Professional Staff
Neilesh Shelat
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INTERIM
Jaime Cheshire
SENIOR ADVISOR, PREVIOUS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (2023-2026)
Matt Gobush
DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND SENIOR ADVISOR FOR STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS
Julie Martin
GENERAL COUNSEL
Meredith Johnston
DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL
Iain Robertson
CHIEF OF STAFF
Jeremy Butler
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
Mariam Jalalzada
SENIOR ADVISOR FOR AFGHAN OUTREACH
Brenton Krieger
SENIOR ADVISOR FOR LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS
Pamela G. Faber Shearman
RESEARCH DIRECTOR
Catherine (Kate) Bateman
DEPUTY RESEARCH DIRECTOR
Edmund J. (EJ) Degen
EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF, MILITARY OPERATIONS AND SECURITY FORCES ASSISTANCE TEAM
James (Jamie) E. Hayes III
CHIEF, COUNTERTERRORISM AND INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENTS TEAM
Janna Mantua, PHD
CHIEF, INTERVIEWS AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT TEAM
Eric Minton
CHIEF, WRITING AND PRODUCTION TEAM
Leah Fiddler
CHIEF, POLICY AND DIPLOMACY TEAM
Jennifer Hazen
CHIEF, DEVELOPMENT TEAM
John Alulis, SENIOR ANALYST
Neha Ansari, PhD, SENIOR ANALYST
Destini Berry, OPERATIONS ASSOCIATE
Akmal Dawi, SENIOR WRITER
Alisha Deluty, ANALYST
Dan Elinoff, SENIOR ANALYST
Alice Falk, COPYEDITOR
Regina Faranda, SENIOR ANALYST
Paul Fishstein, SENIOR ADVISOR
Rory Gates, ANALYST
Avery Parsons Grayson, SENIOR ANALYST
Stephanie Greenwald, GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Natalie Hall, SPECIAL ASSISTANT AND ANALYST
Jamie Hammon, BUDGET ANALYST
Pamela Hernandez, RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Nakissa Jahanbani, PhD, SENIOR ANALYST
Genevieve Lester, SENIOR ADVISOR
Tiffany Mansfield, ARCHIVIST
Adam Mausner, SENIOR ANALYST
Bridget Matty, SENIOR ANALYST
Colin McKeague, ANALYST
Matthew Parkes, RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Nainika Ashok Paul, ANALYST
Mark Reardon, SENIOR ANALYST
Harris Samad, SPECIAL ASSISTANT AND ANALYST
Paul Schaffner, ANALYST
Luis Vertiz, SENIOR ANALYST
Scott Worden, SENIOR ANALYST
Katherine Zimmerman, SENIOR ANALYST