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The Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
“Developing strong [wrong], pragmatic [pathetic/parasitic] and principled [unprincipled] national security and defense policies.”
-1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 403; Washington, DC 20004 (202) 457-9400 | Fax: 202-457-9401 | info@cnas.org | http://www.cnas.org/about
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Pseudo-biogs here: http://www.cnas.org/people/staff
Note: “New listing” & “no longer listed” merely reflect the changes to their website since I first compiled this list over a year ago, &c.
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Board of Directors
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“The Honorable Dr.” Richard J. Danzig – Chairman of the Board, Center for a New American Security
-Richard J Danzig 3670 Upton St NW; Washington, DC 20008-3125 (202) 363-6767 [65+ / Andrea H Danzig, Lisa E Danzig]
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“The Honorable Dr.” Madeleine K. Albright – Chair, The Albright Stonebridge Group
-Madeleine K Albright 1318 34th St NW Washington, DC 20007-2801
-Madeleine K Albright 3700 39th St NW Washington, DC 20016-5513
^–Probably “work” addresses: I believe her coffin lies somewhere in Virginia–^
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“The Honorable” Richard L. Armitage – President, Armitage International
AKA Richard Lee Armitage. B. 1945. Executive summary: US Deputy Secretary of State, 2001-05. Major mishpucka drug and arms dealer, etc. | Project for a New American Century (PNAC) – Abramowitz to Gershman | | Unindicted co-conspirator in Iran-Contra scandal. Revealed Valerie Plame‘s status as a CIA operative to reporter Bob Woodward, accidentally, he claimed. | “History: Former board member of CACI, the private military contractor whose employees were responsible for torturing prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs during the Reagan Administration. Named by the government as one of the people guilty of supplying weapons in the Iran Contra Affair, but never charged.” -http://www.reasoned.org/e_PNAC2.htm | Met with General Mahmoud Ahmad, head of Pakistan’s ISI and 9-11 financier, shortly after 9-11. -http://www.whodidit.org/cocon.html | Armitage International President (2005-); US Deputy Secretary of State (2001-05); Armitage Associates President (1993-2001); US State Department Coordinator, Aid to Newly Independent Former USSR States:(1992-93); Defense Policy Board Secretary; Raytheon Special Advisory Board; MIC Industries Special Assistant to the Chairman; Board of Advisors; Member of the Board of CACI International; Member of the Board of ChoicePoint; Member of the Board of Conoco-Phillips (2006-); Member of the Board of General Dynamics; Member of the Board of ManTech International (2005-); DoD Distinguished Service Award (four times); American Academy of Diplomacy; American Security Project Board of Directors; Aspen Institute; Bush-Quayle ’88; Bush-Quayle ’92; Center for a New American Security Board of Directors; Center for Strategic & International Studies Board of Trustees; Council on Foreign Relations; George C. Marshall Foundation Board of Trustees; George W. Bush for President; John McCain 2008; McCain 2000; Project for the New American Century; Reagan-Bush ’84; Republican National Committee; Straight Talk America; Iran-Contra Scandal. Wife: Laura Samford Armitage (eight children).-”?”>Richard L Armitage 9979 Stone Vale Dr; Vienna, VA 22181-5932 (703) 281-1335 [65+ / Laura L Armitage]
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Norman R. Augustine – Former Chairman, Executive Committee, Lockheed Martin Corporation
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Denis A. Bovin – Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, Stone Key Partners, LLC
-Denis A Bovin 99 Edgemere Ave; Greenwood Lake, NY 10925-2415 (845) 477-3060 [Terry A Bovin, Michelle J Bovin]
-Denis Bovin 525 Park Ave; New York, NY 10065-8141 (212) 838-4389
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“Ambassador” R. Nicholas Burns – Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
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Nathaniel C. Fick - Chief Executive Officer, Center for a New American Security (NEW Board listing)
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Karen Elliott House (NEW listing)
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“The Honorable Dr.” Leo S. Mackay, Jr. - Vice President, Corporate Business Development, Lockheed Martin Corporation
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“LtGen” Greg S. Newbold, USMC (Ret.) – Partner, Torch Hill Investment Partners (No longer listed)
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“The Honorable Dr.” William J. Perry – Professor and Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, Stanford University
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“The Honorable Dr.” Mitchell B. Reiss – (Was) Vice Provost for International Affairs, College of William & Mary
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Peter Schwartz - Co-Founder and Chairman, Global Business Network
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“Dr.” John P. White – Robert and Renee Belfer Lecturer and Chair, Kennedy School Middle East Initiative
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Michael J. Zak – Principal Investor — Charles River Ventures
Partner, Charles River Ventures. Zak is a Partner at Charles River Ventures. He joined the firm in 1991, is based at the Waltham office, and specializes in renewable energy and networking. Zak has served as the principal sponsor for investments in a number of information technology markets and technologies, including semiconductors, telecommunications equipment, vertical market software, and networking software. Over the past fifteen years, he has made investments across a range of industries including voice and data communications equipment, networking software, applications software and services, optical communications equipment, network monitoring and analysis software, semiconductors, and wireless communications equipment. Zak’s recent projects have been in the area of alternative energy and fuel technologies. His current portfolio of information technology investments, amongst others, includes Brix Networks. Recently, Zak has also been assessing investments in energy conservation and alternative energy, especially from renewable sources. Before joining Charles River Ventures in 1991, he was one of the founders at Concord Communications. There Zak served in various roles as a Vice President and member of the senior management team at Concord Communications. Prior to that, he spent two years as a General Management Consultant at McKinsey & Company and before that, Zak held positions in marketing and engineering management at the Codex Corporation, Inc. He was also employed by Motorola, Inc. Zak is a Member of the Board of Directors of BC International and Verenium Corporation. He is also a Member of the Board of Directors of Brix Networks, Cetacean Networks, Pelago Networks, Sitara Networks, and Rive Technology, Inc. Zak is active in community and Church affairs as well as land conservation projects throughout New England. He is also a Member of the University Council and on the Board of Trustees at Cornell University. In addition to his activities with the firm, Zak has had a longstanding interest in international affairs. For the past three years, he has been the founder and primary sponsor of a new program in US-China relations at Cornell University called the China & Asia-Pacific Studies program. Zak is a Member of the National Committee on US-China Relations and the Pacific Council on International Policy. He has in the past, spent four years as a communications and signals intelligence officer in the United States Marine Corps where Zak served in the continental United States, Western Europe, and the western Pacific and northeast Asia as an operational telecommunications officer and as a specialist in communications intelligence and electronic warfare. He is the Vice Chairman of Emerson Hospital. Zak also serves as a Member of the Investment Advisory Committee of the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust. He was a Director at Converged Access, EXFO Service Assurance Inc, Broadbus Technologies, Inc, Reva Systems Corporation, and Verenium Biofuels Corporation. In 2002, he became the second person ever to receive the Venture Capitalist of the Year Award from the Massachusetts Telecommunications Council. Other affiliations: C-Port Corporation; CIENA Corp.; Concord Communications, Inc.; Verenium Corporation; Converged Access, Inc.; EXFO Service Assurance Inc.; Gotham Networks, Inc.; Motorola Solutions, Inc.; McKinsey & Company, Inc.; CRVelocity; Pelago Networks; Harvard Business School; Broadbus Technologies, Inc.; Cornell University; Emerson Hospital, Inc.; Verenium Biofuels Corporation; Reva Systems Corporation; Rive Technology, Inc.; Cornell University College of Engineering. Lives and/or works in Concord, MA.——
Board of Advisors
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Steve Biegun – Vice President for International Governmental Affairs, Ford Motor Company
Read Full Bio | Prior to joining Ford, Mr. Biegun served as national security advisor to Senate Majority Leader, Senator Bill Frist, M.D. Biegun worked in the White House from 2001-2003 as Executive Secretary of the National Security Council. He served as a senior staff member to the National Security Advisor, Condoleezza Rice, and performed the function of chief operating officer for the National Security Council. Prior to joining the White House staff, Mr. Biegun served for 14 years as a foreign policy advisor to members of both the House of Representatives and the United States Senate. During this time, he also held the position of Chief of Staff of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations from 1999-2000 … From 1992 to 1994, Mr. Biegun served as the Resident Director in the Russian Federation for the International Republican Institute, a democracy-building organization established under the National Endowment for Democracy. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Aspen Strategy Group, and is a member of the boards of the US-Russia Investment Fund, the Moscow School of Political Studies, the Council of the Americas, the National Bureau of Asian Research, and the Automotive Trade Policy Council. Mr. Biegun serves on the Executive Committee of the Washington International Business Council and the US-ASEAN Business Council and serves as Chairman of the National Association of Manufacturers WTO Action Group.******
“Dr.” Hans Binnendijk – Former Senior Director for Defense Policy, U.S. National Security Council (No longer listed)
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“Dr.” Victor Cha – Senior Advisor and Korea Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Read Full Bio | He is also a professor of government and director for Asian Studies at Georgetown University. From 2004 to 2007, he was director for Asian affairs at the White House, where he was responsible for coordinating U.S. policy for Japan, the two Koreas, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Island nations. He also served as U.S. deputy head of delegation to the Six-Party Talks and has acted as a senior consultant on East Asian security issues for different branches of the U.S. government. He is also a frequent contributor and guest analyst for various media outlets, including Choson Ilbo, Joongang Ilbo, CNN, National Public Radio, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, Newsweek, Asahi Shimbun, and Japan Times.******
“Ambassador” Dell L. Dailey - President, Dell Dailey and Family (NEW listing)
Read Full Bio | B. 1949. US Coordinator for Counterterrorism (2007-); Director of the Center for Special Operations (-2007). He and his wife Mary have five children, several whom are involved in government service.******
Robert Leslie Deak - Board of Directors, National Defense University (NEW listing)
Read Full Bio | Deak is President and Chief Executive Officer of Bittachon Holdings, Inc, a firm based out of Rye, New York, that develops and manages companies in the United States and the broader Middle East. Previously, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American National Bank of New York from 1985 to 1991 and before that was President and CEO of Deak-Perera US, Inc., from 1973 to 1985. Deak is a participant in the Peace Action Network-Arab American Action Forum, which coordinates forums around the world to improve communications and understanding among Christian, Muslim, and Jewish communities. Deak also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Defense University Foundation and the Board of Advisors of the Center for a New American Security. He is a Trustee of the Washington National Opera and the Deak Family Foundation.******
Peter B. deNeufville - Chairman, Voltaix, LLC (NEW listing)
Read Full Bio | deNeufville serves as Chairman of Voltaix, L.L.C., a manufacturer of chemical-vapor-deposition materials for the semiconductor and thin-film photovoltaic industries. He is also a partner in DNAC, a New York-based merchant advisory firm. He has helped finance and served as a director for a number of early-stage technology companies. deNeufville is also active in national security and environmental issues. He is a reserve officer in the U.S. Navy and served on active duty in 2006-07 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He previously served in commands at the Office of Naval Intelligence and the Defense Intelligence Agency. He previously served as a member of the RAND Corporation’s Middle East Public Policy Advisory Board and formerly served as Senior Advisor to the U.S. International Broadcasting Bureau. ******
“Lieutenant General” David A. Deptula, USAF (Ret.) - Chief Executive Officer, MAV6, LLC (NEW listing)
Read Full Bio | “A thought leader on defense, strategy, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR). He is now Chief Executive Officer for MAV6, LLC, a high technology company whose focus is providing situation awareness.”******
“Major General” Charles Dunlap, USAF (Ret.) - Associate Director, Duke University School of Law Center on Law, Ethics, and National Security (NEW listing)
Read Full Bio | Prior to his retirement on 1 June 2010, Major General Dunlap served as Deputy Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Air Force. In that position he assisted in the professional oversight of more than 2,200 judge advocates, 350 civilian attorneys, 1,400 enlisted paralegals and 500 civilians assigned worldwide. Dunlap is recognized as one of the most prolific, provocative, and sought-after writers and speakers in the defense and public policy communities today. Totaling more than 120 publications, General Dunlap’s writings address a wide range of issues including the law, airpower, counterinsurgency, cyber power, civil-military relations, and leadership. ******
“Dr.” Peter Feaver – Alexander F. Hehmeyer Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, Duke University (No longer listed)
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Stephen J. Friedman – Chairman, Stone Point Capital, LLC
Read Full Bio - From December 2002 to December 2004, he served as Assistant to President George W. Bush for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council. | B. 1937. Executive summary: Former Partner, Goldman Sachs. Marsh & McLennan Senior Principal, MMC Capital (1998-2002); Goldman Sachs General Partner (1973-94); Goldman Sachs (1966-73); Member of the Board of Fannie Mae (c. 1999); Member of the Board of Goldman Sachs (as Chairman, 1990-94, as Director, 2005-); Member of the Board of In-Q-Tel; Member of the Board of Stone Point Capital (as Chairman, 2006-); Member of the Board of Wal-Mart (1996-?); Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (1999-, as Chairman 2005-); Intelligence Oversight Board Chairman (2005-); White House Staff Assistant to the President for Economic Policy (2002-04); US National Economic Council Director (2002-04); Aspen Institute Trustee; Bilderberg Group; Brookings Institution Past Chairman; Bush-Cheney 2000; Bush-Cheney ’04; Concord Coalition Vice Chairman; Council on Foreign Relations; Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee; George W. Bush for President; McCain for Senate ’98; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Trustee; National Republican Senatorial Committee; Quill and Dagger; Trilateral Commission. Wife: Barbara Benioff Friedman.******
“Dr.” Michael Green – Senior Advisor and Japan Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Read Full Bio | Green is a senior adviser and holds the Japan Chair at CSIS, as well as being an associate professor of international relations at Georgetown University. He served as special assistant to the president for national security affairs and senior director for Asian affairs at the National Security Council (NSC) from January 2004 to December 2005. He joined the NSC in April 2001 as director of Asian affairs with responsibility for Japan, Korea, and Australia/New Zealand. From 1997 to 2000, he was senior fellow for Asian security at the Council on Foreign Relations. He served as senior adviser in the Office of Asian and Pacific Affairs at the Department of Defense in 1997 and as consultant to the same office until 2000. From 1995 to 1997, he was a research staff member at the Institute for Defense Analyses, and from 1994 to 1995, he was an assistant professor of Asian studies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), where he remained a professorial lecturer until 2001. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, The International Institute for Strategic Studies, and the Aspen Strategy Group and is vice chair of the congressionally mandated Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission. He serves on the advisory boards of the Center for a New American Security and Australian American Leadership Dialogue.******
Mary L. Howell - Former Executive Vice President, Textron
Read Full Bio | Howell currently serves on the board of directors of FM Global, the world’s largest commercial and industrial property insurance and risk management organization. She also serves as a board member of the Atlantic Council of the United States. She and her husband, Dr. John Howell, reside in Arlington, Virginia and have four grown children.******
Jill W. Iscol - President, IF Hummingbird Foundation
Read Full Bio | “Iscol is a social activist, an educator, and a philanthropist.” She serves on the Board of Advisors of City Year New York of which she was a Founding Co-Chair (2002-2009). She is a Trustee of Vital Voices Global Partnership and is currently chairing its newly launched New York Leadership Council. She is on the Board of the Acumen Fund, a global philanthropic organization. She was recently appointed to the New York State Commission on National and Community Service, is a Trustee of Horizons National, and on the Advisory Board of the Center for New American Security in Washington, DC. Jill planned and participated in the White House Conference on Partnerships and Philanthropy in 2000. She was Co-Chair for Hillary Rodham Clinton for Senate’s New York Finance Committee, which raised a record 29 million dollars. She was Vice-Chair of Senator Clinton’s New York and National Finance Committees in 2006 and a National Vice-Chair of Hillary Rodham Clinton for President’s 2008 Finance Committee. ******
Marc Lasry - Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Avenue Capital Group
-Marc Lasry 100 Beachside Ave; Westport, CT 06880-6313 (203) 254-3859 and/or (203) 255-0012 [Cathy Lasry]
-Marc Lasry 46 Sylvan Rd N; Westport, CT 06880-2942 [Cathy Lasry]
-Marc A Lasry 4 E 74th St; New York, NY 10021-2605 (212) 628-6201 and/or (212) 861-5728 [50-54 / Cathy M Lasry, Alex Larsy, Ano Lasry]
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Jaekwan Lee - Advisor, DR & AJU International Law Firm
Read Full Bio | Prior to joining DR&AJU, JK was Vice Chairman of the Board of Saehan Group and a member of the Board of Directors at Saehan Industries. He was previously Managing Director at Saehan Media Corporation and a marketing assistant at the North Asia Division of Citibank.******
“Dr.” Michael O’Hanlon - Director of Research and Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
-Michael E Ohanlon 8005 Newdale Rd; Bethesda, MD 20814-4623 (301) 652-2283 [45-49 / Cathryn G Ohanlon]
[[[-Cathryn G Garland 8005 Newdale Rd; Bethesda, MD 20814-4623 (301) 652-2283 [45-49 / Michael E Garland]]]]
-Brookings Institution, Senior Fellow In Foreign Policy 1775 Massachusetts Ave NW; Washington, DC 20036-2103 (202) 797-6000
-Center For A New American Security, Board of Directors 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Ste 403; Washington, DC 20004-1733 (202) 457-9400
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Chris Raymond - Vice President of Business Development & Strategy, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
Read Full Bio | Raymond is an advisory board member of the National Defense Business Institute at the University of Tennessee, chairs the IDS Senior Advisory Group and supports Boeing’s business alliance with Cisco Systems. He is also a member of the Air Force Association, the Airlift Tanker Association, the Navy League, the Association of the U.S. Army and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and is a Fellow in the Royal Aeronautical Society (FRAeS).******
Randy Schriver - Partner, Armitage International LLC
Read Full Bio | Schriver is one of five founding partners of Armitage International LLC, a consulting firm that specializes in international business development and strategies, incorporated in March 2005. He is also a Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Immediately prior to his return to the private sector, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs responsible for the PRC, Taiwan, Mongolia, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. Prior to joining the Asia Bureau, he served for two years as Chief of Staff and Senior Policy Advisor to Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage. He joined the Department of State in March 2001 upon the swearing in of Deputy Secretary Armitage. He is married to the former Ms. Jordan Bredholt, and they have two sons named Lucas and Brody and a daughter named Rory. ******
Christopher M. Schroeder - Chief Executive Officer and Board Member, HealthCentral
Read Full Bio | Schroeder is a leading entrepreneur and investor in interactive technologies and social communications. He is Chief Executive Officer and Board Member of HealthCentral, the highest quality collection of condition and wellness-specific interactive experiences focused on people finding and sharing real-life experiences related to their health needs. Backed by Polaris Ventures, Sequoia Capital, The Carlyle Group, Allen & Co., and IAC/Interactive Corp (IAC), HealthCentral also manages the leading condition-specific health online advertising network. Schroeder is an investor and advisor for a series of technology start-ups and funds ranging from news and media, education, social networks and marketing. He is also engaged in exploring more global trends towards entrepreneurship, with a special focus on the developing world and the Middle East. … veteran of online media, Schroeder served as CEO and Publisher of Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, which hosts washingtonpost.com and newsweek.msnbc.com, among other leading news sites. Previously, Schroeder was CEO and President of LEGI-SLATE, INC, a leading online B2B provider of information on federal and state legislation and regulation, which he sold. …Prior to joining The Washington Post, Schroeder was a partner with Thayer Capital Partners, a leading private equity company in Washington, DC, and with the investment bank Salomon Brothers in New York, focusing on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions projects for a wide range of Fortune 500 companies. Schroeder has also had extensive government experience, serving in leading management roles in President George Bush’s 1988 and 1992 election campaigns, and working on Secretary of State James A. Baker’s staff with then Under Secretary (and currently President of the World Bank) Robert Zoellick. …Schroeder was a co-founder, and served as Chairman of the Online Publishers Association (OPA), a leading research and information organization comprised of the CEOs of top online quality content publishers (including MSNBC, The New York Times Company, Dow Jones and ESPN). …Schroeder writes and speaks extensively on the internet and consumer behavior, and has been published in The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek and media magazines. The Washington Post most recently published his observations on a gathering of entrepreneurs he participated in that was held in the Middle East. He actively supports the Center for New American Security (CNAS), Business Executives for National Security (BENS) and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), and is a member of The Council on Foreign Relations, French American Foundation and American Council on Germany. He is a co-founder of activities for the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) and advises the National Gallery of Art. … He is married to Alexandra Coburn, and has three children: Jack, Julia and Ben.******
Sarah Sewall - Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard University
Read Full Bio | “Sewall has worked at the nexus of national security and humanitarianism throughout her career in government, academia, and non-governmental organizations.” She previously had served for six years as Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell. Just prior to joining the Kennedy School, she edited The United States and the International Criminal Court (2002) at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She serves on the Center for Naval Analysis Defense Advisory Committee, the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Offensive Information Operations and several “non-profit” boards. Educated at Harvard and Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, she lives in Wayland, MA with her husband, a State Representative, and their four daughters. ******
“Ambassador” Wendy Sherman - Vice Chair, The Albright Stonebridge Group
Read Full Bio | Sherman is Vice Chair of Albright Stonebridge Group, a global strategy firm, and a member of the Investment Committee of Albright Capital Management, an affiliated investment advisory firm focused on emerging markets. …Sherman served as Counselor and chief troubleshooter for the State Department, as well as Special Advisor to President Clinton and Policy Coordinator on North Korea. In that role, Ambassador Sherman worked as a close advisor to former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on every major foreign policy and national security issue. …From 1993 to 1996, under Secretary of State Warren Christopher, she was Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs. Among other issues, she led the successful efforts to gain broad support for the Dayton Accords and obtain funding for Russia and the newly independent states after the break-up of the Soviet Union. She was also a partner in the political and media consulting firm of Doak, Shrum, Harris and Sherman, and also served as director of EMILY’s List. …Sherman serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of Oxfam America. She also serves on the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Policy Board, a group tasked with providing the secretary of defense with independent, informed advice and opinion concerning matters of defense policy. In 2008, Ambassador Sherman was appointed by Congressional Leadership to serve on the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Proliferation and Terrorism. …She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Aspen Strategy Group and serves on the Board of Advisors for the Center for a New American Security and the Truman National Security Project. She is also a member of the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue and a regular participant of the Australian American Leadership Dialogue. ******
Tobby Simon - Founder, President and CEO, Synergia
Read Full Bio | Founder, President, and CEO of Synergia; a strategic international consulting organization which provides advisory and implementation services across a wide range of sectors, helping companies transform their businesses. Tobby’s professional career began in 1988 with Hoechst Marion Roussel (HMR). He rapidly rose to become the Commercial Manager of the holding company. Subsequently he joined The Lyka Group as General Manager of Marketing, responsible for both domestic and global markets. …Tobby is a member of the International Council of the Belfer Center of Science and International Affairs at The John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, a member and invitee to The Trilateral Commission, a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), and a member of the core committee on Public Policy of the World Information Technology Services Alliance (WITSA). …In addition to his business endeavors Tobby is committed to a variety of “humanitarian causes”. He has worked closely with Nobel Prize winner, Medicines Sans Frontier in order to validate manufacturing facilities of Cipla, Ranbaxy and Aurobindo. This has enabled the WHO (World Health Organization) to procure less expensive anti-retroviral drugs from India. This project is “helping” millions of people affected by illness in Asia, Africa and South America. He has collaborated with the World Bank Group in critical “relief” projects to “help” the victims of the Gujarat earthquake and the South Asian Tsunami. Tobby has also been deeply involved in the education and development of children in a number of institutions and societies like Sneha Nilaya, ECHO, Action Aid, World Vision, Akshya Patra, Little Sisters For The Poor, Missionaries of Charity (Mysore and Bangalore), Sumanahalli (for people suffering from leprosy) and Good Shepherds Convent.******
Ike Skelton IV - Partner, Husch Blackwell LLP
Read Full Bio | Ike advises clients on a variety of legal and public policy issues, especially matters relating to national defense, small business and international trade. Prior to joining the firm as Partner, Ike served as the U.S. Representative from Missouri’s Fourth District (1977-2011). As U.S. Representative, Ike’s focus was on issues involving jobs and the economy, the War in Afghanistan, military health insurance reform and standing up for the U.S. men and women in uniform. [Good job Ike, or, NOT.] Ike was instrumental in the enactment of the Goldwater-Nichols Act, which simplified the chains of command, reduced inter-service rivalries, and implemented shared procurement processes between the branches. He also played an active role in bringing the B-2 Stealth Bomber to Whiteman Air Force Base and the Army Engineer, Chemical and Military Police Schools to Fort Leonard Wood, both located in Missouri’s Fourth District.******
Anne-Marie Slaughter - Bert G. Kerstetter ’66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University
Read Full Bio | AKA Anne-Marie Burley. B. 1958. Director of Policy Planning (2009-); Member of the Board of McDonald’s (2004-06); Citigroup Economic and Political Strategies Advisory Group; Atlantic Council; Bill Bradley for President; Council on Foreign Relations; Foreign Policy Association Board of Directors; Hillary Clinton for President; Inter-American Dialogue; New America Foundation Board of Directors; Obama for America; Trilateral Commission. Husband: Andrew Moravcsik (Harvard professor, two sons); Son: Edward; Son: Alexander.******
Jim Thomas - Vice President for Studies, The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
Read Full Bio | Prior to joining CSBA, he was Vice President of Applied Minds, Inc., a private research and development company specializing in rapid, interdisciplinary technology prototyping. Before that, Jim served for thirteen years in a variety of policy, planning and resource analysis posts in the Department of Defense, culminating in his dual appointment as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Resources and Plans and Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy. In these capacities, he was responsible for the development of the Defense Strategy, conventional force planning, resource assessment, and the oversight of war plans. He spearheaded the 2005-2006 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), and was the principal author of the QDR Report to Congress. …Jim began his career in national security at Los Alamos National Laboratory, analyzing foreign technological lessons learned from the first Gulf War. After serving as research assistant to Ambassador Paul H. Nitze, Jim joined the Department of Defense as a Presidential Management Intern in 1993 and undertook developmental management assignments across the Department of Defense over the next two years. From 1995 to 1998, he managed a NATO counter-proliferation initiative, etc. Jim is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the International Institute for Strategic Studies. ******
Richard Verma - Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Read Full Bio | Verma is a partner at the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where he is a member of the international and government affairs practice groups. Rich also serves as Counselor to the Albright Stonebridge Group, a global consulting firm, and is Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, where he works with the National Security and International Policy team. Rich most recently served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs, where he was a principal advisor to Secretary Clinton. Rich formerly was the Senior National Security Advisor to the Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, and he has worked in the House of Representatives for the late Congressman John P. Murtha. In 2008, he was appointed a member of the Commission to Prevent Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism, and he also served as a member of the Defense Department Presidential Transition Team. Rich is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and also a former country director for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. ..is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations******
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Staff
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Nathaniel C. Fick – Chief Executive Officer (see above)
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“Dr.” John A. Nagl – President
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Sharon E. Burke – Vice President for Natural Security (no longer listed)
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“Dr.” Kristin M. Lord – Vice President and Director of Studies
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“Dr.” David Asher - Non-Resident Senior Fellow (NEW listing)
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Melanie K. Baier - Executive Assistant to the President and CEO (NEW listing)
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“Lieutenant General” David W. Barno, USA (Ret.) - Senior Advisor and Senior Fellow (NEW listing)
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“Dr.” Nora Bensahel - Deputy Director of Studies and Senior Fellow (NEW listing)
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Nancy Berglass - Non-Resident Senior Fellow (NEW listing)
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Brian Burton – Research Associate (no longer listed)
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Eugene K. Chow - Research Assistant (no longer listed)
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Catherine Cloud - Development Coordinator (NEW listing)
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Sara Conneighton - External Relations Associate (NEW listing)
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“Dr.” Patrick Cronin – Senior Advisor and Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program
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Laura DeLucia - Operations Assistant (NEW listing)
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Abraham M. Denmark – Fellow (no longer listed)
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Andrew M. Exum – Senior Fellow
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Liz Fontaine – Publications Manager
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Richard Fontaine – Senior Advisor and Senior Fellow
Read Full Bio | He previously served as foreign policy advisor to Senator John McCain for more than five years. He has also worked at the State Department, the National Security Council and on the staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Prior to this, he served as associate director for Near Eastern affairs at the National Security Council (NSC) from 2003-04. During his time at the State Department, Mr. Fontaine worked in the office of former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is an adjunct professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. Fontaine lives in Falls Church, Va., with his wife and three children. ******
“Dr.” Jay Gulledge – Non-Resident Senior Fellow
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“Dr.” Margaret C. Harrell - Senior Fellow and Director of the Joining Forces Initiative (NEW listing)
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Ashley C. Hoffman – Deputy Director of External Relations (no longer listed)
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Zachary M. Hosford - Research Associate; Special Assistant to the CEO
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Matthew Irvine - Research Associate (NEW listing)
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“Dr.” Venilde A. Jeronimo – Director of Development (no longer listed)
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Massey Joseph – Operations Assistant (no longer listed)
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Robert D. Kaplan – Senior Fellow
Read Full Bio | B. 1952. Atlantic Monthly Correspondent; Foreign Policy Research Institute Board of Advisors. In 2009, he was appointed by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to the Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board, which advises the Secretary on key issues. He served on the Board through 2011. From 2006 to 2008, he was the Class of 1960 Distinguished Visiting Professor in National Security at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis. Wife: Maria (one son). ******
Ethan B. Kapstein – Non-Resident Senior Fellow
Read Full Bio | He has held positions as Stassen Professor of International Peace at the University of Minnesota, Vice President of the Council on Foreign Relations, Principal Administrator at the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, and Executive Director of the Economics and National Security Program at Harvard University. He is a former international banker and has served as an officer in the United States Navy. He has been a consultant to many private and public sector organizations, including the World Bank and OECD, and has been a visiting professor at Sciences Po (Paris), the University of Nice, the National Institute for Defense Studies (Tokyo) and the National War College (Washington, DC).******
“Dr.” David Kilcullen - Non-Resident Senior Fellow (NEW listing)
Read Full Bio | Kilcullen is the founding President and CEO of Caerus Associates LLC, a strategic design consultancy with a focus on the overlapping problems of conflict, climate change, energy, health and governance. Kilcullen also serves as an advisor to NATO and a consultant to the U.S. and allied governments, international institutions, industry and NGOs, in conflict and post-conflict environments and the developing world. Dr. Kilcullen is also an Adjunct Professor at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. Kilcullen served in Australia’s Office of National Assessments, then with the U.S. State Department. He first served as Chief Strategist in the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism and then as Special Adviser for Counterinsurgency to the Secretary of State. He served in the Iraq War as Senior Counterinsurgency Adviser to General David Petraeus during the successful 2007 “surge” and in Afghanistan as Counterinsurgency Adviser to the NATO International Security Assistance Force during 2009-2010. He was a member of the White House review of Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy in 2008, and he has advised the highest levels of the Bush and Obama administrations.******
“Colonel” Robert Killebrew (ret.) – Non-Resident Senior Fellow
Read Full Bio | Since retirement, Bob has served as a consultant to a variety of Defense Department and defense-related organizations, including the Department of Defense, US Army and Air Force, the Defense Research Projects Agency, US Joint Forces Command, the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment, the Project for a New American Century, Toffler Associates and as a consultant for a number of defense industries and public television. In 1999 he was appointed to the staff of the Hart-Rudman Commission on American defense needs for the 21st Century. He has also served as a paid consultant to National Public Radio and advises and comments on national security issues for other public media. He and his first trophy wife, Pixie, live in Newport News, Virginia. ******
“Major” Fernando Lujan - Visiting Fellow (NEW listing)
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“Dr.” Marc Lynch – Non-Resident Senior Fellow
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Ellen McHugh - Director of Operations (NEW listing)
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Yukinori Nishimae – Japanese Ministry of Defense Visiting Fellow (no longer listed)
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Shannon O’Reilly – Director of External Relations
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Christine Parthemore – Bacevich Fellow (no longer listed)
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Thomas E. Ricks – Senior Fellow
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Will Rogers – Research Assistant and Joseph S. Nye Jr. Internship Coordinator
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Travis Sharp – Research Associate; Bacevich Fellow
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Tiffany Sirc – Director of Operations (no longer listed)
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Joel E. Smith - Research Assistant (NEW listing)
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“Dr.” Richard Weitz – Non-Resident Senior Fellow
Read Full Bio | Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Political-Military Analysis at the Hudson Institute. His current areas of research include defense reform, WMD nonproliferation, homeland security, and U.S. policies towards Europe, the former Soviet Union, Asia. From 2003 to 2005, Dr. Weitz was a Senior Staff Member at the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis. From 2002 to 2004, Dr. Weitz was a consultant for the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Defense Science Board, and DFI International, Inc. He also has held positions with the Center for Strategic Studies, the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, and the U.S. Department of Defense. Weitz has published in such journals as The National Interest, The Washington Quarterly, NATO Review, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Defense Concepts, and The Journal of Strategic Studies. His commentaries have appeared in the International Herald Tribune, Baltimore Sun, The Guardian, The Christian Science Monitor, Washington Times, Wall Street Journal (Europe), and many internet-based publications such as those of the WashingtonPost.com and World Politics Review, where he is a contributing editor. Dr. Weitz has appeared on the BBC, CNN, C-SPAN, ABC, MSNBC, CBC, CTV, Al-Hurra, Al-Jazeera, Voice of America, Pacifica Radio, and additional broadcast media. He has delivered numerous presentations at conferences, panels, and other events. ——
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Military Fellows
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Lieutenant Commander Kendall Bridgewater, USN - Senior Military Fellow (NEW listing)
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COL Ross Brown – Senior Military Fellow (no longer listed)
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COL Joe Buche – Senior Military Fellow (no longer listed)
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CDR Herbert Carmen – Senior Military Fellow (no longer listed)
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Lieutenant Colonel Robert Clark, USMC - Senior Military Fellow (NEW listing)
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Lieutenant Colonel Thomas M. Cooper, USAF - Senior Military Fellow (NEW listing)
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Lieutenant Colonel Anthony DeMartino, USA - Senior Military Fellow (NEW listing)
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Commander Shannon Gilreath, USCG - Senior Military Fellow (NEW listing)
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LtCol Jeffery Goodes – Senior Military Fellow (no longer listed)
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Lt Col Kelly M. Martin - Senior Military Fellow (no longer listed)
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DJ Skelton – Non-Resident Military Fellow (no longer listed)
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Writers in Residence
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David Finkel - Senior Writer in Residence
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Eric Schmitt – Senior Writer in Residence (no longer listed)
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Thom Shanker – Senior Writer in Residence (no longer listed)
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