Nick Rasmussen - WestExec Advisors

Nick Rasmussen quoted in The Daily Beast article, “At Aspen Security Forum, National Security Leaders Admit, ‘We Have Been Lazy On Hate’”

"'We often ended up bucketing international and domestic terrorism into two separate buckets,' said panelist Nick Rasmussen, who formerly helmed the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC). 'One of the things I hope you leave here today with is maybe some sense that that may not be the right way to think about it.' "Rasmussen said that during his time in government, when dealt with terrorist threats at the highest levels, he couldn’t remember having a single conversation about hate-based domestic terrorism, including [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2019-08-22T12:36:48-04:00July 21, 2019|Cybersecurity & Defense, News|

Lisa Monaco and Nick Rasmussen quoted in The New York Times article, “Pointing a Finger at a Terrorist Group in the Aftermath of the Sri Lanka Blasts”

"Nicholas J. Rasmussen, a former director of the National Counterterrorism Center, said the presence of some Sri Lankan fighters in Syria and Iraq raised the prospect of informal connections with members of National Thowheeth Jama’ath still in Sri Lanka. “'It’s hard to imagine an attack of this complexity without some form of organization and support from a group that has done this kind of thing before,' Mr. Rasmussen said in an email. "Lisa Monaco, a former homeland security adviser for President [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-04-07T17:03:03-04:00April 22, 2019|Cybersecurity & Defense|

WestExec Welcomes New Senior Advisors Nick Rasmussen and Liz Rosenberg

Washington, DC – WestExec Advisors is pleased to announce that Nicholas “Nick” Rasmussen and Elizabeth “Liz” Rosenberg have joined the firm as Senior Advisors. Nick is the former Director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), and has served in senior posts across three administrations, serving on the National Security Council (NSC) staff under Presidents George W. Bush and Obama before being appointed Director of NCTC by President Obama and continuing his tenure at the request of President Trump in 2017. [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-04-07T17:01:28-04:00January 17, 2019|Press Releases|