Our Council of Executives
Our Council of Executives offers strategic guidance and support, thereby helping to sustain and grow the Center’s activities.
Scott Aaronson
Vice President, Security and Preparedness, Edison Electric Institute
Richard V. Allen
Former Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Michael Balboni
President and Managing Director, RedLand Strategies Inc.
Former Deputy Secretary for Public Safety, State of New York
Rand Beers
Former Acting Secretary of Homeland Security
Former Under Secretary for the National Program and Programs Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Ambassador Cofer Black
Former Ambassador at Large and Coordinator for Counter-terrorism, U.S. Department of State
Former Director, Counterterrorism Center, Central Intelligence Agency
Lieutenant General Ronald L. Burgess, Jr. (US Army, Ret.)
Chief Operating Officer, Auburn University
Former Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
Dan Chenok
Executive Director, IBM Center for the Business of Government
Judge Michael Chertoff
Co-Founder
Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Michael Downing
Chief Security Officer, Oak View Group
Former Deputy Chief, Counter-Terrorism and Special Operations Bureau, Los Angeles Police Department
Martin Faga
Former President and CEO, The MITRE Corporation
Former Director, National Reconnaissance Office
Ambassador Alberto Fernandez
Vice President, MEMRI
Former Coordinator, Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications, U.S. Department of State
Leon Fuerth
Practitioner in Residence, Institute for Global and International Studies, The Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University
Former Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs
Jeff Greene
Director, National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, National Institute of Standards and Technology
J. Richard Knop
Founder
Ambassador Tom Korologos
Strategic Advisor, DLA Piper
Former U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium
Cathy Lanier
Senior Vice President of Security, National Football League
Former Chief, Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia
Jane Holl Lute
President CEO, SICPA North America
Former Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Ronald Marks
President, ZPN Cyber and National Security Strategies
Former Central Intelligence Agency and Capitol Hill Official
Cheri McGuire
Chief Information Security Officer, Standard Chartered Bank
Paul McHale
President, Civil Support International LLC
Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense, U.S. Department of Defense
Former Member of Congress
Edwin Meese, III
Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow Emeritus, The Heritage Foundation
Former U.S. Attorney General
John Paczkowski
Senior Vice President, Homeland Security
Steve Pann
Founding Partner, Razor's Edge Ventures
Michael Papay
Vice President
David Paulison
Former Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency
B.J. Penn
President, Genesis IV Executive Consulting
Trustee Emeritus, George Washington University
Former Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Acting Secretary of the Navy
Greg Rattray
Managing Director, Global Cyber Partnerships and Government Strategy, JPMorgan Chase & Co
Thomas Ridge
CEO, Ridge Global
Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Former Governor, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Former Member of Congress
Andrew Robinson
Senior Managing Director, Witt O'Brien's
Bob Rose
Robert Rose Consulting LLC
Judge William Sessions
Partner, Holland & Knight
Former Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Suzanne Spaulding
Former Under Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Paul Stockton
Managing Director, Sonecon, LLC
Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas' Security Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense
Adam Thiel
Fire Commissioner, Philadelphia Fire Department
Frances Fragos Townsend
Executive Vice President, MacAndrews & Forbes Inc.
Former Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
Jim Turner
Senior Partner, Arnold & Porter, LLP
Former Member of Congress
Kenneth L. Wainstein
Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Former Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
Former Assistant Attorney General for National Security, U.S. Department of Justice
Mark Weatherford
Senior Vice President
Judge William Webster
Former Director of Central Intelligence
Former Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bradley Whittington
Director of Technology - Intelligence, Information and Services, Raytheon Company
Juan Zarate
Chairman
Former Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism
