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Project on National Security Reform (PNSR)
“Transforming Government For The 21st Century”
-They give no physical address, that I can find, except D.C. and this>For general enquiries, please contact: info@pnsr.org. For media inquiries, please contact: media@pnsr.org or call (202) 643-7049. For interest in the Alliance for National Security Reform, please e-mail Dale Pfeifer at dpfeifer@pnsr.org. | Web: http://www.pnsr.org/index.asp. | Est. 2006.
I’ll be returning to this shortly…
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From their “About” (which is, of course, complete BS): http://www.pnsr.org/web/page/578/sectionid/578/pagelevel/1/interior.asp
The Project on National Security Reform (PNSR) is a “nonpartisan”, “nonprofit”, “public interest” organization working to “revitalize” the American government by transforming the national “security” system. …
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Board of Directors
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James R. Locher III - Executive Director, Project on National Security Reform
Locher has more than 25 years of professional experience in both the executive and legislative branches of the federal government, and is executive director of the Project on National Security Reform. Locher graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1968, received an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1974, and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Hampden-Sydney College in 1992. …Locher began his career in Washington as an executive trainee in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Subsequently, he served in the Executive Office of the President as executive secretary of the White House Working Group on Maritime Policy. Returning to the Pentagon, Locher worked in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Program Analysis and Evaluation. As an operations research analyst in the Mobility Forces and Naval Forces Divisions, he evaluated selected Navy and Marine Corps programs. …In 1978, Locher joined the Senate Committee on Armed Services as a professional staff member. Initially, he served as the senior adviser on international security affairs and force projection programs. In 1985, the committee assigned Locher responsibility for strategy and organization. He directed the bipartisan staff effort that resulted in the Goldwater-Nichols Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 and served as the senior staffer for the special operations and low-intensity conflict reform legislation, known as the Cohen-Nunn Amendment. …President George H. W. Bush appointed Locher to the post of assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict in October 1989. He supervised the special operations and low-intensity conflict activities of the Department of Defense, performed as the principal civilian adviser to the secretary of defense on these matters, and represented the secretary in senior subordinate groups of the National Security Council. He served as assistant secretary throughout the Bush administration and the first five months of the Clinton administration. During the latter period, Locher also served as acting under secretary of defense for policy. Upon leaving government service in June 1993, he was awarded the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service, the department’s highest civilian award. …Since 1993, Locher has been consulting, lecturing, and writing. He served as a senior consultant to the Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces and as a member of the Secretary of Defense’s Task Force on Defense Reform and the National Security Study Group of the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century. In 1999, Locher joined the board of directors of Power Medical Interventions, a medical device company. Subsequently, he was elected company secretary and later board vice chairman. In 2002, Texas A&M University Press published his book, Victory on the Potomac: The Goldwater-Nichols Act Unifies the Pentagon. …In 2003-04, Locher served as chairman of the Defense Reform Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2005, the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution awarded Locher its Medal of Honor for “outstanding service to the United States.”******
Joel Bagnal - Former Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Homeland Security Advisor
President of Detica Inc., a professional services company dedicated to solving complex analytical, policy, and technology challenges confronting America’s national security. …Before joining Detica, Bagnal worked in the White House from 2001 to 2008. He served as deputy assistant to the president and deputy homeland security advisor, taking on the position of acting homeland security and counterterrorism advisor from January to April 2008. In this capacity, Bagnal oversaw the development and coordination of national policy relating to incident management and continuity of operations. Bagnal was brought to the White House Office of Homeland Security as the director of Incident Management and Threat Countermeasures, where he helped develop the National Strategy for Homeland Security and policy for national incident management. …Bagnal’s years in the White House were interrupted from July 2004 to May 2005, when he served as a special assistant to the commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and the United States Northern Command. Bagnal has also served as a special assistant to the director of the Homeland Security Task Force, Office of the Secretary of Defense; senior advisor to the deputy chief of staff for programs of the United States Army from June 2000 to September 2001; and as a domestic preparedness officer from September 1999 to May 2000, where he trained first responders on weapons of mass destruction consequence management in the nation’s largest cities. …From August 1998 to August 1999, Bagnal served as chief of operations for Multinational Division North and Task Force Eagle in Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina during the Kosovo Air Campaign. Bagnal is a graduate of the United States Military Academy, and held command and staff positions as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army from 1986 to 1996.******
Dennis Blair – Former Director of National Intelligence
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John McLaughlin - Senior Fellow, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University
30 years at the CIA.******
Jeffrey H. Smith - Partner, Arnold & Porter
Smith is the responsible partner for the Arnold & Porter government contracts and public policy group. …In October 1996, Smith rejoined the firm after serving as general counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency from May 1995 to September 1996. In May 1993, Secretary of Defense William Perry appointed Smith to the congressionally mandated Commission to Review the Roles and Missions of the Armed Services. Previously, he chaired the Joint Security Commission established by Secretary of Defense Les Aspin and Director of Central Intelligence Robert James Woolsey to review security policy and practices in the defense and intelligence communities. In late 1992 and early 1993, he served as the chief of the Clinton transition team at the Department of Defense. …Prior to joining Arnold & Porter, Smith served as the general counsel of the Senate Armed Services Committee. He was also Senator Sam Nunn’s designee to the Iran/Contra Committee and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Before working for the Senate, Smith was an assistant legal adviser at the Department of State. Earlier, as an Army judge advocate general officer, he served as the Pentagon’s lawyer for the Panama Canal negotiations. …A 1966 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy and a 1971 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, Smith was appointed by President Clinton in 1993 to the Board of Visitors of the Military Academy. He is a member of the Committee of Visitors of the University of Michigan Law School. He is also a member of the boards of trustees of Aerospace Corporation and the Henry L. Stimson Center, the board of directors of The Education for Employment Foundation and serves as general counsel of the Goldwater Foundation. He has lectured and written on national security and international law, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. | http://www.aero.org/corporation/board/board.html |——
“Guiding Coalition“
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James R. Locher III -President and CEO, Project on National Security Reform (see above)
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Norman R. Augustine - Former Chairman and CEO, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Augustine is the former Chairman and CEO of the Lockheed Martin Corporation, and currently serves on the Board of Directors for Phillips Petroleum, Proctor & Gamble, Black and Decker, and Lockheed Martin. He spent 10 years in the Federal Government, including a term as Under Secretary of the Army. After retiring from the industrial sector, Augustine taught at Princeton University in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. He has also been a trustee of Johns Hopkins, MIT, and Princeton, and he currently serves as a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Advisory Council. …Among Augustine’s many honors are the National Medal of Technology and the U.S. Department of Defense’s highest civilian award, the Distinguished Service Medal, given to him five times. Most recently, he was awarded the 2005 AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize and the 2006 Public Welfare Medal from the National Academy of Science. Augustine served as chairman and principal officer of the American Red Cross for nine years and as chairman of the NAE, the AUSA, the AIA, and the Defense Science Board. He is a former president of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Boy Scouts of America. He holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Aeronautical Engineering from Princeton, and has been awarded 18 honorary degrees.******
Joel Bagnal - Former Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Homeland Security Advisor (see above)
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Robert D. Blackwill - Senior Fellow, RAND Corporation
”Ambassador” Robert Blackwill joined the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California, as a senior fellow in July 2008. From 2004 to 2008, Blackwill served as president of Barbour Griffith & Rogers International, a Washington consulting and government affairs firm. …Before coming to Barbour Griffith & Rogers, Blackwill was deputy assistant to the president and deputy national security advisor for strategic planning under President George W. Bush. In this position, Blackwill was responsible for government-wide policy planning to help develop and coordinate the mid- and long-term direction of American foreign policy. He also served as presidential envoy to Iraq and was the administration’s coordinator for U.S. policies regarding Afghanistan and Iran. …Blackwill went to the National Security Council after serving as the U.S. Ambassador to India from 2001 to 2003. …Blackwill has also been the Belfer lecturer in international security at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. During his 14 years as a Harvard faculty member, he was associate dean of the Kennedy School, taught foreign and defense policy and public policy analysis, and was faculty chair for executive training programs for business and government leaders from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the Palestinian Authority, Israel and Kazakhstan, as well as military general officers from Russia and the People’s Republic of China. …Earlier in his career, Blackwill was the U.S. Ambassador to conventional arms negotiations with the Warsaw Pact, principal deputy assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs and principal deputy assistant secretary of state for European affairs. …The author and editor of many books and articles on Transatlantic relations, Russia and the West, the Greater Middle East and Asian security, Blackwill is a trustee and on the Council of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a member of the Aspen Strategy Group, a member of the Trilateral Commission, and on the boards of the Nixon Center and Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He was awarded the Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit by the Federal Republic of Germany for his contribution to German unification during his time as special assistant to President George H.W. Bush for European and Soviet Affairs. Additionally, Blackwill is the recipient of the 2007 Bridge-Builder Award for his role in transforming U.S.-India relations. Each year the US-India Business Council confers “The Robert Dean Blackwill Award” to an individual who has made a major contribution to business interactions between the United States and India.******
Dennis Blair – Former Director of National Intelligence (see above)
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Charles G. Boyd - President and CEO, Business Executives for National Security
Business Executives for National Security – director; Forterra Systems – director; In-Q-Tel – trustee; United Nations Association- director. Past: Business Executives for National Security – president & CEO; DRS Technologies, Inc. – director; Hart-Rudman National Security Commission – executive director; U.S. Air Force – general.******
Daniel W. Christman - Senior Vice President for International Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Atlantic Council of the United States – director; Entegris, Inc.- director. Past: Center for International Private Enterprise – director; Kimsey Foundation – president & executive director; United Services Automobile Association – director; United States Council for International Business – trustee; U.S. Army – lieutenant general; U.S. Chamber of Commerce – SVP; U.S. Military Academy – superintendent. Susan Christman – spouse.******
Wesley K. Clark - Former Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Ruth A. David - President and CEO, Analytic Services, Inc.
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Leon Fuerth - Research Professor, George Washington University
Fuerth is the former National Security Advisor to Vice President Al Gore. Following eleven years as a Foreign Service Officer, Fuerth joined then- Congressman Gore’s staff as senior legislative assistant for national security, focusing on issues of arms control and strategic stability. As the Vice President’s National Security Advisor, Fuerth served simultaneously on the Deputies’ and Principals’ Committees of the National Security Council, alongside the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the President’s own National Security Advisor. He created and managed five bi-national commissions, etc.******
Edmund Giambastiani Jr. - Admiral, United States Navy (Ret.); Chairman, Board of Directors, Alenia North America
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Robert M. “Bob” Kimmitt – Former Deputy Secretary, Department of Treasury
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James M. Loy - Former Deputy Secretary, Department of Homeland Security
Age in 2011: 68. Cohen Group – senior counselor; L-1 Identity Solutions Inc. – director; Lockheed Martin Corporation – director; ProtectingAmerica.org- national co-chair. Past: Transportation Security Administration – administrator; U.S. Coast Guard – commandant; U.S. Department of Homeland Security – deputy secretary.******
Jessica Tuchman Mathews - President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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John M. McConnell - Former Director of National Intelligence
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John McLaughlin - Senior Fellow, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University (see above)
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“Dr.” John A. Nagl - President, Center for a New American Security
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James A. Nussle - Former Director, Office of Management and Budget
B. 1960. Nussle served in the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from IA. Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget – director; Growth Energy- president & COO. Past: 2006 Jim Nussle gubernatorial campaign – unsuccessful candidate; 2008 Rudy Giuliani presidential campaign – adviser; George W. Bush administration – OMB director; U.S. House of Representatives – former members – N – member; U.S. Office of Management and Budget – director.******
Joseph S. Nye, Jr. - Professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
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Thomas R. Pickering - Former U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations
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Tom Ridge – Former Secretary of Homeland Security
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Brent Scowcroft - Former Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
B. 1925. The Scowcroft Group President; Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board Chairman (2001-04); Defense Policy Board; White House National Security Advisor (1989-93); Kissinger Associates Vice Chairman (1982-89); White House National Security Advisor (1975-77); White House Deputy National Security Advisor (1973-75); Member of the Board of Qualcomm (1994-); George Bush Presidential Library Trustee; America Abroad Media Advisory Board; American Academy of Diplomacy; American Council on Germany Board of Directors; Americans for a Republican Majority; Atlantic Council Director; Atlantic Institute for International Affairs; Atlantic Partnership Trustee; Bretton Woods Committee; Bush-Cheney ’04; Center for Strategic & International Studies; Cordell Hull Institute Board of Directors; Council on Foreign Relations; Eisenhower Fellowships Trustee; Forum for International Policy Trustee; Friends of Dick Lugar; George C. Marshall Foundation Council of Advisors; George W. Bush for President; Gerald R. Ford Foundation Trustee; Good Government for America Committee; Inter-American Dialogue; International Republican Institute Board of Directors; John McCain 2008; McCain 2000; McCain for Senate ’98; National Republican Senatorial Committee; Nixon Center Board of Directors; Pacific Council on International Policy; Romney for President; Straight Talk America; Presidential Medal of Freedom 1991; National Security Medal; Knight of the British Empire 1993; Funeral: Richard Nixon (1994); Funeral: Gerald Ford (2007) Honorary Pallbearer. Wife: Marian Horner Scowcroft (d., one daughter).******
Jeffrey H. Smith - Partner, Arnold & Porter (see above)
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Kenneth R. Weinstein - CEO, Hudson Institute
Kenneth R. Weinstein - CEO, Hudson Institute
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Anthony C. Zinni - Former Commander, U.S. Central Command
Atlantic Council of the United States – director; BAE Systems Inc. – chairman; Battle Ready – co-author; Center for Defense Information – fellow; First Command Financial Services – advisory board member; MHI Hospitality Corporation – director; M.I.C. Industries, Inc. – advisory board member; The Battle for Peace – co-author; Virginia Military Institute- professor. Past: DynCorp International – EVP; George W. Bush administration – Middle East envoy; National Constitution Center – trustee; U.S. Marine Corps – general. James L. Jones Jr. – friend.——
Staff
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Nancy Bearg - Senior Advisor
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/nancy-bearg/6/85/809 - “High-level National Security Professional.” Partner at Reboot Partners LLC; Senior Advisor at Project on National Security Reform; Adjunct Professor at Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University. Past: Committee member at National Academies of Science; Senior Advisor, US Engagement with the Muslim World at Search for Common Ground; President and CEO at EnterpriseWorks/VITA; Director for International Peace, Security and Prosperity at The Aspen Institute; Director for International Programs and Public Diplomacy at National Security Council; Volunteer overseas at Public Service; National Security Advisor to the Vice President of the United States at Office of the Vice President; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Manpower, Resources, and Personnel Affairs at Department of the U.S. Air Force, Department of Defense; Director of Policy Analysis, Near East, Africa and South Asia (OSD/ISA) at United States Department of Defense; Program and Budget Analyst, National Security and International Affairs Division at Congressional Budget Office; Professional Staff member at Senate Armed Services Committee; Assistant, Program Analysis Directorate at National Security Council; Intern, Nigeria Desk at US Department of State. Washington D.C. Metro Area.******
Richard Chasdi - Distinguished Fellow
http://www.clas.wayne.edu/unit-faculty-detail.asp?FacultyID=801 - “Chasdi is an expert in international conflict and terrorism issues. He is the author of three books on terrorism and counterterrorism.” -(313) 577-3453 -rchasdi@aol.com******
John Depenbrock - Chief Operating Officer
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Jack Gatesy - Chief Financial Officer
* http://www.linkedin.com/in/jackgatesy - CFO and Administrative Officer at Project on National Security Reform. Past: Senior Manager Finance and Operations at CORPTAX, LLC; Senior Manager Finance & Operations in Tax Technologies Services at Deloitte; Vice President of Finance & Administration at Frank Lynn & Associates Inc; Director of Finance & Administration at Cassiday, Schade LLP; Vice President, Finance Manager at Northern Trust Bank. Greater Chicago Area.
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Rahul Gupta - Senior Advisor
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Christopher Holshek - Senior Associate
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/christopher-holshek/1a/842/aba - Country Project Manager at Defense Institutional Reform Initiative; Senior Associate, Project on National Security Reform at Project on National Security Reform. Past: USEUCOM MILREP to USAID at U.S. European Command; International Peace Operations Consultant and U.S. Army Civil Affairs Officer at Summary / Professional Experience and Goals; Senior U.S. Military Observer and Chief, Civil-Military Coordination, UN Mission in Liberia at United Nations.******
Daniel R. Langberg - Deputy Director for Interagency Teams and Planning
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Jack LeCuyer - Distinguished Fellow; Subject Matter Expert- Strategic Management
..a retired U.S. Army colonel and a former White House Fellow, is Executive Director of the White House Fellows Foundation and Association.******
John T. Morton - Distinguished Fellow; Subject Matter Expert- Homeland Security
The assistant secretary of homeland security for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). | New Immigration Policy to Restrict Illegal Immigrant Deportations - ICE Assistant Secretary John Morton, seen here, wrote the Aug. 20 memo to Peter Vincent.******
Nate Olson - Director of Government Relations
From Oxford.******
Doug Orton – Senior Associate
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Dale Pfeifer - Director of Strategic Communications and Network Development
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Tom Rautenberg - Director of Strategy and Development
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Sheila Ronis - Distinguished Fellow; Vision Working Group Leader
http://www.uscc.gov/bios/2006bios/06_07_17bios/ronis_sheila.php [U.S./China Economic and Security Review Commision.] - Ronis is President of The University Group, Inc., a management consulting firm, and think tank specializing in strategic management, visioning, national security and public policy, etc.******
Ed Rowe - Senior Advisor
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ed-rowe/17/8ba/946 - “Independent Military Professional.” Past: Adjunct Professor at Birmingham-Southern College; Assistant for Policy Coordination, ODASD Special Operations and Combating Terrorism at US Department of Defense; Assistant for Policy Coordination, ODASD (SO & CT) at OASD SO/LIC (SO&CT); Assistant for Policy Coordination at ASD SO/LIC; Chief of Staff and Assistant for Policy Coordination, Special Operations and Combating Terrorism at United States Department of Defense, OASD (SO/LIC) e; Chief of Staff and Assistant for Policy Coordination, Special Operations and Combating Terrorism at United States Department of Defense, OASD (SO/LIC) e; Chief of Staff and Assistant for Policy Coordination, Special Operations and Combating Terrorism at United States Department of Defense, OASD (SO/LIC) e. Birmingham, Alabama Area.******
Leland Russell - Senior Advisor
http://www.linkedin.com/in/lelandrussell - “Leadership In FastTime® / Excellence In Execution .” Founder / President at GEO Group Strategic Services, Inc.. Past: Strategic Advisor at Project on National Security Reform; Strategic Advisor at EastWest Institute; Member at The Learning Network. Orange County, California Area.******
Myra Shiplett - Distinguished Fellow; Subject Matter Expert- Human Capital
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Rei Tang - Research Analyst
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Major Terence G. Taylor - U.S. Air Force Fellow
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Steven A.F. Trevino - Senior Advisor
http://www.linkedin.com/in/steventrevino - Chief Architect at Innovation Genome Project (new Strategic Innovation initiative); Vice President at PRTM Management Consulting; Senior Advisor National Security Strategy at Project National Security Reform (PNSR); Vice President Strategic Innovation at PRTM Management Consultants; Executive Director at Resilient Civilization. Past: Senior Advisor Innovation Finance & Resilience at Naveste; Senior Executive Advisor Risk & Resilience Advisors (R2A) at Booz & Company; Technical Leader at Whole Systems Change Summits; Senior Executive Advisor at Booz Allen Hamilton; Global Consequence Management Advisor at United States Department of Defense; Vice President National Advanced Technology Applications at 21st Century Technologies; Director Strategy Outreach at U.S. Global Strategy Council.******
Wally Walters – Chief of Staff
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Richard Weitz - Senior Advisor and Case Studies Editor
Weitz is a senior fellow and director of the Center for Political-Military Affairs at Hudson Institute. He analyzes mid- and long-term national and international political-military issues, including by employing scenario-based planning. His current areas of research include defense reform, counterterrorism, homeland security, and U.S. policies towards Europe, the former Soviet Union, Asia, and the Middle East.——
“Distinguished” Alumni
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Guiding Coalition
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Adm. Dennis C. Blair – Former Director of National Intelligence (see above)
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Ashton B. Carter – Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisitions, Technology, and Logistics
Obama’s Commissars « Fed up USA * “Defense” – DoD « Fed up USA * A to Z « Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Webnet * 9/11 Perps: A-H| Title: Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics. “…co-authored paper, “Catastrophic Terrorism: A National Policy” with Zelikow and Deutch; senior partner at Global Technology Partners, an affiliate of Rothschild North America.” | Barack Obama administration – defense acquisitions czar; Council on Foreign Relations – member; U.S. Department of Defense – under secretary. “Past”: Goldman Sachs Group Inc. – consultant; John F. Kennedy School of Government – professor; Lincoln Laboratory – advisory board member; MITRE Corporation – consultant, trustee; Noblis, Inc. – director; Preventive Defense Project – co-director; Secretary of State’s International Security Advisory Board - member. …lives and/or works in Cambridge, MA.
-Ashton B Carter 1177 22nd St NW, Unit 4K; Washington, DC 20037-1256 [50-54]
-Ashton B Carter 7 S Peninsula Dr, Apt 1; Daytona Beach, FL 32118-4449
-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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Michèle Flournoy – Undersecretary of Defense for Policy
<–husband, W. Scott Gould, Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs. | Project for a New American Century (PNAC … – Fed up USA * W. Scott M. Gould and Michele A. Flournoy Gould | Aspen Strategy Group – member; Barack Obama administration – under secretary of defense; Center for Strategic and International Studies – senior associate; Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism – member; Council on Foreign Relations – member; U.S. Department of Defense – under secretary. Past: 2008 Obama-Biden transition team – member; Center for a New American Security – president; EMILY’s List – strategist; Fannie Mae Foundation – president & CEO; National Defense University – professor; White House state dinner (11/24/2009) – invited guest. (They have) three children and reside in the Washington, D.C. area. -Michele A Flournoy 6725 Honesty Dr; Bethesda, MD 20817-5516 (301) 320-0797 [Scott M Gould, Dana Gould, Stacey H Gould]
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James L. Jones – Former Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
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Carlos Pascual – U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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James Steinberg – Deputy Secretary of State
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Staff
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Adam Garfinkle (Editorial Consultant) – Editor of the American Interest
The “American Interest,” my ass.******
Daniel Korski (Senior Advisor) – Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations
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Christopher R. Lamb (Director of Research and Analysis) – Interim Director of the Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University
Lamb currently serves as the Director, Center for Strategic Research in the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS) at National Defense University. He joined the Institute in January 2004 as a Distinguished Research Fellow. He conducts research on national security strategy, policy and organizational reform, and on defense strategy, requirements, plans and programs. …Prior to joining INSS Dr. Lamb served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Resources and Plans where he had oversight of requirements, acquisition, and resource allocation matters for the Under Secretary of Defense (Policy). He was responsible for Strategic Planning Guidance, Transformation Planning Guidance, Contingency Planning Guidance, the Information Operations Roadmap and oversight of Combatant Commander contingency planning. …”Dr.” Lamb has been Director of Policy Planning in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict; Deputy Director for Military Development on the State Department’s Interagency Task Force for Military Stabilization in the Balkans; and as Director for Requirements and Plans in the Office of Secretary of Defense. …From 1985 to 1992 Dr. Lamb was a Foreign Service Officer, serving in Haiti and Ivory Coast. He received his doctorate in International Relations from Georgetown University in 1986. From 1993 through 1998 he was an Adjunct Professor in the National Security Studies program at Georgetown University. …In 2008 Dr. Lamb was assigned to lead the Project for National Security Reform (PNSR) study of the national security system, which led to the 2008 report, “Forging a New Shield.” His recent research also includes studies on national security and defense reform, military requirements and transformation, strategic communications, and special operations forces. …Dr. Lamb has received the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Joint Distinguished Civilian Service Award, a Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious Senior Executive Service, the Superior Honor award from the Department of State, and Meritorious Civilian Service awards from the Department of Defense.—
Working Group Leaders and Members
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Limor Ben-Har (Human Capital Deputy)
http://il.linkedin.com/pub/limor-ben-har/2/884/94 - “IndustryPublic Policy.” “Israel.”******
David Berteau (Resources Working Group Leader)
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/exed/sites/nss/Senior_Advisory_Board/ - Senior Advisor and Director of the CSIS Defense Industrial Initiatives Group; former Director of Homeland Security, Homeland Defense, Clark and Weinstock; former Senior Vice President for Science Applications International Corporation; former NSS Director. | http://www.strausscenter.org/people/distinguished.******
John Bordeaux (Knowledge Management Working Group Leader)
President, Bordeaux & Associates LLC. “John developed 28 years of experience working on issues of national security and knowledge management. His work has focused on Organizational Informatics, where he has explored the role of information and communication systems in organizations. …Most recently, Dr. Bordeaux served as the Director of Knowledge Innovation for the Stupski Foundation, a private operating Foundation based in San Francisco and focused on improving college and life readiness for children of poverty and color. John led the Foundation’s knowledge management and organizational learning efforts. As director of Knowledge Innovation, John developed systems and practices to manage knowledge, assess impact and foster learning within the foundation, among a network of partners, and for the client state and district leaders. …Prior to this position John was Chief Knowledge Officer and Senior Principal at SRA International, an international consulting firm, where he served clients in national security and healthcare. His work there included support for clients such as the Missile Defense Agency, DoD Joint Staff, Office of the Secretary for Health and Human Services, the U.S. Navy, and the Veterans Administration. John most recently led the Knowledge Management working group for the Project on National Security Reform.******
Daniel M. Gerstein (Process Working Group Co-Leader)
http://www.amazon.com/Daniel-M.-Gerstein/e/B001HOR1WS - Gerstein is strategist and policy expert with a PhD in Biodefense. He has served in the security and defense fields in a variety of strategic and operational assignments dealing with national strategy, arms control, international negotiations, and conflict analysis. He also served on Holbrooke Delegation that negotiated the peace settlement in Bosnia, analyzed negotiating positions for the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) talks, and developed an initiative to improve cross border communications between Colombia and neighboring Andean Ridge nations. Additionally, Dr. Gerstein was selected to lead the Army’s most comprehensive restructuring since World War II called Transformation (2000-2001) and served on the Secretary of the Army’s Transition Team (2004-2005). Most recently, he also served on the Project for National Security Reform (PNSR) which was charged with developing a new national security act to reflect the changing security environment (2007-2008). A resident of Alexandria, VA, he is the author of Securing America’s Future, Leading at the Speed of Light, and Assignment Pentagon.******
Kathleen Hicks (Process Working Group Co-Leader) – Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Forces
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Erik Leklem (Overarching Issues Leader)
<–Senior Civilian Advisor, Afghan Ministry of Defense at NATO Training Mission – Afghanistan (NTM-A).******
Vikram Singh (Overarching Issues Deputy) – Senior Defense Advisor to the Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan
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Janet Breslin-Smith (Congress Theme Team Lead)
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Charles Stevenson (Congress and Oversight Working Group Co-Leader)
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/charlie-stevenson/4/664/230 - “Independent International Affairs Professional.” Professorial Lecturer at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Past: Professor of National Security Policy at National War College; LA at U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen. Washington, DC area.——
