Board and Advisors
Board of Directors

Michael Bigham
Executive Chairman, Paratek, Independent Board Member Since 2014

Natalie Cryer
Vice President, 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
Founder and Chairman, Rugger Management LLC, 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

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

General Richard Clarke
US Army, Retired

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
CEO, 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
Board of Advisors, 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