Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

Officers

• Michael S. Swetnam, Chairman and CEO
• Thomas O'Leary, Executive Vice President, Strategy, Planning and Programs
• Gail Clifford, CPA, MBA, Vice President for Financial Management and Chief Financial Officer

Policy Research

• Robert Hummel, Ph.D., Vice President of Research
• John P. Retelle, Ph.D., Director of Studies and Senior Research Fellow
• Janelle Gatchalian, Research Administrator
• Douglas Maughan, Ph.D., IPA - Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Hugh E. Montgomery, Jr., IPA- Senior Fellow
• Kathryn Schiller Wurster, Research Assistant
• John F. (Frank) Turner, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow

Strategy, Planning and Programs

• Thomas O'Leary, Executive Vice President, Strategy, Planning and Programs
• Lisa Albuquerque, Research Fellow
• James Barnett, Jr., IPA
• Ken Curcio, IPA - Headquarters Marine Corps Plans, Policies and Operations
• Theodore "Dash" Dailey, Research Fellow
• Colin Dillon, Research Assistant 
• Charles Driest, Research Fellow
• Randy Garrett, Ph.D., IPA - NSA
• Paul Gido, IPA - Office of Naval Research (ONR)
• Vincent J. Goulding, IPA - Marine Corps Warfighting Lab (MCWL) 
• Dwight Lyons, Senior Research Fellow
• Faith MacDonald, Research Assistant
• Jim McMains, IPA - ONR
• Courtney Merriman, Research Assistant
• Col. Gary Montgomery USMC Reserve, Research Fellow
• Amy O'Leary, Research Assistant
• BGen. David Reist USMC (Ret.), Senior Research Fellow
• Ritch Rodebaugh, Research Fellow
• Justin Rossi, Research Assistant
• Jack Sparks, IPA - Marine Corps Warfighting Lab (MCWL)
• John W. Swain, Research Fellow 
• Laura Worcester, IPA - ONR

Center for Emerging Threats and Opportunities (CETO)

• Mike Lowe, Director
• Bruce Albrecht, Research Fellow
• J.D. Canty, Research Fellow
• Gordon O'Neill, Research Fellow
• Bill Powers, Ph.D., Research Fellow
• Dale Rauch, Research Fellow
• Jonathan Vogel, Research Associate
• Jay D. Walker, Research Fellow

Multimedia Division

• Patrick Worcester, Creative Director

Academic Programs

• James Giordano, Ph.D., Senior Fellow and Vice President of Academic Programs

Center for Neurotechnology Studies (CNS)

• James Giordano, Ph.D., Senior Fellow and Director
• Kathryn Schiller, Research Assistant
• Full Listing of Fellows & Advisory Board

International Center for Terrorism Studies (ICTS)

• Professor Yonah Alexander, Ph.D., Director, Senior Fellow, and Member, Board of Regents

Academic Fellows and Scholars

• Stephen O. Cunnion, M.D., Ph.D., MPH, Health Policy and Preparedness
• Donald A. Donahue, Jr., DHEd, MBA, FACHE, Health Policy and Preparedness Program Director
• Tawfik Hamid, M.D. Chair for the Study of Islamic Radicalism
• A. Alan Moghissi, Ph.D., Risk Analysis Program Director
• James Tate, Ph.D., Environmental Economics and Ethics Program Director

Administration

• Harry Avig, Director of Administration

Finance and Contracts

• Gail Clifford, CPA, MBA, Vice President for Financial Management and Chief Financial Officer
• Miriam Jackson, Staff Accountant/Contracts Administrator
• Beirut Mesfin, Junior Accountant/Contracts Assistant

Communications

• Laurie Kinney, Director of Communications and Outreach