NSI is honored that the following individuals have agreed to serve as a board of advisors to the Institute. They bring decades of experience in public service in a wide range of federal counterterrorism, defense, and intelligence agencies.  They include former officials from the administrations of several presidents, as well as the U.S. Congress, the federal judiciary, media, and academia.

General (Ret.) Keith Alexander

Former Director

National Security Agency

Michael Allen

Former Majority Staff Director

U.S. House Intelligence Committee

Chuck Alsup

Former Advisor to the Chairman

U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee

Stewart Baker

Former General Counsel

National Security Agency

Jeremy Bash

Former Chief of Staff

Central Intelligence Agency

John B. Bellinger III

former Legal Advisor

U.S. State Department and National Security Council

David S. Cohen

Former Deputy Director

Central Intelligence Agency

Raj De

Former General Counsel

National Security Agency

Gus Coldebella

Former General Counsel (acting)

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Sada Cumber

Former U.S. Ambassador to the Organisation of the Islamic Conference

Donald R. Dixon

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Trident Capital Cybersecurity

Alice Fisher

Former Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division

U.S. Department of Justice

Ron Gula

President

Gula Tech Adventures

General Michael Hayden (ret.)

Former Director

Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency

William J. Haynes

Former General Counsel

U.S. Department of Defense

Frank R. Jimenez

Former General Counsel

U.S. Department of the Navy

Sean Kanuck

Former National Intelligence Officer for Cyber Issues

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

General (Ret.) John M. Keane

Chairman

Institute for the Study of War

Caroline Krass

Former General Counsel

Central Intelligence Agency

David Kris

Founder

Culper Partners

Letitia A. Long

Former Director

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Neil MacBride

Former U.S. Attorney

Eastern District of Virginia

Ellen E. McCarthy

Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research

US Department of State

Mike McConnell

Former Director of National Intelligence

Carmen Medina

Former Deputy Director for Intelligence

Central Intelligence Agency

Rear Admiral (Ret.) Alex Miller

Former Chief of Staff

National Security Agency

Heather Molino

Former Minority Staff Director

U.S. House Intelligence Committee

Lisa O. Monaco

Former Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism

Michael B. Mukasey

Former U.S. Attorney General

Matt Olsen

Former Director

National Counterterrorism Center

Farah Pandith

First Ever Special Representative to Muslim Communities

Benjamin Powell

Former General Counsel

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Alan Charles Raul

Former Vice Chairman

Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

Philip R. Reitinger

President & CEO

Global Cyber Alliance

Mike Rogers

Former Chairman

U.S. House Intelligence Committee

Paul Rosenzweig

Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Patrick Rowan

Former Assistant Attorney General for National Security

U.S. Department of Justice

Ted Schlein

General Partner

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Kristen Silverberg

Former U.S. Ambassador

European Union

David R. Shedd

Former Acting Director

Defense Intelligence Agency

Ted Ullyot

Former Chief of Staff

U.S. Attorney General

Kenneth Wainstein

Former Assistant Attorney General for National Security

U.S. Department of Justice

Joe Whitley

Former General Counsel

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Benjamin Wittes

Editor-in-Chief

Lawfare

Julie Myers Wood

Former Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security

for Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Paul Wolfowitz

Former Deputy Secretary of Defense

U.S. Department of Defense

Alberto Yépez

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Trident Capital Cybersecurity

Juan Zarate

Former Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism

Amy Zegart

Davies Family Senior Fellow

Hoover Institution