With more than two decades of public affairs experience spanning the White House, U.S. Department of Education, and internationally recognized think tanks, law firms, and universities, Lindsey Kozberg is currently Chief Communications Officer at Truth Initiative - the national public health organization dedicated to ending tobacco use.

Formerly Vice President for External Affairs at the RAND Corporation, the nonprofit and nonpartisan policy research institution, she led RAND’s strategic communications efforts, including government and community relations, media relations, and brand and message development, connecting the work of more than 1,000 researchers to challenges facing policy and decision makers around the world.

Kozberg has worked in the public sector at the federal and state levels.  Most recently she was director of public affairs for the U.S. Department of Education and a special assistant to the president at the White House, where she served as the strategist and spokesperson for signature domestic policy initiatives.

Trained as an attorney, Kozberg practiced law for several years with Latham & Watkins in their Los Angeles-based land use and government affairs group.

Formeryl an advisor with the public strategy firm California Strategies, Kozberg has also been an instructor at the USC Annenberg School of Journalism and Communications, and a fellow at the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics.

Kozberg received her J.D. from Stanford University, and her undergraduate degree from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.

A native of Los Angeles, and a dedicated supporter of programs that support at-risk populations with heath and education interventions, Kozberg serves on the boards of the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools and the USC Center on Public Diplomacy.