OUR TEAM
Founders
Antony Blinken*
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Former Deputy Secretary of State and Former Deputy National Security Advisor to the President
Sergio Aguirre
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Former Chief of Staff to the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Former White House National Security Council Director
Nitin Chadda
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Former Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defense and Former White House National Security Council Director
Team
Lincoln Bloomfield
Senior Advisor
Former State Department Special Envoy and Former Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs
General Vincent K. Brooks, USA (Ret.)
Principal
Former Commander of the United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, and
United States Forces Korea
Michael Camilleri
Senior Advisor
Former White House National Security Council Director for Andean Affairs and Former Advisor on the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff
Gabrielle Chefitz
Senior Associate
Ron Clark
Senior Advisor
Former Deputy Under Secretary of Homeland Security and Former White House National Security Council Director and Acting Senior Director
David S. Cohen**
Principal
Former Deputy Director of the CIA and Former Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
Elbridge Colby
Senior Advisor
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development
Rachel Ellehuus
Senior Advisor
Former Principal Director for European and NATO Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense
Kim Gillies
Associate Director, Talent and Operations
Josh Hochman
Associate
Cristina Killingsworth
Vice President
Former Senior Advisor to the CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation and Former White House National Security Council Director for Strategic Planning
Vice Admiral Joe Maguire, USN (Ret.)
Principal
Former Acting Director of National Intelligence and Former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center
Sarah McCool
Executive Assistant
Admiral Bill Moran, USN (Ret.)
Principal
Former Vice Chief of Naval Operations and Former Chief of Naval Personnel
Meghan O’Sullivan
Senior Advisor
Former Special Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan
Jen Psaki
Principal
Former White House Director of Communications and Former Spokesperson for the Department of State
Ambassador Dennis Ross
Senior Advisor
Former Special Assistant to the President and Former White House National Security Council Senior Director for the Central Region
Danny Russel
Principal
Former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs and Former White House National Security Council Senior Director for Asian Affairs
Ambassador Daniel B. Shapiro
Principal
Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel and Former White House National Security Council Senior Director
Ambassador Dana Shell Smith
Senior Advisor
Former U.S. Ambassador to the State of Qatar and Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
Michael Singh
Senior Advisor
Former White House National Security Council Senior Director for Near East and North African Affairs
Rebecca Skoryanc
Director of Operations
Jamie Smith
Senior Advisor
Former Deputy White House Press Secretary and Former Director of Public Affairs for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Puneet Talwar
Senior Advisor
Former Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs and Former Special Assistant to the President
Colin Thomas-Jensen
Senior Advisor
Former Africa Policy Advisor to the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Former Deputy Director of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations’ D.C. Office
Celeste Wallander
Senior Advisor
Former Special Assistant to the President and Former White House National Security Council Senior Director for Russia/Eurasia
Matthew Waxman
Senior Advisor
Former Principal Deputy Director and Acting Director of the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff and Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
