Lisa Oudens Monaco, popularly known as Lisa Monaco is an American attorney. She has been nominated for the United States Deputy Attorney General under the Joe Biden Administration. She previously served as the Homeland Security and Chief Counterterrorism Adviser to then-President Barack Obama. She also held other positions such as Assistant Attorney General for National Security and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Justice Department. She has already served in the Department of Justice for over 15 years. She is also the senior national security analyst for CNN since 2017.