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.
Vishal “VJ” Amin
Visiting Fellow
General Manager Security Solutions (U.S. Federal and Defense)
Microsoft
Steve Block
Fellow
Former Tech Executive
Amazon
Former Division Chief
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Ethan Brown
Visiting Fellow
Senior Fellow for Defense Studies
Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress
Jennifer Cafarella
Fellow
Director of Strategic Initiatives and National Security Fellow
Institute for the Study of War
Michael Coyne
Visiting Fellow
Former National Intelligence Officer for Counterintelligence
Career FBI Analyst
Loren Dealy Mahler
Fellow
Communications Director
National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology
Christopher Ford
Distinguished Fellow
Former Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation
Department of State
Lenora Peters Gant
Distinguished Fellow
National Security Fellow & Senior Executive Advisor
Howard University
Greg Garcia
Distinguished Fellow
Executive Director for Cybersecurity
Health Sector Coordinating Council
Bishop Garrison
Senior Fellow
Former Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defense on Human Capital and DEI
U.S. Secretary of Defense
Hope Goins
Visiting Fellow
Democratic Staff Director for House Committee on Homeland Security
U.S. House of Representatives
Mark Grider
Visiting Fellow
Partner and Chair of Litigation, Government Response, and Crisis Management Team
Nelson Mullins & Scarborough
Chris Hale
Visiting Fellow
Senior Director of Regulatory Affairs, Cyber and National Security Law
Cisco Systems
Courtney Hall
In Memoriam (1968–2021)
Visiting Fellow
Co-founder and Managing Director
Hillcrest Venture Partners
Larry Hanauer
Visiting Fellow
Deputy Directory, Global Dynamics and Intelligence Divisions
Institute for Defense Analyses
Joshua C. Huminski
Senior Fellow
Senior Vice President, Intelligence & National Security Programs
Mike Rogers Center for Intelligence & Global Affairs
Allison Jaslow
Visiting Fellow
Adjunct Professor of the Practice
Sanford School of Public Policy Duke University
Omario Kanji
Senior Fellow
Visiting Professor; Adjunct Professor; Principal, Legal, and Business Operations
University of Padua; GMU Antonin Scalia Law School; Via Oberdan Holdings LLC
Jack Livingston
Fellow
Former Deputy Staff Director and Chief Counsel
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Amy K. Mitchell
Senior Fellow
Founding Partner; Former Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense
Kilo Alpha Strategies
John Norton Moore
Distinguished Fellow
former Walter L. Brown Professor of Law and Director
Center for National Security Law, UVA
Lawrence Perrone
Visiting Fellow
Fmr. Senior Counsel, Global Head of Economic Sanctions Screening &
Investigations
Google
Margaret Peterlin
Distinguished Fellow
Former Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State
U.S. Department of State
Yleem Poblete
Distinguished Fellow
Member, Board of Advisors; Co-Founder
The American Jewish International Relations Institute; Poblete Analysis Group
Nicholaus Rohleder
Senior Fellow
Contributor, The SCIF
Co-Founder
Wytham Group; Industrial Minerals and Chemicals
Paul Taylor
Fellow
Former Chief Counsel
House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice
