Leadership

Doug Levin is co-founder and national director of the K12 Security Information eXchange (K12 SIX), a national non-profit dedicated solely to helping schools protect themselves from emerging cybersecurity threats. Founded in 2020, K12 SIX serves as the information sharing and analysis center (ISAC) for the U.S. K-12 education sector. In this role, he served on the U.S. Department of Education K-12 Cybersecurity Government Coordinating Council (GCC) and advised CISA on K-12 cybersecurity trends and issues.

Mr. Levin has been engaged in education and technology policy issues for over three decades – in a variety of roles. From 2009-15, he served as executive director of the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA). Previously, he held positions with the American Institutes for Research, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, and the National Association of State Boards of Education. He has been recognized as one of the most influential people in education technology and his research and views are routinely sought out by the media. He is a graduate of William & Mary and earned a master’s degree in Sociology from The George Washington University.