These national security practitioners and industry leaders draw on diverse experiences from the intelligence community, government, private sector, and academia. Through policy papers, panel discussions, and other scholarship, our Fellows will contribute to a crucial discussion of the legal and practical challenges facing the U.S. intelligence, defense, law enforcement, homeland security, and cybersecurity communities. These experts and scholars will support NSI’s educational mission and will help ensure that NSI leads the debate on critical issues facing our nation in the upcoming year.
Christian Beckner
Visiting Fellow
Senior Director of Retail Technology and Cybersecurity
National Retail Federation
Christopher Bright
Fellow
Diplomatic Historian, George Washington University;
and former Staff Lead, Oversight and Investigations
House Armed Services Committee
Jennifer Cafarella
Fellow
Director of Strategic Initiatives and National Security Fellow
Institute for the Study of War
Giovanna Cinelli
Fellow
Practice Lead and former Special Duty US Naval Intelligence Officer
International Trade & National Security, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
David B. Coher
Visiting Fellow
Former Principal, Reliability and Cybersecurity
Southern California Edison
Michael DiRoma
Visiting Fellow
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs
Department of Treasury
Nicholas Dujmovic
Fellow
Visiting Assistant Professor in Intelligence Studies
Catholic University of America
Andrew Eck
Visiting Fellow
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs
Department of Treasury
Christopher Ford
Distinguished Fellow
Former Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation
Department of State
Scott Friedman
Visiting Fellow
Acting Assistant Secretary for Trade and Economic Security (TES)
Department of Homeland Security
Lenora Peters Gant
Distinguished Fellow
Former Senior National Intelligence Officer
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Greg Garcia
Distinguished Fellow
Executive Director for Cybersecurity
Health Sector Coordinating Council
Bishop Garrison
Fellow
Former Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defense on Human Capital and DEI
U.S. Secretary of Defense
Matt Hayden
Fellow
Former Assistant Secretary for Cyber, Infrastructure, Risk and Resilience Policy
Department of Homeland Security
Matthew R. A. Heiman
Senior Fellow
Chairman, Cyber & Privacy Working Group
Regulatory Transparency Project
Heather A. Hopkins
Fellow
Fmr Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense
U.S. Department of Defense
Barbara Hunt
Visiting Fellow
Director of Capabilities for Tailored Access Operations (Ret.)
National Security Agency
Erin Joe
Visiting Fellow
SVP Mandiant Strategy and Alliances
Former Director Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center
Geof Kahn
Fellow
Senior Counselor at Palantir Technologies and Former Senior Advisor to Director of CIA
Karen Kraybill
Director
Cyber Special Programs Division, Cyber Intelligence Directorate, Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence at Headquarters Department of Energy
David Lasseter
Visiting Fellow
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction
Department of Defense
Amy K. Mitchell
Visiting Fellow
Founding Partner Kilo Alpha Strategies; Former Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense
Brian Moore
Visiting Fellow
Former National Security Council Advisor
Executive Office, US Agency for International Development
Joseph Moreno
Visiting Fellow
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer
SAP National Security Services, Inc.
John Norton Moore
Distinguished Fellow
former Walter L. Brown Professor of Law and Director
Center for National Security Law, UVA
Margaret Peterlin
Distinguished Fellow
Former Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State
U.S. Department of State
Elliott Phaup
Visiting Fellow
Special Adviser, Legislative Affairs
Office of the National Cyber Director
Yleem Poblete
Distinguished Fellow
Fmr. Asst. Sec. for Arms Control, Verif., & Cmpl.
U.S. Department of State
Hayden Stone
Visiting Fellow
Former Senior Director for Strategic Initiatives
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
Melissa Vice
Fellow
Director of Vulnerability Disclosure Program (VDP)
Cyber Crimes Center, U.S. Department of Defense
Morgan Viña
Senior Fellow
Vice President for Government Affairs
Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA)
Stephen Viña
Visiting Fellow
Assistant National Cyber Director for Legislative Affairs
Office of the National Cyber Director
