OUR TEAM
Founders
Sergio Aguirre
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Former Chief of Staff to the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Former Director, National Security Council
Nitin Chadda
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Former Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defense and Former Director, National Security Council
Team
Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley
Senior Advisor
Former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Malta and Former Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, U.S. Department of State
Christine Abizaid
Principal
Former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center and Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia
Ambassador Erica Barks Ruggles
Senior Advisor
Former Head of U.S. Mission to UNESCO and Former Ambassador to Rwanda, U.S. Department of State
Shawn Barnes
Senior Advisor
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Congressional Budget and Appropriations Liaison
Lincoln Bloomfield
Senior Advisor
Former Special Envoy and Former Assistant Secretary for Political Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Rebecca Brocato
Senior Advisor
Former Special Assistant to the President and Former Chief of Staff, Development Finance Corporation
Harry G. Broadman
Principal
Former Chief of Staff, President’s Council of Economic Advisers; Former U.S. Assistant Trade Representative; and Former Managing Director, Albright Capital Management
General Vincent K. Brooks, USA (Ret.)
Principal
Former Commander of the United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, and United States Forces Korea
Ron Clark
Principal
Former Deputy Under Secretary, Department of Homeland Security and Former Acting Senior Director and Director, National Security Council
John Conger
Senior Advisor
Former Acting Assistant Secretary for Energy, Installations, and Environment, U.S. Department of Defense
John Costello
Principal
Former Chief of Staff and Principal Architect, Office of the National Cyber Director
J.D. Crouch
Principal
Former Deputy National Security Advisor and Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy
Maeve Cuddy
Associate
Ivo Daalder
Principal
Former Ambassador to NATO and Former Director for European Affairs, National Security Council
Preston Dunlap
Senior Advisor
Former Chief Technology Officer and Chief Architect Officer, U.S. Air Force and Space Force
Elizabeth Economy
Principal
Former Senior Advisor for China to the Secretary, Department of Commerce
Jonathan Elkind
Senior Advisor
Former Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, Department of Energy
Paul Farley
Senior Advisor
Former Assistant Director for South and Central Asia, Central Intelligence Agency
Brett Freedman
Senior Advisor
Former Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of Justice National Security Division
Michael Fuchs
Senior Advisor
Former Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the Vice President, and Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Dana Gansman
Senior Operations Associate
Michelle Gavin
Senior Advisor
Former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Botswana and Former U.S. Representative to the Southern Africa Development Community
Eric Green
Senior Advisor
Former Senior Director for Russia and Central Asia, National Security Council
Adam M. Golodner
Senior Advisor
Former Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division
Henry Haggard
Senior Advisor
Former Minister Counselor for Political Affairs, U.S. Embassy Seoul, and Director for UK and the Eastern Mediterranean, National Security Council
Christian Healion
Director
Emily Horne
Senior Advisor
Former Special Assistant to the President and Former Spokesperson, National Security Council
Michael Horowitz
Senior Advisor
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Development and Emerging Capabilities
Michael Irving
Senior Associate
Ambassador Jim Jeffrey
Senior Advisor
Former Deputy National Security Advisor and Former Special Envoy to the Coalition to Defeat ISIS
Andrea Kendall-Taylor
Senior Advisor
Former Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Russia and Eurasia, National Intelligence Council, and Former Senior Analyst, Central Intelligence Agency
Vice Admiral Joe Kernan, USN (Ret.)
Principal
Former Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security
Sean Kirkpatrick
Senior Advisor
Former Deputy Director of Intelligence and DNI Representative to U.S. Space Command
Kate Almquist Knopf
Senior Advisor
Former Director of the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, U.S. Department of Defense, and Former Assistant Administrator for Africa, USAID
Harry Krejsa
Senior Advisor
Former Assistant Director for Strategy, White House Office of the National Cyber Director
Alexis Prieur L’Heureux
Vice President
Former Chief of Staff, Office of U.S. Congressman Seth Moulton
Linda Lourie
Prinicpal
Former Assistant Director for Research and Technology Security, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
General Stephen R. Lyons, USA (Ret.)
Senior Advisor
Former Presidential Special Envoy for Ports and Supply Chains and Former Commander, U.S. Transportation Command
Vice Admiral Joe Maguire, USN (Ret.)
Principal
Former Acting Director of National Intelligence and Former Director, National Counterterrorism Center
Kaye McKean
Senior Associate
Kevin Merrigan
Senior Advisor
Former Vice President, Department of Defense Business Development, General Dynamics Corporation
Nicholas Monaco
Senior Associate
Admiral Bill Moran, USN (Ret.)
Principal
Former Vice Chief of Naval Operations and Former Chief of Naval Personnel, U.S. Navy
Daniel Poneman
Principal
Former Deputy Secretary of Energy and Former Special Assistant to the President for Nonproliferation and Export Controls
Ambassador Dennis Ross
Senior Advisor
Former Special Assistant to the President and Former Senior Director for the Central Region, National Security Council
Danny Russel
Principal
Former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs and Former Senior Director for Asian Affairs, National Security Council
Rear Admiral Lorin Selby, USN (Ret.)
Principal
Former Chief of Naval Research and Former Chief Engineer, U.S. Navy
Arun A. Seraphin
Senior Advisor
Former Professional Staff Member, U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services
Vice Admiral Bob Sharp, USN (Ret.)
Principal
Former Director, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Ambassador Dana Shell Smith
Principal
Former U.S. Ambassador to the State of Qatar and Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
Michael Singh
Senior Advisor
Former Senior Director for Near East and North African Affairs, National Security Council
Vikram Singh
Senior Vice President
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia
David Skilling
Senior Advisor
Former Senior Advisor to the Secretary, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Rebecca Skoryanc
Director of Operations
Christopher Smart
Principal
Former Special Assistant to the President for Economics, Trade and Investment and Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe and Eurasia, U.S. Treasury
Jamie Smith
Senior Advisor
Former Deputy White House Press Secretary and Former Director of Public Affairs, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Richard Stengel
Senior Advisor
Former Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Michael Thadani
Associate Director
Katie Tobin
Senior Advisor
Former Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Transborder, White House National Security Council
Jim Townsend
Senior Advisor
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of European and NATO Policy, U.S. Department of Defense
General Glen VanHerck, USAF (Ret.)
Principal
Former Commander of U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) and North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD), U.S. Air Force
Matthew Waxman
Senior Advisor
Former Principal Deputy Director and Acting Director of the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff and Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
Nick Zimmerman
Senior Advisor
Former Director for Brazil and Southern Cone Affairs, National Security Council, and Former Senior Policy Advisor to the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations