Board and Advisors
Board of Directors
Bob Oster
Chairman of the Board, Former CFO, Oracle Corp., Independent Board Member Since 2017
Michael Bigham
CEO, Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Independent Board Member Since 2014
Natalie Cryer
Vice President at The Cambria Group, Independent Board Member Since 2019
Jim Hake
CEO, Spirit of America Board Member Since 2004
Fred Khosravi
Chairman and CEO, Ostial Corp., Independent Board Member Since 2017
John Phelan
Co-Founder and Co-Managing Partner, MSD Capital, L.P., Independent Board Member Since 2018
Board of Directors Emeritus
Don Karl
Partner, Perkins Coie
James Papineau
CEO, Circuit Clinical
Board of Advisors
Hon. George P. Schultz
Former US Secretary of State and Marine veteran
Hon. Jeh Johnson
Former US Secretary of Homeland Security
Amb. Rick Barton
Department of State, Retired
Amb. Ronald E. Neumann
President, American Academy of Diplomacy
Amb. Barbara Bodine
Department of State, Retired
General Phil Breedlove
US Air Force, Retired
General James Jones
US Marine Corps, Retired
General Jack Keane
US Army, Retired
General Stanley McChrystal
US Army, Retired, CEO, McChrystal Group
Admiral Eric Olson
US Navy, Retired
General Jay Paxton
US Marine Corps, Retired
General Gordon Sullivan
US Army, Retired, CEO, Association of the US Army
Admiral Kurt Tidd
US Navy, Retired
Lt. Gen. Charles Cleveland
US Army, Retired
Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges
US Army, Retired
Lt. Gen. Dan "Fig" Leaf
US Air Force, Retired, Managing Director, Phase Minus 1
Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster
US Army, Retired
Lt. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson
US Marine Corps, Retired
Major General Jim Linder
US Army, Retired
John Bellinger
Partner, Arnold & Porter
Colonel Stu Bradin
US Army, Retired, CEO, Global SOF Foundation
Ellyn L. Brown
Corporate and Securities Attorney
Dr. James Jay Carafano
Vice President, The Heritage Foundation
Commander Rorke Denver
US Navy, Founder, Ever Onward
Hon. Joseph Felter
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia
Rear Admiral Brian Losey
US Navy, Retired
Richard Fontaine
President, Center for a New American Security
Dr. Kimberly Kagan
President, Institute for the Study of War
Dr. David Kilcullen
Founder and Chairman, Caerus
Hon. James Locher III
Former President and CEO, PNSR
Clare Lockhart
Co-Founder and Director, Institute for State Effectiveness
Michele Flournoy
Managing Director, Westexec Advisors
LTC Scott Mann
US Army, Retired, Founder, The Stability Institute
Colonel David Maxwell
US Army, Retired
Nicco Mele
Director, Shorestein Center Harvard University
Dr. John Nagl
Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security
Linda Robinson
Senior International Policy Analyst, Rand Corporation
Dr. Nadia Schadlow
Former Deputy National Security Advisor
Dr. Kori Schake
Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute
Tom Schurr
Media Consultant, Entrepreneur, and Investor
Colonel Chris Starling
US Marine Corps, Retired
Wayne Zinn
Chief of Staff, Operation Blessing
