Board and Advisors
Board of Directors
Michael Bigham
Managing Director of Firebrand River Capital, Independent Board Member Since 2014
Natalie Cryer
Principal, The Cambria Group, Independent Board Member Since 2019
Jim Hake
CEO, Spirit of America Board Member Since 2004
Fred Khosravi
Chairman and CEO, Imperative Care, Independent Board Member Since 2017
Bob Oster
Chairman of the Board, Private Investor, Independent Board Member Since 2017
Tyson Voelkel
President and CEO, Texas A&M Foundation, Independent Board Member Since 2025
Board of Directors Emeritus
John Phelan
79th Secretary of the Navy
Don Karl
Partner, Perkins Coie
James Papineau
CEO, Circuit Clinical
Board of Advisors
Ambassador Rick Barton
Department of State, Retired
John Bellinger
Former Department of State
General Phil Breedlove
US Air Force, Retired
Dr. James Jay Carafano
Ambassador Roger Carstens
Former Department of State
General Richard Clarke
US Army, Retired
Lt. General Charles Cleveland
US Army, Retired
Hon. R. Clarke Cooper
Former Department of State
Ambassador Ryan Crocker
Department of State, Retired
Ambassador Kelley Currie
Former Department of State
David Davenport
General Joseph F. Dunford Jr.
US Marine Corps, Retired
Admiral James O. Ellis Jr.
US Navy, Retired
Hon. Joseph Felter
Former Department of Defense
Hon. Michèle Flournoy
Former Department of Defense
Richard Fontaine
Former National Security Council
Ambassador Jennifer Zimdahl Galt
Department of State, Retired
Ambassador Dennis Hearne
Department of State, Retired
Major General J. Marcus Hicks
US Air Force, Retired
Lt. General Ben Hodges
US Army, Retired
Ambassador Greta C. Holtz
Department of State, Retired
Hon. Jeh Johnson
Department of Homeland Security, Retired
General James Jones
US Marine Corps, Retired
Dr. Seth G. Jones
Dr. Kimberly Kagan
Dr. David Kilcullen
Major General Jim Linder
US Army, Retired
Hon. James N. Mattis
Department of Defense, Retired
Colonel David Maxwell
US Army, Retired
General Stanley McChrystal
US Army, Retired
Ambassador Michael McFaul
Department of State, Retired
Lt. General H. R. McMaster
US Army, Retired
General T. Michael Moseley
US Air Force, Retired
Ambassador Ronald E. Neumann
Department of State, Retired
Lt. General Lawrence Nicholson
US Marine Corps, Retired
Eileen O'Connor
Former Department of State
Admiral Eric Olson
US Navy, Retired
Admiral Gary Roughead
US Navy, Retired
Daniel F. Runde
Dr. Nadia Schadlow
Former National Security Council
Dr. Kori Schake
Former National Security Council
Admiral Scott Swift
US Navy, Retired
Ambassador William B. Taylor
Department of State, Retired
Admiral Kurt Tidd
US Navy, Retired
Matt Turpin
US Army, Retired
General Joseph L. Votel
US Army, Retired
Board of Advisors in Memoriam
Dr. Edwin Feulner
Ambassador Mark Palmer
Department of State, Retired
H. Andrew Schwartz
Hon. George P. Shultz
Department of State, Retired
Ambassador Jack Vaughn
Former Peace Corps
