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The members of The Steady State are former U.S. officials who served throughout our country’s national security infrastructure in areas such as intelligence, defense policy, diplomacy, law enforcement, and as Congressional staff. Please view our distinguished members below, and contact us to learn more about our activities.
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Steering Committee
Brigham Blase Bechtel, Former CIA Intelligence Officer; Station Chief
Christy Carter, Former CIA Intelligence Officer
Ned Foley Carmody, Former CIA Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Operations
Greg Delawie, Ambassador (Ret.)
Prof. Gail Helt, Former CIA Intelligence Officer
Margaret Henoch, Retired CIA Senior Intelligence Service officer
Dr. Susan J Koch, Former Senior Executive Service
Douglas H Wise, Retired CIA Senior Intelligence Service Officer; former DIA Deputy Director
Members
As of February 2023
David Aaron
Senior Counsel, Perkins Coie [and] Former Prosecutor, U.S. Department of Justice National Security Division, Counterintelligence & Export Control Section
Law Enforcement (counter intelligence/counter terrorism/other national security)
Administrations: Biden, Trump, Obama, Bush 43
Dr. Gordon Adams
Professor Emeritus, School of International Service, American University
Political Appointee
Administrations: Biden, Trump, Obama, Bush II
Mr. Javed Ali
Former Senior Director for Counterterrorism
Senior Executive Service, Senior National Intelligence Service
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II
Mr. Eric R. Allison
Retired CIA Senior Intelligence Service Officer
Senior Intelligence Service
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Mr. Robert Andrews
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict
Senior Executive Service; Senior Intelligence Service; Commissioned Officer (Non-Flag Rank); Senior Congressional Staff; Political Appointee
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Carter, Ford, Nixon, Johnson, Kennedy
Ms. Marisa Barthel
Retired Intelligence Officer
General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Mr. Peter Bass
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State; Executive Assistant to National Security Advisor
Senior Executive Service
Administrations: Clinton, Bush I
Mr. Brigham Blase Bechtel
Former CIA Intelligence Officer; Station Chief
Commissioned Officer (Non-Flag Rank), General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
John S. Becker
United States Navy (ret.)
Senior Enlisted Navy/Army/Air Force/Marine Intelligence/Cryptologic Veteran
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford
Ambassador Bruce Berton
Ambassador
Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank), Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Department of State
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush 43, Clinton, Bush 41, Reagan
Ambassador Jeffery L. Bleich
Ambassador (ret.)
Senior National Intelligence Service, Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank), Political Appointee
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Clinton
Mr. Rand Beers
Former Deputy Homeland Security Advisor
Senior Executive Service, Foreign Service (FS Scale), Political Appointee
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon, Johnson
Ms. Nina K Behrens
Former Chief Diplomatic Arabic Interpreter
General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II
Jeffrey P. Bialos
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Industrial Affairs, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, and Special Advisor to the Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs
Senior Executive Service, Political Appointee
Administrations: Clinton
Ms. Nada Bakos
Former CIA Analyst/Targeting Officer
General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton
Mr. Perry Blatstein
Former Central Intelligence Agency Officer
General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Trump, Obama
Jason Blazakis
Professor
General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton
Philip C. Bobbitt
Professor of Law, Columbia University
Senior Executive Service
Administrations: Obama, Clinton, Bush I, Carter, Johnson
Dr. Mieczyslaw P. Boduszynski
Associate Professor of Politics, Pomona College
Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II
Mrs. Diana Bolsinger
Counterterrorism Analyst/Manager
General Services (GS Scale), Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Mr. Andrew Borene
Former Associate Deputy General Counsel at Department of Defense, former Senior Advisor (SETA) to ODNI IARPA, former US Marine Corps Intelligence and Special Security Officer
Commissioned Officer (Non-Flag Rank), General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II
Mr. David Bridges
Former CIA Chief of Station
Senior Intelligence Service
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Peter Bridges
Ambassador (ret.)
Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank)
Administrations: Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon, Johnson, Kennedy
Mr. Zachery Tyson Brown
General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II
Hon. Steven A Browning
Ambassador
Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter
Ms. Susan Flood Burk
Former Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation
Senior Executive Service, General Services (GS Scale), Political Appointee
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter
Mr. David Michael Buss
FSO, Retired
Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank)
Administrations: Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon
Mr. Bruce Robert Butterworth
Independent Transportation Security Consultant
Senior Executive Service
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford
Dr. Daniel Byman
Georgetown University
General Services (GS Scale), Senior Congressional Staff
Administrations: Clinton, Bush I
Charles Campbell
Former Senior CIA Operations Officer
Administrations: Biden, Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon
Mr. Marc R. Cardwell
General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter
Mr. Evan Carlson
Retired, General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Mr. Ned Foley Carmody
Former CIA Intelligence Officer, Directorate of Operations
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Mr. Kevin Thomas Carroll
Senior Counselor to the Secretary of Homeland Security
Senior Executive Service, Commissioned Officer (Non-Flag Rank), General Services (GS Scale), Senior Congressional Staff, Political Appointee
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton
Ms. Christy Carter
Former CIA Intelligence Officer
General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton
Mr. Edmund Carter
General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon, Johnson
Ms. Judith Beth Cefkin
Ambassador, Retired
Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Ambassador Robert Cekuta
Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank), Department of State
Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush 1, Reagan, Carter
Wendy Jean Chamberlin
Ambassador
Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank)
Administrations: Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford
Ms. Deborah P Christie
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, FM&C
Senior Executive Service, Political Appointee
Administrations: Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon
Hon. James Clapper
4th Director of National Intelligence
Senior Executive Service, Commissioned Officer (Flag Rank)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon, Johnson, Kennedy
Ms. Victoria Cook
Retired Intelligence Officer
Senior Intelligence Service
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Ms. Sylvia Leigh Copeland
Senior CIA Officer
Senior Intelligence Service
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter
Robert Crate
USN/Retired
Commissioned Officer (Non-Flag Rank), Senior Enlisted Navy/Army/Air Force/Marine Intelligence/Cryptologic Veteran
Administrations: Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter
Mr. Daniel Thomas Crocker
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe and Eurasia, U.S. Department of Commerce
Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton
Glenn Cross
Deputy National Intelligence Officer for WMD
General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush 2, Clinton, Bush 1, Reagan
Mr. Michael Daniel
Former Special Assistant to the President and Cybersecurity Coordinator
Senior Executive Service, General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton
Hon. Richard Danzig
71st Secretary of the Navy
Senior Executive Service, Political Appointee
Administrations: Obama, Clinton, Carter
Deidi Delahanty
Senior Advisor, Department of State
Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Biden, Trump Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter
Greg Delawie
Ambassador (ret.)
Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Ms. Christine Desilva
Retired U.S. Diplomat
Commissioned Officer (Non-Flag Rank), General Services (GS Scale), Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Mr. John Dickas
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; State Department Office of Security and Human Rights
General Services (GS Scale), Senior Congressional Staff
Administrations: Trump, Obama
Ms. Vicki Divoll
Former General Counsel Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Senior Intelligence Service, Senior Congressional Staff
Administrations: Bush II, Clinton
Prof. Tanya L. Domi
Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs
Commissioned Officer (Non-Flag Rank), Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Clinton, Bush I
Ms. Katharine Dow
Foreign Service (fmr.)
Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II.
Mr. Melvin Dubee
Former Deputy Staff Director, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Senior Executive Service, Senior Congressional Staff
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
William C. Eacho
Ambassador (ret.)
Political Appointee
Administrations: Obama
Mr. Larry Elletson
Sr. Staff Officer/Foreign Liaison
General Services (GS Scale), Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon
Ambassador Susan Marsh Elliott
NCAFP President and CEO
Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I
Ms. Rena Natansohn Epstein
Former PDB Briefer
Senior Intelligence Service
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter
Mrs. Victoria Fabia
Intel Officer
General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Dr. Anthony Fainberg
Retired, US Government
Senior Executive Service
Administrations: Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Ambassador Gerald Michael Feierstein
Former Ambassador to Yemen
Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford
Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman
Former United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs
Senior Executive Service, Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank), Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Ambassador Judith Fergin
FSO, Retired
Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Mr. Jon Finer
Former Chief of Staff and Director of Policy Planning, U.S. Department of State
Senior Executive Service, Political Appointee
Administrations: Obama
Ms. JC Finley
Former Intelligence Officer
General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II
Mr. Mark Fitzpatrick
Associate Fellow, IISS
Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter
Ms. Suzanne Fleischauer
Retired Intelligence Officer, Counterterrorism and Declassification
General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Mr. Eric Ford
SFC U.S. Army (Ret.)
Senior Enlisted Navy/Army/Air Force/Marine Intelligence/Cryptologic Veteran
Administrations: Obama, Bush II
Mr. Paul Frandano
Retired CIA Analyst and Program Manager, Co-founder, DCI Red Cell
Senior Intelligence Service
Administrations: Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter
Mr. Douglas Frantz
Former Assistant Secretary of State
Senior Congressional Staff, Political Appointee
Administrations: Obama
Mr. Mark Freedman
Former Chief of Staff, U.S. State Department Counterterrorism Bureau
General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Trump, Obama
Dr. Henry H Gaffney
Retired from OSD 28 yrs and CNA 23 yrs
Senior Executive Service, Commissioned Officer (Non-Flag Rank)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon, Johnson, Kennedy
Mr. Melvin L Gamble
Former Chief Africa Division
Senior Intelligence Service
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford
Daniel Goldman
Director of Investigations and Senior Advisor, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York
General Services (GS Scale), Senior Congressional Staff
Law Enforcement (counter intelligence/counter terrorism/other national security), Congress (National Security Oversight and Policy)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II
Mr. William Green
General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Mr. Alan E. Greenfield
Senior Foreign Service (Ret.)
Senior Executive Service, Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter
Ms. Jennifer A Gregg
SIS, Central Intelligence Agency
Senior Intelligence Service
Administrations: Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon
Mrs. Anne Gruner
Deputy Chief WINPAC, CIA (Retired)
Senior Intelligence Service
Administrations: Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter
Nina Hachigian
Ambassador (ret.), U.S. Mission to ASEAN
Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank), Political Appointee
Administrations: Obama, Clinton
Mr. David M Hansell
General Services (GS Scale)
Senior Enlisted Navy/Army/Air Force/Marine Intelligence/Cryptologic Veteran
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton
Dr. James Harris
Senior Intelligence Service
Administrations: Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter
Ambassador Donald S. Hays
Ambassador (ret.)
Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon
Prof. Oona Hathaway
Professor of Law, Yale Law School
General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Obama
Prof. Gail Helt
Former CIA Intelligence Officer
General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II
Ms. Margaret Henoch
Retired CIA Senior Intelligence Service officer
Senior Intelligence Service
Administrations: Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter
Ms. Heather A Higginbottom
Political Appointee
Administrations: Obama
Dr. William H Hill
Retired Foreign Service Officer
Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter
Mr. Paul Hollingsworth
Senior Intelligence Service
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Ambassador Vicki Huddleston
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and Defense for Africa
Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter
Mrs. Carol W. Humphries
Commissioned Officer (Non-Flag Rank), General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Dr. Paul Douglas Humphries
Intelligence officer
Commissioned Officer (Non-Flag Rank), General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter
Mr. Andrew G Hyde
Consultant/Retired FSO
Foreign Service (FS Scale), Senior Congressional Staff
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I
Mr. Charles G. Ikins
Colonel USMC (ret.)
Commissioned Officer (Non-Flag Rank), General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I
Dr. Mark R. Jacobson
Amherst College
Senior Executive Service, Commissioned Officer (Non-Flag Rank), General Services (GS Scale), Senior Congressional Staff, Political Appointee
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton
Ambassador Bonnie Denise Jenkins
Executive Director, Women of Color Advancing Peace and Security
Senior Executive Service, Commissioned Officer (Non-Flag Rank), Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank), General Services (GS Scale), Political Appointee
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I
Ms. Jessica John
Intelligence Officer
General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II
Mr. Oliver John
Political/Economic Consultant, Retired FSO
General Services (GS Scale), Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I
Mr. Andy Johnson
Staff Director, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
General Services (GS Scale), Senior Congressional Staff
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I
Ambassador Ralph Johnson
U.S. Ambassador (ret.)
Foreign Service Officer (Ambassador Rank), Foreign Service (FS Scale), Office of the US Trade Representative (detail from State)
Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Ambassador Beth Jones
Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia
Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon
Ambassador Deborah K Jones
Ambassador (ret.)
Senior Executive Service, Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank), Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Mr. William C Jones
CIA GS-15 Retired
General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter
Richard Kahane
Retired Intelligence Officer
Senior Intelligence Service, Commissioned Officer (Non-Flag Rank), Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon, Johnson, Kennedy
Dr. Colin Kahl
Former National Security Advisor to VP Biden
Senior Executive Service, General Services (GS Scale), Political Appointee
Administrations: Obama, Bush II
Norman Kahn
Former Intelligence Community Officer
Senior Intelligence Service
Administration: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter
Ambassador Richard Dale Kauzlarich
Distinguished Visiting Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University
Senior National Intelligence Service, Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank), Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon, Johnson
Mrs. Yvonne Keeler
General Services (GS Scale), Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter
Matthew Keene
Senior Foreign Service Officer (retired)
Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton
Ambassador Laura E. Kennedy
Former Ambassador (Bush and Obama), Deputy Asst Secy of State
Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford
Dr. Richard J Kessler
Senior Congressional Staff
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon
Mr. Timothy D Kilbourn
Former Dean, Sherman Kent School and PDB Briefer to the President
Senior Intelligence Service
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Mr. Daniel Charles Kiryelejza
General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Dr. Susan J Koch
Former Senior Executive Service
Administrations: Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford
Ambassador John M. Koenig
Ambassador (Ret.)
Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Mr. Christopher Kojm
Senior Executive Service, Senior National Intelligence Service, Senior Congressional Staff, Political Appointee
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton
Mr. Paul Richard Kolbe
Director, The Intelligence Project, Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Former CIA Chief of Station and Component Chief
Senior Intelligence Service
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Mr. David Kramer
Former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor
Senior Executive Service, Political Appointee
Administrations: Bush II
Ambassador Lisa Kubiske
Ambassador (ret.)
Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Mr. Richard R. La Roche
Foreign Service Officer
Senior Executive Service, Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon, Johnson
Mr. James C. Lawler
National Security Consultant and Author
Senior Intelligence Service
Administrations: Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter
Mr. Ted Laven
Former Professor, National Security Strategy
Senior Executive Service, Commissioned Officer (Non-Flag Rank)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon, Johnson
Ms. Joyce E. Leader
Ambassador (ret.)
Senior Executive Service, Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank), Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Mr. Jonathan L. Lee
Former Deputy Chief of Staff, Department of Homeland Security; Former Director for Human Rights, National Security Council Staff
Senior Executive Service, General Services (GS Scale), Political Appointee
Administrations: Obama
Mr. J. William Leonard
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Security & Information Operations)
Senior Executive Service
Administrations: Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon
Mr. Andrew Liepman
Former deputy director, NCTC
Senior Intelligence Service
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Mr. William Linder
President, 14 North
General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Dr. George E Little
Former Pentagon Press Secretary and CIA Spokesman
Senior Intelligence Service
Administrations: Obama, Bush II
Ambassador Lewis Lukens
Foreign Service Officer
Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I
Eric Lynn
Political Appointee, Department of Defense (including Uniformed Services)
Former Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defense
Administration: Obama
Ms. Jillene Wermer MacCreery
Retired Counterterrorism Professional
General Services (GS Scale), Senior Enlisted Navy/Army/Air Force/Marine Intelligence/Cryptologic Veteran Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Ms. Shaila Manyam
Senior Vice-President, BCW and former FSO
Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II
Ambassador Niels Marquardt
Former Ambassador to Cameroon, Madagascar, Equatorial Guinea and the Union of the Comoros
Senior Executive Service, Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank), Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter
Mr. Victor L Marsh II
Management PhD Student
Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II
Keith Masback
DoD & IC Senior Executive
Senior Executive Service, Commissioned Officer (Non-Flag Rank), General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Ms. Lesa McComas
Commander, U.S. Navy (Retired)
Commissioned Officer (Non-Flag Rank)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter
Mr. James Francis Mcilmail
National Security Professional
Senior Executive Service
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter
Mr. Jason McNamara
Former Chief of Staff, Federal Emergency Management Agency
Senior Executive Service, Senior Congressional Staff
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton
Mr. Christopher Karl Mellon
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
Senior Executive Service, Senior Congressional Staff, Political Appointee
Administrations: Bush II, Clinton
Ambassador James Desmond Melville, Jr.
Ambassador (ret.)
Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Mr. Ritchie Miller
General Services (GS Scale), Foreign Service (FS Scale), Senior Enlisted Navy/Army/Air Force/Marine Intelligence/Cryptologic Veteran
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Sarah Morgenthau
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary, DHS and Commerce, Former Executive Director, Homeland Security Advisory Council, DHS, Former member of Rhode Island’s Homeland Security Advisory Board
Senior Executive Service, Political Appointee
Administrations: Biden, Obama
Ms. Deborah A. Morrisey
Retired Liaison Officer
General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Mr. Rolf Mowatt-Larssen
Former Director of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, Department of Energy
Senior Intelligence Service
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon
Mrs. Katrina Mulligan
Managing Director for National Security at the Center for American Progress
General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Trump, Obama
Mr. Kyle Murphy
Former Senior Analyst, Defense Intelligence Agency, and Director for African Affairs, National Security Council Staff
General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Trump, Obama
Mr. Joseph Myers
Former Director for Counter Terrorism, National Security Council
Senior Executive Service
Administrations: Bush II, Clinton, Bush I
Mr. Malcolm Wrightson Nance
Cryptologic Intelligence, US Navy
Senior Enlisted Navy/Army/Air Force/Marine Intelligence/Cryptologic Veteran
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Dr. Gary Rohde Nelson
Chairman, Sigma Federal
Senior Executive Service, Senior Congressional Staff, Political Appointee
Administrations: Reagan, Carter
Mr. Tom Newcomb
Former Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and former CIA Chief of Station
Senior Executive Service, General Services (GS Scale), Senior Congressional Staff
Administrations: Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Ambassador Thomas Niles
Ambassador to Canada, the EU and Greece, Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Canada
Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank)
Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon, Johnson, Kennedy
Mr. Brian H Nilsson
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Defense Trade Controls
General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Dr. John Matthew Norris
Director of Central Intelligence’s Representative to the Secretary of Defense
General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter
Ms. Suzanne Nossel
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
Senior Executive Service
Administrations: Obama, Clinton
Mr. James C. O’Brien
Special Presidential Envoy
Senior Executive Service, Political Appointee
Administrations: Obama, Clinton, Bush I
Gerald O’Shea
Senior Intelligence Service
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Mr. Geoffrey Martin Odlum
Retired Foreign Service Officer
Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I
Mr. Christopher Painter
Former Coordinator for Cyber Issues, US State Dept., former Senior Director for Cybersecurity Policy, NSC
Senior Executive Service
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I
Tracy Pakulniewicz
Former Director of Policy Integration, Office of the Assistant Secretary, Manpower & Reserve Affairs
General Services (GS Scale), Political Appointee
Department of Defense (including Uniformed Services), White House, Department of Homeland Security (including Coast Guard)
Administrations: Obama, Clinton
Ambassador Maurice S Parker
Ambassador (ret.)
Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank), Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford
Mr. Thomas Parker
FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge (Retired)
General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon
Mira Patel
Political Appointee
Administrations: Obama
Ambassador Anne Patterson
Ambassador to Egypt, Pakistan, Colombia, El Salvador
Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon
Ms. Erin Pelton
Foreign Service Officer and Director of Communications US Mission to the UN
Foreign Service (FS Scale), Political Appointee
Administrations: Obama, Bush II
Ms. Kristine L. Pelz
FSO (ret.)
Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Ambassador June Carter Perry
Ambassador (ret.)
Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter
Mr. Larry Pfeiffer
Former Chief of Staff, CIA & Former Senior Director, White House Situation Room
Senior Executive Service, Senior Intelligence Service
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Ms. Annie Pforzheimer
Former Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Afghanistan
Senior Executive Service, Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Mr. Randal L. Phillips
Senior Intelligence Service
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
William Piekney
Hon. Robert Burns Pirie
Former Assistant Secretary of Defense
Commissioned Officer (Non-Flag Rank), Senior Congressional Staff, Political Appointee
Administrations: Bush II, Clinton, Carter, Ford, Nixon, Johnson
Ambassador Steven Pifer
Former US Ambassador to Ukraine
Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank)
Administrations: Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter
Mr. Marc Elias Polymeropoulos
Retired Senior Intelligence Service Officer, Directorate of Operations, CIA
Senior Intelligence Service
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton
Mr. Stephen Pomper
Former Special Assistant to the President and NSC Senior Director for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights
Senior Executive Service
Administrations: Obama, Bush II
Dr. Erik Prentice
CEO – 6th Floor Insights
Senior National Intelligence Service, General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II
Quaye Quartey
Commander, U.S. Navy (ret.)
Intelligence Community, Department of Defense (including Uniformed Services)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush 43, Clinton
Hon. Neil Quinter
Minority Chief Counsel and Staff Director, Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Government Information, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee
Senior Congressional Staff, Elected Official
Administrations: Obama, Clinton
Patricia Ravalgi
Former Special Assistant to the Executive Assistant for Intelligence , Federal Bureau of Investigation
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I
General Services (GS Scale), Senior Congressional Staff
Christopher Richardson
Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Trump, Obama
Mr. Thomas B Robertson
Former US Ambassador to Slovenia
Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank), Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford
Mr. Todd M Rosenblum
Former Deputy Under Secretary of Intelligence, DHS
Senior Executive Service, General Services (GS Scale), Senior Congressional Staff, Political Appointee
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Mr. DJ Rosenthal
Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for National Security
General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Obama
Mr. Paul Rosenzweig
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, DHS)
General Services (GS Scale), Senior Congressional Staff, Political Appointee
Administrations: Bush II, Bush I, Reagan
Mrs. Morgann Royster-Smith
Retired Federal Employee
General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I
Mrs. Brigitta Rubin
General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I
Mr. D. Craig Russell
Senior Intelligence Service
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I
Janet Sanderson
Independent Consultant
Foreign Service Officer (ambassadorial rank)
Foreign Service (FS scale)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter
Ms. Christine Sarkes
General Services (GS Scale), Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Mr. James Schumaker
Foreign Service Officer (ret.)
Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank), Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon
Mr. Jim Semivan
Senior Intelligence Service
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Mr. Nick Shapiro
Former Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff to the CIA Director.
Senior Intelligence Service
Administrations: Obama
Mr. John R. Sipher
Senior Intelligence Service
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Ms. Mariah Sixkiller
Former National Security Advisor to the House Majority Leader
Senior Congressional Staff, Political Appointee
Administrations: Clinton
Ambassador Dana Shell Smith
Former Ambassador to the State of Qatar
Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I
Mr. Gregory Stuart Smith
Senior Congressional Staff, Political Appointee
Administrations: Clinton
Rosa Smothers
Former CIA Cyber Threat Analyst & Technical Intelligence Officer
Trump, Obama, Bush II
General Services (GS Scale)
Mr. Adrian Snead
Senior Congressional Staff
Administrations: Obama
Terry Snell
Consultant, King & Spalding LLP
Senior Executive Service, Foreign Service (FS Scale), Senior Congressional Staff
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford
Mrs. Mary Anne Sotos
Senior Intelligence Officer
General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Madelyn E. Spirnak
Senior Foreign Service Officer (retired)
Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter
Ambassador Karen Clark Stanton
Ambassador (ret.)
Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter
Katy Stevens
Intelligence Community
General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II
Mr. Terence Szuplat
Special Assistant to the President; Senior Director for Speechwriting, National Security Council, 2009-2017
Senior Executive Service, Political Appointee
Administrations: Obama, Clinton
Mr. Dennis Dean Tidwell
Foreign Service Officer (Retired)
Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II
Mr. Thomas Tiernan
Minister Counselor
Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Ambassador Alexander Vershbow
Former NATO Deputy Secretary General, US Assistant Secretary of Defense, Ambassador to NATO, Russia and Republic of Korea
Senior Executive Service, Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank), Political Appointee
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter
Ms. Elizabeth G Verville
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
Senior Executive Service
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon
Mr. David Eckels Wade
Chief of Staff to US Department of State
Senior Executive Service
Administrations: Obama
Ms. Tracy Walder
Former CIA Staff Operations Officer, Former FBI Special Agent
General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Bush II, Clinton
Ambassador Jenonne Walker
Ambassador of the United States to the Czech Republic (retired)
Senior Executive Service, Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank)
Administrations: Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon, Johnson
Mr. Ronald Ward
NSA Intelligence Officer and Foreign Service Officer
Commissioned Officer (Non-Flag Rank), General Services (GS Scale), Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Reagan, Carter, Ford
Mr. Thomas S. Warrick
Former DHS Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism Policy
Senior Executive Service, General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton
Hon. Andy Weber
Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Programs
Senior Executive Service, General Services (GS Scale), Foreign Service (FS Scale), Political Appointee
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Mr. William F. Wechsler
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Combatting Terrorism
Senior Executive Service, Political Appointee
Administrations: Obama, Clinton
Charles Wells, Colonel (R)
Commissioned Officer (Non-Flag Rank)
Intelligence Community, Department of Defense (including Uniformed Services)
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
Mr. Donald Haywood White
Chief Cryptologic Technician (Interpretive)
Senior Intelligence Service
Administrations: Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford
Kevin Whitaker
Former U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, 2014-19
Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank), Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Department of State
Administrations: Biden, Trump, Obama, Bush 43, Clinton, Bush 41, Reagan, Carter
Ms. Lisa Whitley
Foreign Service Officer
Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II
Prof. Jon A. Wiant
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research and Director of Intelligence Policy, National Security Council
Senior Executive Service, Senior Intelligence Service, Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford
Mr. Jonathan M. Winer
Former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State International Law Enforcement
Senior Executive Service, Senior Congressional Staff, Political Appointee
Administrations: Obama, Clinton
Mr. Douglas H Wise
Retired CIA Senior Intelligence Service officer; former DIA Deputy Director
Senior Intelligence Service
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter
Mr. Edward M Wittenstein
Lecturer in Global Affairs, Yale University
General Services (GS Scale)
Administrations: Bush II
Mr. Tom Wolfson
Senior Foreign Service
Foreign Service (FS Scale)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter
Ambassador Lee Wolosky
Former Ambassador and NSC Official
Senior Executive Service, Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank), Political Appointee
Administrations: Obama, Bush II, Clinton
Mr. Carl Woog
NSC Director for Strategic Communication
Senior Executive Service, Political Appointee
Administrations: Obama
Ambassador Norman Alan Wulf
Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation–Civil Service
Senior Executive Service
Administrations: Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon, Johnson
Ambassador Joseph Y Yun
Former Special Representative for North Korea Policy
Foreign Service Officer (Ambassadorial Rank)
Administrations: Trump, Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, Reagan
