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.  

From 1988 to 1998, Dr. Davidson served in the United States Air Force as an aircraft commander and senior pilot for the C-130 and the C-17 cargo aircraft.  During her Air Force career she conducted combat support and humanitarian air mobility missions throughout Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.  As an instructor pilot in the T-3 aircraft, she also taught flying, aerodynamics, and navigation at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO. Dr. Davidson currently teaches at George Mason University’s Graduate School of Public Policy as an adjunct professor and has also taught at Davidson College in North Carolina. 
Dr. Davidson earned her B.S. degree in Architectural Engineering from the University of Colorado and her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in International Studies from the University of South Carolina.

Patricia DeGennaro

Patricia DeGennaro is a consultant and professor.  She focuses on issues related to international security, homeland security, international development and terrorism.  With more than ten years of experience in international relations and economic development in both the public and private sector, her experience includes work with the Department of Homeland Security, The Conference Board, Fred Friendly Seminars, the New York City Economic Development Corporation, USAID, the World Bank, the United States Senate and several organizations that support the Middle East Peace Process. 

Patricia earned an MBA from George Washington University in International Business and Finance and a Masters in Public Administration at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government in International Security and Conflict Resolution.  Patricia is an Adjunct Associate Professor of International Affairs at New York University’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies where she teaches a course on National Security Policy.  She has written about the new changes in US intelligence after September 11^th and the Homeland Security Department’s threat advisory system and has been a source for national, homeland and corporate security topics for the Washington Post and NPR radio.  Patricia speaks fluent Albanian and is studying Arabic and Italian.

David Grannis

David Grannis is a Professional Staff Member on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and liaison to Senator Dianne Feinstein.  He formerly worked at the House Homeland Security Committee and as a Senior Policy Advisor to Rep. Jane Harman.  He holds a Masters of Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and a BA in chemistry from Cornell University.

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.

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 an Asian Security Analyst at The CNA Corporation, where she studies Chinese foreign policy and Chinese-Central Asian relations; she is also the co-founder of the China-Eurasia Forum (www.chinaeurasia.org), an independent non-profit.  She holds an M.P.P. in International Security and Political Economy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. A graduate of the Hopkins-Nanjing program, she received her B.A. in Chinese from Bard College. Among her various experiences in the China field, Ms. Du Mont has been an administrator of Chinese Executive Programs at Harvard University, has interned in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and at the American Chamber of Commerce in Guangzhou, worked at a Chinese television station in Jiangsu, and taught English at Zhongshan University in Guangzhou.  She is also an officer in the U.S. Army Reserve.