CENSA Membership Directory-B

	Gaurav Bansal Gaurav Bansal is currently a computer associate at the New York City Transit Authority where he works to develop and fund new telecommunications and information technology projects. He holds a Master of International Affairs from Columbia where he specialized in international economics and finance. He also has a B.S. electrical engineering.
	Peter Barschdorff Dr. Peter Barschdorff is a business and political strategist, currently a manager in the Life Sciences practice of Capgemini’s consulting business. As Director of Research in 2003/ 2004, Peter co-led CENSA’s global Delphi-study, “Transatlantic Relations after 9/11” and he facilitated an expert panel discussion at CENSA’s 2004 annual meeting in New York City on that topic. Peter has also hosted several CENSA speaker events, addressing topics like European defense, German foreign policy, and broader trends in transatlantic relations. Peter has published in leading German and U.S. academic journals, and has commented on current affairs on public radio (PBS). His thesis, “Facilitating Transatlantic Cooperation after the Cold War – An Acquis Atlantique?,” was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2002. Prior to his business appointments, Peter completed trainee programs at NATO and at the European Commission. He was awarded the German federal force’s honorary medal for his service in the German Navy in 1988-9. Peter holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Free University of Berlin (Germany) and an MBA from Columbia University (expected fall 2005). He serves as CENSA’s Director of Strategy and he is a member of the Board.
	Jason Bartolomei Captain Jason Bartolomei is a US Air Force acquisitions officer with experience as a systems engineer and an integrated product team lead at the F/A-22 System Program Office. Most recently he served as an Assistant Professor of Engineering Mechanics and Director of Systems Engineering at the US Air Force Academy. He has studied at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and is currently a PhD student at MIT in the Engineering Systems Division. His research interests include understanding the parallels between innovation dynamics in product development and growth dynamics of politically violent organizations.
	John C. Baskerville John Baskerville is a Major in the United States Army and is currently assigned to Third US Army/Army Forces Central Command (ARCENT) in Ft McPherson, GA. A member of the G5 section, he is the Country Desk Officer for Egypt, Iraq, Oman, Somalia, and Sudan. John is a Middle East Foreign Area Officer (FAO) and his prior experience includes a one-year tour in Jordan and two years as the Chief of Army Programs at the US Embassy in Muscat, Oman. Before becoming a FAO, John was an Aviation officer and commanded an AH-64 Apache company in the 3d Infantry Division at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, GA. John holds a BS with a double major of Arabic and French studies from the United States Military Academy (USMA), and holds an MA in International Relations, with a concentration in Middle East Studies from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).
	Christian Beckner Christian Beckner is Senior Homeland Security Analyst in IBM's Global Leadership Initiative, a think tank within the company's Business Consulting Services division, focusing his research on homeland security and intelligence issues. Prior to joining IBM, he worked at the Center for Strategic and International Studies as a fellow in the CSIS Homeland Security Program and also project manager of the Center's Human Space Exploration Initiative . While at CSIS, he was the lead author of a number of reports, including Untangling the Web, a report on congressional oversight of the Department of Homeland Security; The Still Untrodden Heights, a report on the future of human space exploration; and a report on U.S.-Japan Space Policy: A Framework for 21st Century Cooperation. He worked as a senior advisor to The Civitas Group simultaneous with his employment at CSIS, co-authoring a number of research reports on the homeland security market. Prior to joining CSIS, he was a senior associate at The O'Gara Company, a strategic advisory services firm in Washington, D.C. While there, he coauthored a report entitled The Homeland Security Market: Corporate and Investment Strategies for the Domestic War against Terrorism, issued in May 2003. Mr. Beckner holds a B.A. in international relations and English from Stanford University and both an M.S. in Foreign Service (MSFS) and an MBA from Georgetown University.
	Nicholas Bell Nicholas Bell is a graduate of the Georgetown School of Foreign Service, where he studied international politics and european economics, as well as studying in several European countries. He speaks German, is pursuing Russian, and has work experience at non-profits, think tanks, and consultancies based out of Washington DC. His research interests are focused on the intersection of politics and business, with an area interest of Central and Eastern Europe.
	Jeff Benson Jeff W. Benson serves as a Principal with Technology Strategies & Alliances (TS&A) located just outside of Washington, D.C. Prior to joining TS&A, Mr. Benson was the Campaign Manager for Congressman Charlie Stenholm in West Texas during the 2004 election. He led a grassroots campaign that raised more than $2.2 million and ranked one of the top congressional races in the country. Prior to his campaign work, Mr. Benson served more than six years in the U.S. Navy. Mr. Benson’s work experience also includes the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) in the Submarine and Warfare Research Division (SWORD), Capitol Hill and at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Mr. Benson is a participant for the 2005-2006 Project on Nuclear Issues sponsored by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Mr. Benson received a Masters in Public Service and Administration (MPSA) and a graduate Certificate in Advanced International Affairs (CAIA) from the George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. He completed his undergraduate degree in Political Science and Business at Texas Christian University.
	B. Dan Berger Dan is currently the Chief of Staff for Congresswoman Katherine Harris in Washington, DC. Prior to his appointment as Chief of Staff, he was Managing Partner of ScoreCast, a company that develops software for the PGA and and its pro golfers. He has also served in senior management positions at various healthcare and technology companies in business development, marketing, and government & public affairs capacities. Dan serves on the Board of Directors for the Boys & Girls Clubs, Juvenile Diabetes Foundations and the Sarasota County Sports Commission. He earned his Master's Degree from Harvard University and Bachelor's Degree in Economics from Florida State University.
	Sean Bielat Sean Bielat is Director of Business Development & Strategic Planning for Government & Industrial Robots at iRobot Corporation. iRobot provides robots for IED disruption and detection, MOUT operations, sniper location, and many other applications. Prior to iRobot, Sean worked as an Associate at McKinsey & Company. He currently serves in the United States Marine Corps Reserve as an Intelligence Watch Officer in the Marine Corps Crisis Response Center at the Pentagon. He served as an Amphibious Assault Vehicle officer and an Adjutant while on active duty. Prior to becoming a Marine, he co-founded a small political consulting firm. He holds a Master in Public Policy, concentrating in International Security & Political Economy, from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and a BA in Government from Georgetown University.
	Philipp Bleek Philipp C. Bleek is a doctoral candidate in international relations and international security at Georgetown. His research interests include non-conventional weapons proliferation to both states and non-state actors, particularly fissile materials and their role in nuclear proliferation; U.S.-European relations; and American foreign policy. He has published articles on international security issues through the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (BCSIA) at Harvard, the Nonproliferation Review, and the Kennedy School Review as well as commentary articles in major newspapers including the Washington Post, International Herald Tribune, and Boston Globe. Bleek holds a master in public policy from the Kennedy School at Harvard and an undergraduate degree from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton.
	Christopher Boucek Christopher Boucek is the editor of the Homeland Security & Resilience Monitor at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies in London. He has previously served as the Managing Editor of the Middle East Times (Cairo), and also worked as an analyst at the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, DC. Mr Boucek has written widely on the Middle East, Central Asia, and terrorism for a variety of publications including Jane's Terrorism and Security Monitor, Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst, Middle East Policy, and the Johns Hopkins University Central Asia-Caucasus Institute Analyst. He's also had the opportunity to speak before such audiences as the London School of Economics, RMA Sandhurst, and the Institute for Political and International Studies in Teheran. Mr Boucek is also a member of the International Board of Advisors of the Journal of Libyan Studies, and presently completing his PhD at the School of Oriental and African Studies (London) on regional security in Central Asia and the Caucasus.
	Michael Boyle Michael J. Boyle is a Fulbright Fellow at the Department of International Relations at the Australian National University. He holds an M.Phil and Ph.D. in International Relations from Cambridge University and an MPP from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. A graduate of La Salle University, he has interned for the US Department of State and the Center for Strategic and International Studies and worked on a number of consulting projects for the Centre for Defence Studies at King's College, London. In 2003-2004, he was a predoctoral fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University. He is currently developing his dissertation on post-conflict violence into a book manuscript and working on a case study on the Australian intervention in East Timor in 1999.
	Barton B. Brown Barton B. Brown II is a specialist in military Information Operations with experience in Europe, the Middle East, and Far East in conventional and special operations. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Government from Wofford College, a Master of Science in Management from Troy State University, and a Doctor of Management from Colorado Technical University. His doctoral dissertation was a study in Corporate Competitive Intelligence, correlating the increase in Japanese business intelligence collection with America's loss of world market share in electronics, then extrapolating the impact on the U.S. Defense Industrial Base. He has lectured at the U.S. Air Force Academy, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Air War College, the National Defense University, and the Joint Special Operations University and recently served as both an author and editor for CENSA's Intelligence Reform project.
	Darren Bradley Darren Bradley is a Commercial Contracts Representative for International Programs at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI). He is responsible for the negotiation of contracts for the sale of unmanned aerial vehicles to foreign militaries, as well as company compliance with the International Traffic in Arms Regulations. He is a graduate of the Sorbonne in Paris, France, where he studied history and international relations.
	Christina Briggs Christina Briggs is a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology studying national security issues. In summer 2000, she is serving a stint at the National Security CouncilÕs Office of Transnational Threats. Ms. Briggs is a graduate of Harvard College.
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