Alice Lugo employs her deep understanding of lawmaking and regulation to navigate policy relating to national and homeland security, trade, cybersecurity and infrastructure security, and immigration as well as congressional oversight inquiries. As the assistant secretary for legislative affairs at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) she served as the principal advisor to Secretary Mayorkas and senior leadership on all congressional engagements, hearings and matters before Congress. She leverages this experience to ensure clients are well-informed of relevant issues and the actions they can take to protect their interests.

Alice managed executive branch interagency policymaking at the highest levels of government, high-stakes legislative negotiations and rapid response teams during national security emergencies. This included reauthorization of Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System’s (C-UAS) authority to protect against drone threats, passage of Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (CIRCIA), countering human trafficking legislation and immigration and border policies.

Prior to her work at DHS, Alice served as counsel and chief counsel to senior Latino members of both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives and is well respected within the Congressional Hispanic Caucus for her work on immigration law and border policy. Alice was also managing attorney at a Washington, D.C. nonprofit, Ayuda, representing immigrant survivors of domestic violence.