US-based bitcoin exchange Coinbase announced today that former federal prosecutor Kathryn Haun has joined the Coinbase, Inc. company Board of Directors.

Most recently, Kathryn was a federal prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice and its first-ever Digital Currency Coordinator.

As a federal prosecutor, she has served as lead counsel in numerous jury trials, with a focus on financial fraud, cyber-crime, digital currency, national security, gangs, and murders.

She also held a significant role in the case of two federal agents’ role in the investigation into Silk Road.

Kathryn taught Stanford Law School’s first-ever course on Digital Currency and Cybercrime with cross-enrollment from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford’s Computer Science Department.