Board of Directors

The Honorable Gary Hart, Chairman Emeritus

Since retiring from the United States Senate, Gary Hart has been extensively involved in international law and business, as a strategic advisor to major U.S. corporations, and as a teacher, author and lecturer. He is currently president of Hart International, Ltd., a business advisory group.  He is chair of the International Security Advisory Board of the US Department of State and is chair of the Threat Reduction Advisory Council at the Depar... More

Vice Admiral Lee Gunn, USN (Ret.)

Vice Admiral Lee Gunn served in the U.S. Navy for thirty-five years prior to his retirement in 2000. His last active duty assignment was Inspector General of the Department of the Navy where, together with his Marine Deputy, he was responsible for the Department’s overall inspection program and its assessments of readiness, training, and quality of service. Serving in the Surface Navy in a variety of theaters, Admiral Gunn rose through the cr... More

The Honorable Chuck Hagel

Chuck Hagel was the 24th Secretary of Defense, serving from February 2013 to February 2015. He is the only Vietnam veteran and the first enlisted combat veteran to serve as Secretary of Defense. Some of Hagel’s current commitments include service on the Board of Trustees of RAND; Advisory Board of Corsair Capital; Senior Advisor to GALLUP and to the McCarthy Group; Centennial Scholar, Georgetown Walsh School of Foreign Service; Distinguished ... More

Admiral William Fallon, USN (Ret.)

Admiral William J. Fallon retired from the U.S. Navy after a distinguished 40 year career of military and strategic leadership. He has led U.S. and Allied forces in eight separate commands and played a leadership role in military and diplomatic matters at the highest levels of the U.S. government. As head of U.S. Central Command, Admiral Fallon directed all U.S. military operations in the Middle East, Central Asia and Horn of Africa, focusing o... More

Stuart Piltch

Stuart Piltch is the Managing Director of Risk Strategies Consulting in Philadelphia. Stuart Piltch's multifaceted career has spanned across intelligence, healthcare, and technology sectors. Graduating with high honors from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in 1982, he then ventured into national security, working closely with leading intelligence figures, and made significant strides in the healthcare and insurance industry, impacting companies li... More

Lieutenant General Norman Seip, USAF (Ret.), President

Lieutenant General Norman R. Seip, USAF (Ret.) is President of the American Security Project. Lt Gen Seip retired from the United States Air Force in 2009 after serving for 35 years. During his time in the Air Force, Seip was a command pilot with more than 4,500 flying hours, primarily in fighter aircraft and has flown in support of numerous military operations and contingencies around the world. Seip also managed both Air Force assets and pers... More

Lieutenant General Daniel Christman, USA (Ret.)

Lieutenant General Daniel Christman retired after a distinguished 36 year Army career, culminating in a final assignment as Superintendent of the US Military Academy at West Point. Christman later served as Senior Vice President for International Affairs at the US Chamber of Commerce. He has also served as President and Executive Director of the Kimsey Foundation. During his tenure with the U.S. Army he was the assistant to the Chairman of the Joi... More

Lieutenant General Claudia Kennedy, USA (Ret.)

Lieutenant General Kennedy was the first woman to achieve the rank of three-star general in the United States Army. She served as the senior intelligence officer for U.S. Forces Command, Deputy Commanding General for the Army Intelligence Center and School and completed her Army career as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence. She serves on the board of directors of the non-profit Population Action International and the advisory board of Oppo... More

Katherine Leigh Garland Reid

Katherine "Leigh" Garland Reid brings over two decades of working at the highest levels of government in Washington, DC, to her current non-partisan work at the intersection of government and the private sector. As a senior presidential appointee at the Department of State and a long-time finance director, Leigh developed vast knowledge and networks within multiple branches of the US government and deep experience in international relations. In rec... More

Jackson Dunn

Jackson Dunn is the head of the segment’s Public Affairs practice in the Americas at FTI Consulting. Mr. Dunn provides counsel to corporations and private firms on managing political risk during transformational and disruptive events, including complex financial transactions, crisis, government investigations, and legislative and regulatory change across international jurisdictions and within leading sectors of the global economy including energy, f... More

Ed Reilly

Edward Reilly is a Senior Advisor to Dentons, the world's largest law firm. Edward Reilly was previously global Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Strategic Communications practice of FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: FCN), the global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations protect and enhance their enterprise value.  Throughout his career, Mr. Reilly has provided strategic counsel to clients facing a wide variety of complex issu... More

David Wade

David Wade spent two decades at the highest levels of the State Department, on Capitol Hill, and as an adviser to two national presidential campaigns. Wade was the Chief of Staff to Secretary of State John F. Kerry and the Department of State for more than two years. Foreign Policy Magazine noted that at the State Department, Wade was “the driving force behind the Department’s day to day operations.”  Wade was awarded the Department’s highes... More

Dante Disparte

Ex-Officio Chairman of the Business Council for American Security Dante Disparte is the Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Policy for Circle, a leading digital financial services firm building the most trusted treasury and payments infrastructure for the internet, including the fastest-growing dollar digital currency, USDC. Prior to joining Circle, Dante served as a founding executive of the Diem Association, leading public policy, comm... More

Congressman Donald Beyer

Congressman Don Beyer is the U.S. Representative from Virginia’s 8th District, representing Arlington, Alexandria, Falls Church, and parts of Fairfax County. He serves on the Joint Economic Committee, the House Committee on Natural Resources, is Ranking Member on the Oversight Subcommittee to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and a member of the New Democrat Coalition. Prior to joining the U.S. House of Representatives, Donald S... More

Brigadier General Stephen A. Cheney, USMC, (Ret.)

BGen Stephen Cheney, USMC (Ret) is the President Emeritus of the American Security Project. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and has over 30 years experience as a Marine.  His career included a wide variety of command and staff positions with the operating forces and the supporting establishment.  Gen. Cheney's primary specialty was artillery, but he focused extensively on entry-level training, commanding at every echelon at both Marine ... More

Robert B. Crowe

Having been an attorney for 45 years, Robert Crowe has an extensive background in the legal and government relations industry. He has solidified long-standing relationships in Washington, DC representing sovereign nations and other clients before federal, state and local legislative, regulatory, and administrative agencies. Crowe works with clients to prepare and implement government relations strategies, introductions to public officials and poli... More

Brigadier General Allyson Solomon, MD ANG (Ret.)

Brigadier General Allyson Solomon is a retired general officer who served nearly 36 years in the National Guard. In her position prior to retirement, she served as Assistant Adjutant General for Air, Maryland Air National Guard. Since 2015, she has served as President of the National Guard Youth Foundation whose mission is to support at-risk youth through the National Guard Youth Challenge Program which provides them with the values, life skills, educ... More