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Director, Joint Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations Center
United States Strategic Command
United States Strategic Command
Maj. Gen. AnnMarie K. Anthony serves as Director of the Joint Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations Ce...(read more)
Chief of Staff, Office of the Secretary of War, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation
Ms. Elizabeth Bettis currently serves as the Chief of Staff to the Director of Cost Assessment and P...(read more)
Commander, United States Special Operations Command
Admiral Frank M. Bradley is a U.S. Navy SEAL Officer. Originally from Eldorado, Texas, ADM Bradley i...(read more)
Director, Plans and Policy, J5
United States Strategic Command
United States Strategic Command
Rear Adm. Thomas R. “TR” Buchanan grew up in a Navy family. He is a native of Vallejo, California an...(read more)
Vice President & General Manager, Strategic & Missiles Defense Systems, Lockheed Martin Space
Johnathon Caldwell is the Vice President and General Manager of Strategic & Missile Defense Systems ...(read more)
Under Secretary of War for Policy
Elbridge A. Colby serves as the Under Secretary of War for Policy. In this role, he is the principal...(read more)
Commander
United States Strategic Command
United States Strategic Command
Adm. Rich Correll is a 1986 graduate of Rose Hulman Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Scien...(read more)
President, Council on Foreign Relations
Ambassador Michael Froman is President of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). He previously serv...(read more)
Direct Reporting Portfolio Manager Submarines and Program Acquisition Executive Undersea
Vice Adm. Robert M. “Rob” Gaucher is the Direct Reporting Portfolio Manager Submarines (DRPM SUBS) a...(read more)
Former Senior Technical Advisor to the Director of the White House Military Office & Former Director of Strategic Initiatives Directorate
Mr. Thomas W. Geyer retired from Federal Service in Jan 2025 after 14 years at the White House Milit...(read more)
Deputy DRPM for Golden Dome
Lieutenant General Brian W. Gibson is a U.S. Army officer currently serving as the Military Deputy t...(read more)
Deputy Commander
United States Strategic Command
United States Strategic Command
Lt. Gen. Michael Lutton is the Deputy Commander, United States Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force B...(read more)
13th Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
General Mahoney was born in South Weymouth, Massachusetts and graduated from Holy Cross in June 1987...(read more)
Acting Principal Deputy Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer
Mr. Andrew (Andy) Mapes is the Acting Principal Deputy Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Off...(read more)
Co-Founder of the Marathon Initiative and Former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
Dr. A. Wess Mitchell is a principal and co-founder at The Marathon Initiative, which he created in 2...(read more)
Deputy Director, Strategic Capabilities Office, Office of the Secretary of War
Mr. Luis Molina is the Deputy Director of the Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO), whose mission is ...(read more)
Chief of the National Guard Bureau
Gen. Steven S. Nordhaus serves as the 30th Chief of the National Guard Bureau and as a member of the...(read more)
J5 Strategy and Plans Director, United States Pacific Command
Commodore Paul O’Grady is a native of Melbourne and joined the Royal Australian Navy in 1994 as a Su...(read more)
Former Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategic Plans & Policy, NATO HQ
Maj. Gen. Devin R. Pepper is the former Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategic Plans and Policy (DCOS SPP)...(read more)
Deputy Director of Strategy, Policy & Plans (J5), North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command
Ms. Karen Pound, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Deputy Director, Strategy, Policy ...(read more)
Deputy Director, Strategic Stability, Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate (J-5), The Joint Staff
Grant serves as the Deputy Director for Strategic Stability in the Joint Staff J-5 (Strategy, Plans,...(read more)
Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia
Alvaro R. Smith is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia. In this ro...(read more)
Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for Nuclear Deterrence and Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Policy
Dr. Robert Soofer is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for Nuclear Deterrence and Countering Wea...(read more)
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict
Dr. Richard Tilley serves as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for Special Operations ...(read more)
Chief of Staff and Senior Counselor to the Under Secretary of War for Policy
Mr. Alexander Velez-Green is Chief of Staff and Senior Counselor to the Under Secretary of War for P...(read more)
Deputy Director, LLNL
Brad Wallin is the Deputy Director for Strategic Deterrence (SD) at Lawrence Livermore National Labo...(read more)
United States Permanent Representative to NATO
Matthew G. Whitaker assumed his role as the Permanent Representative of the United States to NATO on...(read more)
Director & Direct Reporting Portfolio Manager, Critical Major Weapon Systems
Gen. Dale R. White is the Director, Critical Major Weapon Systems, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia...(read more)
Under Secretary for Nuclear Security at the Department of Energy & Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration
The Honorable Brandon M. Williams is the Under Secretary for Nuclear Security at the Department of E...(read more)
Director, PEA Strategic Systems Programs
Vice Admiral Douglas L. Williams is a native of Baton Rouge, LA. He graduated from the US Naval Aca...(read more)
Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Arms Control and Nonproliferation
U.S. Department of State
U.S. Department of State
Dr. Christopher T. Yeaw is the Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control and Nonproliferation. I...(read more)
Deputy Commander, United States Space Command
Lieutenant General (LTG) RICHARD L. ZELLMANN originally from Belle Plaine, MN, and was commissioned ...(read more)