Board and Advisors
Board of Directors
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, Imperative Care, Independent Board Member Since 2017
Bob Oster
Chairman of the Board, Former CFO, Oracle Corp., Independent Board Member Since 2017
John Phelan
Co-Founder and 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
Amb. Rick Barton
Department of State, Retired
John Bellinger
Partner, Arnold & Porter
Amb. Barbara Bodine
Department of State, Retired
Colonel Stu Bradin
US Army, Retired, CEO, Global SOF Foundation
General Phil Breedlove
US Air Force, Retired
Ellyn L. Brown
Corporate and Securities Attorney
Dr. James Jay Carafano
Vice President, The Heritage Foundation
Lt. General Charles Cleveland
US Army, Retired
Amb. Ryan Crocker
Department of State, Retired
Amb. Kelley Currie
Former US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues
Commander Rorke Denver
US Navy, Founder, Ever Onward
General Joseph F. Dunford Jr.
US Marine Corps, Retired
Hon. Joseph Felter
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia
Edwin Feulner
Founder, Heritage Foundation
Michèle Flournoy
Co-founder and Managing Partner, WestExec Advisors
Richard Fontaine
President, Center for a New American Security
Major General J. Marcus Hicks
US Air Force, Retired
Lt. General Ben Hodges
US Army, Retired
Amb. Greta C. Holtz
Department of State, Retired
Hon. Jeh Johnson
Former US Secretary of Homeland Security
General James Jones
US Marine Corps, Retired
Dr. Kimberly Kagan
President, Institute for the Study of War
General Jack Keane
US Army, Retired
Dr. David Kilcullen
Founder and Chairman, Caerus
Lt. General Dan "Fig" Leaf
US Air Force, Retired, Managing Director, Phase Minus 1
Major General Jim Linder
US Army, Retired
Hon. James Locher III
Former President and CEO, PNSR
Clare Lockhart
Co-Founder and Director, Institute for State Effectiveness
Rear Admiral Brian Losey
US Navy, Retired
Lt. Colonel Scott Mann
US Army, Retired, Founder, The Stability Institute
Hon. James N. Mattis
Former US Secretary of Defense, US Marine Corps, Retired
Colonel David Maxwell
US Army, Retired
General Stanley McChrystal
US Army, Retired, CEO, McChrystal Group
Lt. General H. R. McMaster
US Army, Retired
Nicco Mele
Managing Director, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Dr. John Nagl
Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security
Amb. Ronald E. Neumann
President, American Academy of Diplomacy
Lt. General Lawrence Nicholson
US Marine Corps, Retired
Admiral Eric Olson
US Navy, Retired
General Jay Paxton
US Marine Corps, Retired
Linda Robinson
Senior International Policy Analyst, Rand Corporation
Admiral Gary Roughead
US Navy, Retired
Daniel F. Runde
Senior Vice President, CSIS
General Curtis Scaparrotti
US Army, Retired
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
General Gordon Sullivan
US Army, Retired
Admiral Scott Swift
US Navy, Retired
Amb. William B. Taylor
Department of State, Retired, Vice President, US Institute of Peace
Admiral Kurt Tidd
US Navy, Retired
Matt Turpin
US Army, Retired
