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
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
General Vincent K. Brooks, USA (Ret.)
Principal
Former Commander of the United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, and United States Forces Korea
Ron Clark
Senior Advisor
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
Maeve Cuddy
Project Coordinator
Preston Dunlap
Senior Advisor
Former Chief Technology Officer and Chief Architect Officer, U.S. Air Force and Space Force
Paul Farley
Senior Advisor
Former Assistant Director for South and Central Asia, Central Intelligence Agency
Michael Fuchs
Senior Advisor
Former Deputy Chief of Staff to the Vice President and Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Joe Gagnon
Principal
Former Associate Director of Monetary Affairs and Former Associate Director of International Finance, U.S. Federal Reserve Board
Michelle Gavin
Senior Advisor
Former U.S. Ambassador to 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
Christian Healion
Senior Associate
Emily Horne
Senior Advisor
Former Special Assistant to the President and Former Spokesperson, National Security Council
Cordell Hull
Principal
Former Acting Under Secretary of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce
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
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
Alexis Prieur L’Heureux
Vice President
Former Chief of Staff, Office of U.S. Congressman Seth Moulton
Linda Lourie
Senior Advisor
Former Assistant Director for Research and Technology Security, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Vice Admiral Joe Maguire, USN (Ret.)
Principal
Former Acting Director of National Intelligence and Former Director, National Counterterrorism Center
Kaye McKean
Associate
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
Merritt Ogle
Associate Director, Strategy and Operations
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 of 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
Project Coordinator
Jim Townsend
Senior Advisor
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of European and NATO Policy, U.S. Department of Defense
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