Brian collaboratively guides corporate strategy, product, and business development in Shield AI, Inc. Brian transitioned from 33 years of service in the U.S. Navy and Special Operations community in 2016. He commanded U.S. Naval Special Warfare Command, U.S. Special Operations…
Mr. Henry “Butch” A. Kievenaar, III is a 1985 Distinguished Military Graduate from George Mason University and was commissioned in Armor. He later received a Master’s degree in Military Arts and Sciences. His professional military education includes the Armor Officer…
General David M. Rodriguez served over 40 years in the United States Army with his final assignment being the Commander of the United States Africa Command. A native of West Chester Pennsylvania, he earned his commission from the United States…
Lieutenant General John “Jocko” Toolan Jr. served as the Commander, Marine Forces Pacific, from August 2014 until August 2016. He retired from active duty on 1 October 2016 and participated in JINSA’s Generals and Admirals Program to the Middle East…
Yaniv Menahem is the Jewish Institute for National Security of America’s (JINSA) Middle East Operations Manager since April of 2018. Prior to this position, 2016-2017 Yaniv served as a spokesman for a senior member of the Israeli Knesset and as…
Ari Cicurel joined JINSA in September 2018 as a Policy Analyst and has been Assistant Director of Foreign Policy since January 2023. Ari is a graduate of the University of Michigan where he dual majored in Political Science and Judaic…
Alan Makovsky is a senior fellow for National Security and International Policy at the Center for American Progress. From 2001 to 2013, he served as a senior professional staff member on the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the U.S. House…
Jack Gardner served in command positions in Europe, Latin America, Korea, Bosnia, Iraq and numerous locations in the US. In his final assignment he served as the Deputy Commander of U.S. European Command in Stuttgart, Germany and the US military…
Richard L. Wagner, Jr. is a physicist who has worked in nuclear weapon design and development, missile defense, treaty-verification, non-proliferation, countering nuclear terrorism and WMD in general, information technology for defense applications, defense intelligence, and nuclear and non-nuclear energy. Between…
Dr. James A. Tegnelia, vice president, Department of Defense Programs, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, N.M., has been named the third Director, Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs, Dr.…