Paul Daniels

Paul Daniels is a Major in the United States Army and currently a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow at the Institute for International Policy Studies in Tokyo, Japan. He is a former Strategist and Policy Analyst on the Army Staff, The Pentagon. A field artillery officer by trade, Mr. Daniels has participated in Operations Desert Storm (The Gulf War) and Uphold Democracy (Haiti) and served as the Aide de Camp to the Commanding General of the 10th Mountain Division. Mr. Daniels is a graduate of Stevens Institute of Technology, the Army Command and General Staff College, and Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He was recently selected for promotion to Lieutenant Colonel.

Mary Daughtrey

Mary Mattox Daughtrey is a research analyst at PHR Consulting in Rockville, MD, where she specializes in RICO (Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) matters. She holds a doctorate in Northern Irish Political History, with expertise in party politics, the Troubles, the Peace Process and terrorism. Currently, she is a member of the Faculty of History and Politics at Marymount University in Arlington, Va. Dr. Daughtrey s activities at CENSA include participation in the project on US Engagement In International Conflicts. She also works on advocacy and project development for literacy and welfare-to-work issues through the Junior League.

Dr. Janine Davidson is the Director of the Consortium for Complex Operations (CCO), in the office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Stability Operations.  As Director, she manages a growing network of civilian and military educators, trainers and lessons learned practitioners dedicated to improving education and training for stabilization & reconstruction operations, counterinsurgency, and irregular warfare.

Prior to joining OSD, Dr. Davidson was Director, Counterinsurgency Studies with the Center for Adaptive Strategies and Threats at Hicks and Associates, Inc, where her work focused on counterinsurgency, terrorism, stability & reconstruction operations, Red Teaming and war-gaming.  Dr. Davidson was an Associate and consultant at DFI Government Practice in Washington D.C. where she directed projects for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs and for the Air Force Directorate of Strategic Planning.  From 2003 to 2004 Dr. Davidson was a pre-doctoral Research Fellow at the Brookings Institution where she conducted research on the U.S. military's doctrine, education, and training for stability and reconstruction operations.

Searcy Dryden

Mr. S. Searcy Dryden is presently a venture capital and private equity
investor and advisor at Portico Capital LLC, where he focuses on the Security Information Services sector.  In particular, Mr. Dryden concentrates in anti-terrorist finance, anti-money laundering, data aggregation and analytics (information awareness), and personnel targeting and screening.  Mr. Dryden has advised the Office of Homeland Security, IRS, OFAC, FinCEN, Treasury, CIA, NSA, and INS, as well as members of the Council on Foreign Relation's Homeland Security Taskforce, on anti-terrorist finance and information awareness trends in the private sector.  Previously, Mr. Dryden was an investment banker at Lehman Brothers in New York and London. Mr. Dryden is also a member of BENS (Business Executives for National Security), and is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate from Princeton University.

Kevin Duffy

Kevin Duffy, a Lieutenant in the U.S. Coast Guard, currently serves as 1st Lieutenant and Middle East Training Team Coordinator at Patrol Forces Southwest Asia, Bahrain. He holds a BS in Government from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and an MA in Diplomacy from Norwich University, Vermont.

Thomas Duffy

Thomas Duffy is a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State. He is currently assigned as adviser for political affairs at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, with special responsibility for the Middle East. Prior to joining the U.S. Mission, he spent a year researching U.S. Persian Gulf policy as a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow. His other Foreign Service assignments include postings as political officer on the Egypt Desk in Washington, political-military affairs officer at the American Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and as vice-consul, political officer, and special assistant to the Ambassador at the American Embassy in Bogota, Colombia. Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Mr. Duffy served in the U.S. Navy as a surface warfare officer, with a sub-specialty in political-military affairs. Mr. Duffy received a BA in Government and International Studies from the University of Notre Dame and an MA in War Studies from King's College, London. He is also a graduate of the Naval War College.

Malia Du Mont

Malia Du Mont is a national security policy and strategic intelligence professional, who currently is special assistant to the Chief of Staff for the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas Security Affairs. She has served in policy roles in the special operations community, both in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and on the Joint Staff, where she covered South and Southwest Asian issues. She has also covered Southwest Asian issues as an intelligence officer in the Army Reserve on deployment in Afghanistan and at NATO SHAPE. Malia began her career as a China specialist at The CNA Corporation, and is also the co-founder of the China-Eurasia Forum (www.chinaeurasia.org). She holds an M.P.P. from Harvards Kennedy School. A graduate of the Hopkins-Nanjing program, she received her B.A. in Chinese from Bard College.