said, "opportunities for everyone—academia, industry, and governments—to work together to build a trusted and resilient communications and information infrastructure". On 3 August 2009, it was announced that Hathaway would return to the private sector, with her resignation taking effect 21 August 2009. In departing, she cited frustration over not yet having been selected for the new position of cyber coordinator, "I wasn't willing to continue to wait any longer, because I'm not empowered right now to continue to drive the change". From 1 October 2009, till the project's conclusion in 2015, Hathaway served as a senior adviser to Project MINERVA at the Harvard Kennedy School. She is also one of the lead instructors for the executive program, Cybersecurity: The Intersection of Policy and Technology Hathaway is president of Hathaway Global Strategies, her own consulting firm. She also serves as an advisor to companies including Cisco. She is one of thirty commissioners for the Global Commission on Internet Governance. Notes External links Publications from Ms. Hathaway: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/experts/2132/melissa_hathaway.htm Wall Street Journal on Ms. Hathaway: Federal News Radio on Ms. Hathway: Hathaway's Op Ed in McClatchy-Tribune News Service: Computer security specialists George W. Bush administration personnel Obama administration personnel Booz Allen Hamilton people Living people 1968 births American University alumni