Leadership

Brian Finlay
President and CEO
Rachel Stohl
Senior Vice President of Research Programs
Julian Mueller-Kaler
Chief of Staff and Senior Fellow and Director, Strategic Foresight Hub
Justine Sullivan
Vice President of External Affairs
Vibha Bhatia
Vice President of Finance and Operations

Senior Research Team

Hafed Al Ghwell
Senior Fellow & Director
Emma Ashford
Senior Fellow
Lana Bleik
Fellow & Deputy Director
Mathew Burrows
Counselor, Program Lead
Michael Cunningham
Senior Fellow
Brian Eyler
Senior Fellow and Director, Southeast Asia and Energy, Water, & Sustainability Programs
Benjamin N. Gedan
Senior Fellow & Director
Dan Grazier
Senior Fellow and Director
Kelly A. Grieco
Senior Fellow
Carolyn Gruber
Fellow and Deputy Director
Andrew Hyde
Senior Fellow, Strategic Foresight Hub
Pamela Kennedy
Fellow and Deputy Director, China Program
J. James Kim
Program Director
Rachel Minyoung Lee
Senior Fellow
Austin Lord
Senior Fellow, Energy, Water and Sustainability Program
Daniel Markey
Senior Fellow
Christina McAllister
Senior Fellow and Director, Partnerships in Proliferation Prevention Program
Asfandyar Mir
Senior Fellow
Andrew Oros
Senior Fellow & Director, Japan Program
Richard Ponzio
Senior Fellow and Director, Global Governance, Justice, & Security Program
Christopher Preble
Senior Fellow and Director, Reimagining U.S. Grand Strategy Program
Allison Pytlak
Senior Fellow and Director, Cyber Program
Lauren Herzer Risi
Senior Fellow and Director, Environmental Security Program
Steve Ross
Senior Fellow
Lisa Sharland
Senior Fellow and Director
Peter Slezkine
Senior Fellow & Director
Randa Slim
Distinguished Fellow and Program Lead
Yun Sun
Senior Fellow and Director
Elizabeth Threlkeld
Senior Fellow and Director, South Asia Program
Jenny Town
Senior Fellow and Director, 38 North Program
Cindy Vestergaard
Project Lead, Converging Technology and Global Security Program
Courtney Weatherby
Fellow and Deputy Director, Southeast Asia and Energy, Water, & Sustainability Programs
Martyn Williams
Senior Fellow
Elias Yousif
Fellow and Deputy Director

Research Team

Frank Aum
Nonresident Fellow
Ansgar Baums
Nonresident Fellow
Anders Beal
Nonresident Fellow
James Bosworth
Nonresident Fellow
Natalie Bramlett
Research Assistant
Maximilian Bremer
Nonresident Fellow
Yusuf Can
Research Associate
Robert Carlin
Nonresident Fellow
Brian Castner
Senior Advisor and Nonresident Fellow
Nvard Chalikyan
Nonresident Fellow
Mohamed Ali Chihi
Nonresident Fellow
Christopher Clary
Nonresident Fellow
Michael Cohen
Nonresident Fellow
Evan Cooper
Research Analyst
Chandrima Das
Nonresident Fellow
Alexandra de La Trobe
Nonresident Fellow
Claire Doyle
Research Analyst, Environmental Security Program
Adriana Erthal Abdenur
Nonresident Fellow
Alexander Farley
Research Analyst
Zeba Fazli
Research Analyst
Jim Finkel
Nonresident Fellow
Julia Gledhill
Research Analyst
Sarah Godek
Research Associate, China Program
Andrew Gordan
Junior Fellow
Aditi Gorur
Nonresident Fellow
Julie Gregory
Research Analyst
Maja Groff
Nonresident Fellow
Isaac Halaszi
Research Assistant
Kawa Hassan
Nonresident Fellow
Nick Hawkins
Research Associate
Jupiter Huang
Junior Fellow
Siddharth Iyer
Nonresident Fellow
Minseon Ku
Nonresident Fellow
Regan Kwan
Research Analyst, Southeast Asia and Energy, Water, & Sustainability Programs
Sean (Hyuk Hyun) Kwon
Nonresident Fellow
Joris Larik
Senior Advisor and Nonresident Fellow
Marlene Laruelle
Nonresident Fellow
John Lichtefeld
Nonresident Fellow
Madelyn MacMurray
Research Assistant, Environmental Security Program
Michael Madden
Nonresident Fellow
Peter Makowsky
Nonresident Fellow
Collin Meisel
Nonresident Fellow
Mahlet Mesfin
Nonresident Fellow, Environmental Security Program
Faria Nasruddin
Nonresident Fellow
Giulia Neaher
Research Analyst, Responsible AI Fellowship Project
Bio
Betzalel Newman
Research Associate
Beatriz García Nice
Research Analyst
Juan Penalosa
Nonresident Fellow
Iliana Ragnone
Research Analyst & Managing Editor
Kathryn Rauhut
Nonresident Fellow
Ferial Saeed
Nonresident Fellow
Salem A. Salem
Nonresident Fellow
Rafael Schmitt
Nonresident Fellow
Madison Schramm
Nonresident Fellow
Peter Schwartzstein
Nonresident Fellow
Kathleen Scoggin
Research Assistant
Kaitlin Scott
Program Assistant
Roberto Simon
Nonresident Fellow
Hunter Slingbaum
Research and Development Associate
Will A. Smith
Research Associate
Rebecca Snyder
Research Associate
Amara Thiha
Nonresident Fellow, China Program
Grant Turner
Research Associate
Anna Vassilieva
Nonresident Fellow
Jimmy Wang
Nonresident Fellow
Juliet Weis
Research Associate
Andrew Wells-Dang
Nonresident Fellow
Marie-Louise Westermann
Research Associate
Zachary Zimmerman
Program Coordinator and Research Assistant

Distinguished Fellows & Senior Advisors

David Bray
Loomis Council Member & Distinguished Fellow
Richard Cronin
Distinguished Fellow
Richard Cupitt
Senior Advisor
Debra Decker
Senior Advisor
Amb. Jeffrey DeLaurentis 
Distinguished Fellow
Diana Negroponte
Distinguished Fellow
Roberto Dondisch
Distinguished Fellow
William Durch
Distinguished Fellow
Lars Hedström
Distinguished Fellow
Olli Heinonen
Distinguished Fellow
Victoria K. Holt
Distinguished Fellow
John Izzo
Distinguished Fellow
Ellen Laipson
Distinguished Fellow and President Emeritus
Robert A. Manning
Distinguished Fellow
Polly Nayak
Distinguished Fellow
Robert Rosenberg
Distinguished Fellow
Barbara Slavin
Distinguished Fellow
David Smith
Distinguished Fellow
David Kenneth Smith
Distinguished Fellow
Geoff Wilson
Distinguished Fellow and Strategic Advisor
Joel S. Wit
Distinguished Fellow
Lanxin Xiang
Distinguished Fellow
Sally Yozell
Senior Advisor

Operations Team

Conor Trung Boba
Development Associate
Caitlin Goodman
Deputy Director of Communications
Joaquin Matamis
Communications Specialist
Ryan McClanahan
Director of Budgets and Financial Analysis
Ally Meyers
Operations Assistant
Rebecca Montiel
Accounting Director
Aubrey Polliard
Executive Assistant
Jessie Swanseen
Director of Grants and Finance Operations