Dr. Adam Lajeunesse - Arctic
- Co-author: China’s Arctic Ambitions (2017); co-editor: Canadian Arctic Operations, 1941-2015 (2017).
- Fellow, Arctic Institute of North America.
- Member, editorial board, the journal Arctic.
- Regular participant at the inter-agency Arctic Security Working Group.
- Associate Professor at St. Francis Xavier University in Canada.
Dr. Edward Lemon - Central Asia
- Top expert on Central Asia's relationship with Russia and China and Islamic radicalism in Central Asia.
- Since 2009, he has spent almost three years working and conducting fieldwork in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Russia.
- Speaks Russian and Tajik; President of The Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs.
- Through his research, has established networks of over 200 researchers and key informants across Central Asia, including in closed communities.
- Research Assistant Professor at The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University
Dr. Charles E. Morrison - Indo-Pacific
- President of the East-West Center from 1998 through 2016.
- Past Chair of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council.
- Research adviser to two high-level bi-national Japan-U.S. commissions.
- Taught Southeast Asian international relations at Johns Hopkins.
- Legislative assistant [for defense, trade and foreign policies] to the late Senator Wm V. Roth, Jr of Delaware
Mouaz Moustafa - Syria/Middle East
- Executive Director of the Syrian Emergency Task Force (https://setf.ngo)
- Served 4.5 years as a congressional staffer
- Escorted Senator John McCain into Syria in May 2013
- Architect of the "Caesar Civil Protection Act," the lead U.S. sanctions on the Assad Regime
- Currently spending much time in Damascus as an interlocutor between the USG and new Syrian government
David Otto - Africa
- Assisted in securing the release of the Chibok girls from factions of Boko Haram and ISWAP.
- Led exercise measurement projects in the CAR and port cities in Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar and Mozambique
- Conducted 3 years of field research on Boko Haram in Lake Chad region
- Speaks French and Broken English
- Grandfather was the first Premiere of British Southern Cameroon
Dr. P. Whitney Lackenbauer - Arctic
- Chair in the Study of the Canadian North at Trent University, Canada
- Network lead of the North American and Arctic Defense and Security Network (NAADSN – www.naadsn.ca).
- Traveled extensively throughout circumpolar Arctic (www.lackenbauer.ca).
Adam M. Pechter - Founder and CEO
- Yale BA, Vanderbilt Law School JD, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) MA
- Proficient in Arabic and Spanish
- Before founding firm, served as the Policy Director for New Jersey gubernatorial campaign and as COO, New Jersey Commerce Commission