign law clerk at the Constitutional Court of South Africa before joining the office of U.S. Senate Assistant Majority Leader Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) as floor counsel. For five years of the Obama administration, Nicole was the deputy director for legislative affairs to then-Vice President Joe Biden and later served as a special assistant to President Barack Obama in the White House’s Office of Legislative Affairs.
Nicole grew up in the Bronx, New York and received her Bachelor of Arts from Brown University, Master of Arts from Columbia University, Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and Master of Studies (LLM equivalent) from the University of Oxford.
Articles
AI is no longer just a technology—it’s a new lever of national power, competitiveness, and strategic advantage. As governments and organizations grapple with the promise and complexity of AI, questions of digital sovereignty, supply chain resilience, security, energy, and talent are moving to the center of every conversation. At Cisco Live Amsterdam 2026, our “Leading […]
Just last year, Rwandan Minister of IT and Innovation Paula Ingabire called on countries to come together to confront cyber threats that are now unfolding at global scale. As she noted, emerging technologies—from AI and robotics to IoT and blockchain—are embedded across nearly every economic sector and giving rise to malicious actors who exploit the […]
Building trust and skills is key to unlocking AI’s full potential. Discover how collaboration shapes AI’s future.
This blog explores the two-way relationship between AI and connectivity and how to best unlock new potential, leveraging a paper co-developed with the ITU, Atlantic Council, and Access Partnership.
