Jameeka Green Aaron

Jameeka Green Aaron is the Chief Information Security Officer of Headspace, appointed in 2024. She is responsible for the delivery of enterprise technology while ensuring holistic security and compliance of Headspace's platform, products and corporate environment.

Career path

Green Aaron served nine years in the United States Navy, where she worked as an information systems security manager before continuing into IT and cybersecurity after returning from a deployment around the time of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
After leaving the Navy she spent 18 years in aerospace and defense, including a stint at Lockheed Martin where she helped write code for satellites. She then moved to Nike, where she deployed identity systems for 74,000 users across the globe, an experience she has described as her first introduction to identity technology. She also held senior information technology and cybersecurity leadership positions at Hurley and United Legwear & Apparel. In March 2021 she joined Auth0, a product unit within Okta, as Chief Information Security Officer, and continued leading security for the business as it became known as Okta Customer Identity Cloud.
She was later appointed Chief Information Security Officer of online mental health provider Headspace.

Boards and advisory roles

Green Aaron serves on the board of Digital Brands Group and advises Bain Capital Cyber and Astrix Security. She has also served on the board of the California Women Veterans Leadership Council and as an advisor to the U.C. Riverside Design Thinking Program.
She has held board roles with the National Urban League Young Professionals and the National Society of Black Engineers, and mentored through the U.S. State Department's TechWomen program.
She holds the Certified Information Systems Security Professional credential.

Public talks

Speaking at the University of California, Berkeley's Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity in September 2023, Green Aaron delivered a talk titled Cybersecurity and Representation: Diversity, Equity, and Innovation, describing her work securing Okta's Customer Identity Cloud. She told the audience, "My job is to protect people," while explaining her approach to customer identity security. In October 2024 she took part in an ISC2 panel, Root to CISO: How to Build Your Skill Set and Pursue Career Satisfaction. She has also appeared as a guest on the Lock & Key Lounge cybersecurity podcast.