Richard Lacquement

Richard Lacquement, United States Army, is a Professor of Strategy and Policy at the U.S. Naval War College. He is a Field Artillery officer with combat experience during Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom. He has served in airborne, air assault, and armored units. He is also a Strategic Plans and Policy specialist who was an assistant professor in the United States Military Academy's Department of Social Sciences (where he taught American Politics, International Relations and International Organizations). He has a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy, a Master's degree in Public Administration from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, a Master's degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College, and a Ph.D. in Security Studies from Princeton University.  He is the author of Shaping American Military Capabilities After the Cold War (Praeger 2003).

Paul LaFontaine

Paul LaFontaine is currently an Executive Vice President for Ticketmaster where he is responsible for developing business in emerging markets.Previously he was Vice President of New Markets for CitySearch, a local internet media company. He has also held positions of increasing responsibility for BMG Direct and Pizza Hut, where he worked in business and operations development. A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, he served as a Military Intelligence officer in the Persian Gulf War.

Elizabeth Latham

Elizabeth Latham joined the U.S. Committee for the United Nations Development Programme as Executive Director in May 2004.

Ms. Latham also is Vice President for Programs of the United Nations Association of the National Capital Area (UNA-NCA) and represents the Young Professionals for International Cooperation (YPIC) on the UNA-USA Board.  She was honored by UNA in 2003 as the inaugural recipient of the Global Young American Award and was guest author in the winter 2004 issue of the UNA-USA National Magazine, The Interdependent.

Previously she was a Research Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies where she coordinated the Strengthening the Global Partnership project.  Elizabeth’s other professional experience includes a stint with AmeriCorps as volunteer coordinator. She has also done media work for the National Security Studies Quarterly and grass roots mobilization for the Washington Office on Africa.

Her article entitled "CIVPOL Certification: A Model for the Recruitment and Training of Civilian Police Monitors" appeared in the Spring 2001 issue of World Affairs. Elizabeth holds degrees from Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities.  She is a member of Women in International Security and UNA.  She has lived abroad and can comprehend varying degrees of Afrikaans, French, and Turkish.

Marcel Lettre

Marcel Lettre is a professional staff member on the House Intelligence Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security. He has previously worked as a management consultant with Booz Allen & Hamilton's corporate strategy practice, on the staff of the presidential Commision to Access the Organization of the Federal Government to Combat the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction chaired by John Deutch and at the nuclear nonproliferation project of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Mr. Lettre holds a Master in Public Policy from Harvards John F. Kennedy School of Government and is a term member of the Council of Foreign Relations.

Mark Lewis

Mark R. Lewis is a professional staff member on the U.S. House of Representative’s Committee on Armed Services, where he works national military policy, defense transformation, joint professional military education, and readiness issues.  Prior to this position, he was a Research Staff Member at the Institute for Defense Analyses, in the Strategy, Forces, and Resources division.  There, he participated
in integrated, interdisciplinary studies of defense planning and policy related to national security strategy, structure, and capabilities of U.S. and foreign forces, and infrastructure supporting U.S. forces.

Mark served 11 years on active duty with the U.S. Army, in infantry and special operations (Ranger) assignments.  He holds a BS in the Russian language from Georgetown University and a Masters of Arts in National Security Studies from Georgetown's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. He has published articles in Infantry Magazine, Parameters, Joint Force Quarterly, and Armed Forces & Society.

Alexsandra Lloyd is currently an Associate at Eurasia Group, a global political risk research and consulting group based in New York.  She recently completed her Masters in International Affairs at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) where she concentrated in international security policy.  Her primary areas of interest are U.S. national security policy, including counter-terrorism, international peace enforcement, and South Asian affairs.  Prior to attending SIPA, she worked at ABC News for four years as an Associate Producer for "World News Tonight with Peter Jennings."  She covered a wide variety of domestic and international stories, including the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 for which she won an Emmy Award for extended breaking news coverage.  Alexsandra has also briefly worked at the U.S. State Department where she interned at the U.S. Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh in the Political and Public Affairs Sections.  She also interned at the United Nations Department of Political Affairs, where she wrote analytical reports and conducted research for the Al Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee. Alexsandra received a Bachelor of Arts from Tufts University with a double major in English and French.  

T J Linzy

T J Linzy is a Managing Consultant for IBM in the United Kingdom, specialising in E-commerce operations. Linzy, a US citizen, has lived and worked predominantly in Europe (the UK, The Netherlands, France and Germany) since 1988. Linzy served with the 2nd US Cavalry from 1988-1991, including combat in Iraq and Kuwait. Linzy was a facilitator for CENSA's Delphi Study on Transatlantic Relations and is also a member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House). Linzy's main national security effort is to help preserve the "special relationship" with the UK through commercial relationships and the media.

Timothy Liston

Timothy Liston is currently a Robert Bosch Fellow in Berlin, Germany, where he is examining German military reforms and European security issues. He is taking a leave of absence from the RAND Corporation, where he is a Policy Analyst, focusing on European security and force planning issues. He has contributed to force restructuring for several Central and Eastern European nations and has co-authored several studies on European contributions to Persian Gulf Security, European Defense Initiatives, and European contributions to Operation Allied Force. Prior to joining RAND, Mr. Liston received his Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, where he was an International Studies Fellow. Mr. Liston is a founding member of CENSA.

Aaron Lobel

Aaron Lobel is a Phd Candidate in the Department of Government at Harvard University. During the academic year 2000-2001 he will be a resident predoctoral fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. Aaron has also been a fellow at the Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, and the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, both at Harvard University. He is the editor of the forthcoming book, Presidential Judgment: Foreign Policy Decisionmaking in the White House (Hollis Press, 2000).

Kent Lucken is a Vice-President of The Citigroup Private Bank in Boston.  He is a fourteen-year veteran of the U.S. Foreign Service and completed diplomatic assignments at the U.S. Embassies in Rome, Moscow, Tbilisi, Zagreb, Sarajevo and Ljubljana.  Kent holds an MPA from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.  He received his BA from Iowa State University and completed Georgetown University's Institute of Comparative Political and Economic Systems. 
Kent has been a featured speaker on international relations at Harvard's Kennedy School, National Public Radio and the Boston Globe.