OUR TEAM
Founders
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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
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Nitin Chadda
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Former Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defense and Former Director, National Security Council
Team
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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
Ambassador Erica Barks Ruggles
Senior Advisor
Former Head of U.S. Mission to UNESCO and Former Ambassador to Rwanda, U.S. Department of State
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Shawn Barnes
Senior Advisor
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Congressional Budget and Appropriations Liaison
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Lincoln Bloomfield
Senior Advisor
Former Special Envoy and Former Assistant Secretary for Political Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State
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Rebecca Brocato
Senior Advisor
Former Special Assistant to the President and Former Chief of Staff, Development Finance Corporation
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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
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General Vincent K. Brooks, USA (Ret.)
Principal
Former Commander of the United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, and United States Forces Korea
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Ron Clark
Principal
Former Deputy Under Secretary, Department of Homeland Security and Former Acting Senior Director and Director, National Security Council
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John Conger
Senior Advisor
Former Acting Assistant Secretary for Energy, Installations, and Environment, U.S. Department of Defense
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John Costello
Principal
Former Chief of Staff and Principal Architect, Office of the National Cyber Director
Maeve Cuddy
Project Coordinator
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Ivo Daalder
Senior Advisor
Former Ambassador to NATO and Former Director for European Affairs, National Security Council
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Preston Dunlap
Senior Advisor
Former Chief Technology Officer and Chief Architect Officer, U.S. Air Force and Space Force
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Jonathan Elkind
Senior Advisor
Former Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, Department of Energy
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Paul Farley
Senior Advisor
Former Assistant Director for South and Central Asia, Central Intelligence Agency
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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
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Michelle Gavin
Senior Advisor
Former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Botswana and Former U.S. Representative to the Southern Africa Development Community
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Eric Green
Senior Advisor
Former Senior Director for Russia and Central Asia, National Security Council
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Adam M. Golodner
Senior Advisor
Former Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division
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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
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Christian Healion
Senior Associate
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Emily Horne
Senior Advisor
Former Special Assistant to the President and Former Spokesperson, National Security Council
Michael Irving
Senior Associate
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Ambassador Jim Jeffrey
Senior Advisor
Former Deputy National Security Advisor and Former Special Envoy to the Coalition to Defeat ISIS
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Andrea Kendall-Taylor
Senior Advisor
Former Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Russia and Eurasia, National Intelligence Council, and Former Senior Analyst, Central Intelligence Agency
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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
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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
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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
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General Stephen R. Lyons, USA (Ret.)
Senior Advisor
Former Presidential Special Envoy for Ports and Supply Chains and Former Commander, U.S. Transportation Command
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Vice Admiral Joe Maguire, USN (Ret.)
Principal
Former Acting Director of National Intelligence and Former Director, National Counterterrorism Center
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Kaye McKean
Associate
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Kevin Merrigan
Senior Advisor
Former Vice President, Department of Defense Business Development, General Dynamics Corporation
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Nicholas Monaco
Senior Associate
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Admiral Bill Moran, USN (Ret.)
Principal
Former Vice Chief of Naval Operations and Former Chief of Naval Personnel, U.S. Navy
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Ambassador Dennis Ross
Senior Advisor
Former Special Assistant to the President and Former Senior Director for the Central Region, National Security Council
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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
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Vice Admiral Bob Sharp, USN (Ret.)
Principal
Former Director, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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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
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Michael Singh
Senior Advisor
Former Senior Director for Near East and North African Affairs, National Security Council
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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
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Rebecca Skoryanc
Director of Operations
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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
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Jamie Smith
Senior Advisor
Former Deputy White House Press Secretary and Former Director of Public Affairs, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
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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
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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
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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