Professional Staff
Jaime Cheshire
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Julie Martin
GENERAL COUNSEL
Iain Robertson
CHIEF OF STAFF
Jeremy Butler
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
Pamela G. Faber Shearman
RESEARCH DIRECTOR
Catherine (Kate) Bateman
DEPUTY RESEARCH DIRECTOR
Matthew Gobush
SENIOR ADVISOR FOR STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS
Mariam Jalalzada
SENIOR ADVISOR FOR AFGHAN OUTREACH
Brenton Krieger
SENIOR ADVISOR FOR LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS
Raphael Carland
CHIEF, POLICY AND DIPLOMACY TEAM
Elizabeth Nathan Conrad
CHIEF, INTERVIEWS AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT TEAM
Edmund J. (EJ) Degen
CHIEF, MILITARY OPERATIONS AND SECURITY FORCES ASSISTANCE TEAM
James (Jamie) E. Hayes III
CHIEF, COUNTERTERRORISM TEAM
Genevieve Lester, PhD
CHIEF, INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENTS TEAM
Eric Minton
CHIEF, WRITING AND PRODUCTION TEAM
Neilesh Shelat
CHIEF, DEVELOPMENT TEAM
Neha Ansari, PhD, SENIOR ANALYST
Will Bardenwerper, SENIOR WRITER
Destini Berry, OPERATIONS ASSOCIATE
Akmal Dawi, SENIOR WRITER
Matt Dawson, SENIOR ANALYST
Dan Elinoff, SENIOR ANALYST
Leah Fiddler, SENIOR ANALYST
Rory Gates, ANALYST
Avery Parsons Grayson, ANALYST
Natalie Hall. SPECIAL ASSISTANT AND ANALYST
Jennifer M. Hazen, PhD, SENIOR ANALYST
Nakissa Jahanbani, PhD, SENIOR ANALYST
Janna Mantua, PhD, SENIOR ANALYST AND INTERVIEWER
Colin McKeague, ANALYST
Nainika Ashok Paul, ANALYST
Carmella Saia, ANALYST
Harris Samad, SPECIAL ASSISTANT AND ANALYST
Paul Schaffner, ANALYST
Luis Vertiz, SENIOR ANALYST
Adam Wunische, PhD. SENIOR ANALYST
Katherine Zimmerman, SENIOR ANALYST