Leadership

Jim Petrosky, PhD
President and Co-Founder
Adam Lowther, PhD
VP for Research and Co-Founder
Col (Ret.) Curtis McGiffin
VP for Education and Co-Founder
Dave Smith
Strategic Advisor

Alex Littlefield, PhD
Chief of StaffSenior Fellows

Maj Gen (Ret.) C. D. Alston
Senior Fellow
Joshua Ball
Senior Fellow
Stephen Blank, PhD
Senior Fellow
BG (Ret) Greg Bowen
Senior Fellow
Jennifer Bradley, DSS
Senior Fellow
Joe Buff
Senior Fellow
Maj Gen (Ret.) Mike Carey
Senior Fellow
Stephen Cimbala, PhD
Senior Fellow
Wally Clark, PhD
Senior Fellow
LTG (Ret.) Chun In-bum
Senior Fellow
MG (Ret.) Bradley Gericke, PhD
Senior Fellow
Col (Ret.) Kirk Fansher
Senior Fellow
Patrick Fearon-Hernandez
Senior Fellow
Col (Ret.) Mike Guillot
Senior Fellow
Amit Gupta, PhD
Senior Fellow
Mica Hall, PhD
Senior Fellow
Peter Huessy, Esq.
Senior Fellow
Kerry Kartchner, PhD
Senior Fellow
Robert Kittinger, PhD
Senior Fellow
Lt Gen (Ret.) Jim Kowalski
Senior Fellow
Matt Kroenig, PhD
Senior Fellow
Col (Ret.) Jeffrey Larson, PhD
Senior Fellow
Col (Ret.) Bob Lindseth
Senior Fellow
Col (Ret.) Rob Maness
Senior Fellow
Maj Gen William Murphy
Senior Fellow and Co-Founder
Bob Peters
Senior Fellow
Thomas Ramos
Senior Fellow
Carl Rhodes, PhD
Senior Fellow
COL Todd Schmidt, PhD
Senior Fellow
Larry Schoof
Senior Fellow
Col (Ret.) Doug Shahan
Senior Fellow
Sam Stanton, PhD
Senior Fellow
John Swegle, PhD
Senior Fellow
Lt Col Christopher Stone
Senior Fellow
Jonathan Trexel, PhD
Senior Fellow
COL (Ret.) Kelly Ward, PhD
Senior Fellow
Pano Yannakogeorgas, PhD
Senior FellowFellows

Col (Ret.) Leland Bohannon
Fellow
CDR (Ret.) Todd Clawson
Fellow
Heather Dussault, PhD
Fellow
Mike Fincher, Esq.
Fellow
Donald Gooch, PhD
Fellow
Col (Ret.) Paul Hendrickson, PhD
Fellow
Lee Hill
Fellow
LTC (Ret.) Lee Hobbs, PhD
Fellow
Philip Hultquist, PhD
Fellow
Robyn Hutchins, PhD
Fellow
SMSgt Justin Jacobsen, PhD
Fellow
Zak Kallenborn
Fellow
Christine Leah, PhD
Fellow
Lt Col (Ret.) James McCue
Fellow
Erik McIntyre
Fellow
James Ragland
Fellow
Lt Col Derek Williams
FellowAnalysts

Jacob Blank
Analyst
Lt Col (Ret.) Ryan Chmielewski
Senior Analyst
Aaron Holland
Analyst
Dylan Land
Analyst
Alexis Schlotterback
Senior Analyst
Josh Thibert
Senior AnalystBusiness Operations

Kimberly Cherington
Producer, NIDS Podcasting Network
Jeff Fortenberry, CPA
Finance and Accounting
COL (Ret.) Will Hall
Strategic Advisor
Hanna Hill
Graphics Designer
Shelley Scripture
Facility Security Officer (FSO)