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Representing US Marine Corps Sergeant Jaryk D. Pitsch exemplified outstanding leadership and unwavering dedication while serving with Battery E, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, during the critical withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. Stationed at Hamid Karzai International Airport in

Representing US Army Sergeant First Class Luke Donofrio, United States Army, is recognized for superior leadership, conspicuous gallantry, and dauntlessness in action against the enemy as a Squad Leader, specifically while deployed to a Joint Task Force in direct support

IDF BG Effie Defrin is a Visiting Fellow at JINSA and a former participant in JINSA’s 2019 Brigadier Generals Military Leadership Education Program. Prior to joining JINSA, BG Defrin served as the head of the IDF’s International Cooperation Division, and

Lt Gen Charles L. Moore Jr. was the Deputy Commander, U.S. Cyber Command, Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. USCYBERCOM directs, synchronizes and coordinates cyberspace planning and operations to defend and advance national interests in collaboration with domestic and international partners.

N. Nolan Judd joined JINSA as the Executive Assistant to the President & CEO after previously serving as a policy intern during his undergraduate studies. Nolan is a graduate from the University of Glasgow, where he graduated with a MA

Lt Gen Scott A. Howell is the former Commander of the Joint Special Operations Command. He retired from the United States Air Force in Aug. 2021 after a 34-year distinguished military career, primarily in special operations, with extensive deployment experience

Adm. Michael Rogers is a native of Chicago and attended Auburn University, graduating in 1981 and receiving his commission via the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps. Rogers is a distinguished graduate of the National War College and a graduate of

Blake Johnson is the Communications Director for the Jewish Institute for National Security of America. Johnson has more than 17 years of media and communications experience in Washington, D.C., having worked at think tanks, public affairs firms, and television and

General (Ret) Kenneth F. “Frank” McKenzie, Jr. became JINSA’s Hertog Distinguished Fellow in March 2024. He became the Executive Director of the University of South Florida’s Global and National Security Institute in May 2022. In July 2022, he also became

At 25madison, Mr. Price works with the team and its portfolio companies to build great businesses. As a lifelong entrepreneur, Mr. Price has seen what works and what doesn’t work, over and over again. Now, he helps entrepreneurs and the