Staff

CEO's Office

Michael S. Swetnam*, CEO and Chairman, BOD

• Robert Hummel, PhD, Chief Scientist
• Kathryn Schiller Wurster, Chief of Staff
• Jennifer Buss, PhD, Research Fellow
• Patrick Cheetham, Research Assistant

Finance, Accounting and Human Resources

Gail Clifford, CPA, MBA*, Vice President for Financial Management and Chief Financial Officer

• Miriam Jackson, Director of
  Finance
• Beirut Mesfin, Staff Accountant and HR Administrator

Security and Administration

• Herbert A. Hunter, Special Security Officer and Administration Manager
• Dominique Hammonds, Receptionist/Administrative Assistant

Strategy, Plans and  Programs

Thomas O'Leary*, Executive Vice President

Strategy and Planning Division

• Steven Linder, Research Fellow
• Gary Montgomery, Research Fellow

Concepts and Analyses Division

• Theodore "Dash" Dailey, Research Fellow
• Charles Driest, Research Fellow
• Janelle Gatchalian, Research Fellow
• Faith MacDonald, Research Assistant
• Courtney Merriman, Research Associate
• Amy O'Leary, Research Associate
• Emma Parker, Research Assistant

Center for Emerging Threats and Opportunities (CETO) Division

• Bruce Albrecht, Research Fellow
• J.D. Canty, Research Fellow
• Christian Haliday, Research Fellow
• Gordon O'Neill, Research Fellow
• Bill Powers, Ph.D., Research Fellow
• Jack Sparks, Research Fellow
• Jonathan Vogel, Research Associate

Academic Centers and Programs

Jamie Barnett, RDML USNR (Ret.), Senior Vice President of National Security Policy

• Lois Hollan, Research Fellow
• John P. Retelle, Ph.D., Director of Studies and Senior Research Fellow
• John F. (Frank) Turner, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow
• Patrick Cheetham, Research Assistant
• Sherry Loveless, Director of Design and Production

Academic Programs

Center for Neurotechnology Studies (CNS)

International Center for Terrorism Studies (ICTS)

Professor Yonah Alexander, Ph.D., Director, Senior Fellow, and Member of the Board of Regents

Potomac Institute Cyber Center (PICC)

Amb. David J. Smith (Ret.), Director and Senior Fellow

Chair for the Study of Islamic Radicalism

Tawfik Hamid, MD

Click here for a list of Institute Fellows and Academic Fellows.

Intergovernmental Personnel Assignments

• Lisa Albuquerque, IPA - Office of Naval Research
• Erin Fitzgerald, PhD, IPA - Office of Naval Research
• Paul Gido, IPA - Office of Naval Research
• Jim McMains, IPA - Office of Naval Research
• Ritch Rodebaugh, IPA - USA Engineer Research and Development Center
• Michael Smith, IPA - DARPA
• Laura Worcester, IPA - Office of Naval Research

* Corporate Officer