Board and Advisors
Board of Directors
Michael Bigham
Managing Director of Firebrand River Capital, Independent Board Member Since 2014
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
Board of Directors Emeritus
Natalie Cryer
Principal, The Cambria Group
Don Karl
Partner, Perkins Coie
James Papineau
CEO, Circuit Clinical
John Phelan
79th Secretary of the Navy
Board of Advisors
Ambassador Rick Barton
Department of State, Retired
John Bellinger
Former Department of State
General Phil Breedlove
U.S. Air Force, Retired
Dr. James Jay Carafano
Ambassador Roger Carstens
Former Department of State
General Richard Clarke
U.S. Army, Retired
Lt. General Charles Cleveland
U.S. 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.
U.S. Marine Corps, Retired
Admiral James O. Ellis Jr.
U.S. Navy, Retired
Hon. Joseph Felter
Former Department of Defense
General Bryan Fenton
U.S. Army, Retired
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
U.S. Air Force, Retired
Lt. General Ben Hodges
U.S. Army, Retired
Ambassador Greta C. Holtz
Department of State, Retired
Hon. Jeh Johnson
Department of Homeland Security, Retired
General James Jones
U.S. Marine Corps, Retired
Dr. Seth G. Jones
Dr. Kimberly Kagan
Dr. Mara Karlin
Former Department of Defense
Dr. David Kilcullen
Major General Jim Linder
U.S. Army, Retired
Hon. James N. Mattis
Department of Defense, Retired
Colonel David Maxwell
U.S. Army, Retired
General Stanley McChrystal
U.S. Army, Retired
Ambassador Michael McFaul
Department of State, Retired
Lt. General H. R. McMaster
U.S. Army, Retired
General T. Michael Moseley
U.S. Air Force, Retired
Heather Nauert
Former Department of State
Ambassador Ronald E. Neumann
Department of State, Retired
Lt. General Lawrence Nicholson
U.S. Marine Corps, Retired
Eileen O'Connor
Former Department of State
Admiral Eric Olson
U.S. Navy, Retired
Admiral Gary Roughead
U.S. Navy, Retired
Daniel F. Runde
Dr. Nadia Schadlow
Former National Security Council
Dr. Kori Schake
Former National Security Council
Command Sergeant Major Shane Shorter
U.S. Army, Retired
Admiral Scott Swift
U.S. Navy, Retired
Ambassador William B. Taylor
Department of State, Retired
Admiral Kurt Tidd
U.S. Navy, Retired
Matt Turpin
U.S. Army, Retired
General Joseph L. Votel
U.S. Army, Retired
Tyson Voelkel
Hon. Aaron S. Williams
Former Peace Corps
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
