Jed Ipsen is currently serving on the professional staff as a special advisor to the U.S. Senate's Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee via a fellowship with the Brookings Institution. He concurrently serves as associate director - Washington, DC of the Caux Round Table. He's also a research associate at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. He previously served as a fellow and staff consultant at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and as a staff assistant to Senator Rod Grams. He's a fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, and has been a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and Pacific Council on International Policy.