ADVISORY BOARD
Judy Ansley
Former Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor
National Security Council
Christopher Ford
Former Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation
Department of State
Lenora Peters Gant
Former Senior National Intelligence Officer
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
General Michael Hayden (Ret.)
Former Director
Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency
Suzanne Wilson Heckenberg
President
Intelligence and National Security Alliance and Foundation (INSA)
Ellen E. McCarthy
Former Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research
US Department of State
John Norton Moore
former Walter L. Brown Professor of Law & Director
Center for National Security Law, UVA
Alan Charles Raul
Sidley Austin LLP Privacy and Cybersecurity Partner
Former Vice Chairman of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
Former Associate Counsel to the President
Sidley Austin LLP
Frances Townsend
Former Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
Executive Office of the President of the United States
Vice Admiral TJ White (Ret.)
Former Commander
Fleet Cyber Command, US Tenth Fleet, and Navy Space Command
FACULTY
Major. Mika’il Ali
Antonin Scalia Law School
Adjunct Professor of Law
United States Cyber Command
National Security Attorney
Fellow
LTC Michael Nelson
George Mason University
Professor of Military Science
George Mason University
Professor of Military Science
Visiting Fellow
Craig J. Wiener
Schar School of Policy and Government
Adjunct Professor
George Mason University, Schar School of Policy and Government
Adjunct Professor
Fellow
FELLOWS
Vishal “VJ” Amin
Visiting Fellow
General Manager Security Solutions (U.S. Federal and Defense)
Microsoft
Christian Beckner
Visiting Fellow
Senior Director of Retail Technology and Cybersecurity
National Retail Federation
Meghan Biery
Visiting Fellow
former Director of Government and Strategic Security Affairs
GlobalFoundries
Christopher Bright
Fellow
Diplomatic Historian, George Washington University;
and former Staff Lead, Oversight and Investigations
House Armed Services Committee
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
Giovanna Cinelli
Fellow
Practice Lead
International Trade & National Security, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
David B. Coher
Visiting Fellow
Former Principal, Reliability and Cybersecurity
Southern California Edison
Daniel G. Currell
Fellow
Contributor, The SCIF
Former Deputy Under Secretary and Senior Advisor
Department of Education
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
Charles Faulkner
Visiting Scholar
Homeland Security and Cybersecurity Account Executive
ICF International
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
Senior Fellow
Contributor, The SCIF
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
Matthew R. A. Heiman
Senior Fellow
Chairman, Cyber & Privacy Working Group
Regulatory Transparency Project
Heather A. Hopkins
Senior Fellow
Fmr Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense
U.S. Department of Defense
Joshua C. Huminski
Senior Fellow
Senior Vice President, Intelligence & National Security Programs
Mike Rogers Center for Intelligence & Global Affairs
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
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
Yleem Poblete
Distinguished Fellow
Fmr. Asst. Sec. for Arms Control, Verif., & Cmpl.
U.S. Department of State
Manisha Singh
Visiting Fellow
Former Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
U.S. State Department
Hayden Stone
Visiting Fellow
Former Senior Director for Strategic Initiatives
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
Yong Suk Lee
Visiting Fellow
Former Central Intelligence Agency
Former Deputy Assistant Director of the Korea Mission Center
Morgan Viña
Senior Fellow
Vice President for Government Affairs
Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA)
ASSOCIATES
Lauren Claffey
Fmr. Dep. Asst. Secretary, Strategic Communications
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
STAFF
