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Board of Directors
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Steve Forbes Board Member CEO Forbes Magazine	Dr. Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Founding Member, 2001-2006 Fmr. Ambassador to the UN
Jack Kemp Chairman Emeritus Fmr. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Distinguished Advisors
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Judge Louis J. Freeh Fmr. Director of the FBI	Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) U.S. Senate
Newt Gingrich Fmr. Speaker of the House	Robert "Bud" McFarlane Fmr. National Security Advisor
Max M. Kampelman Fmr. Ambassador	R. James Woolsey Fmr. Director of the CIA

Board of Advisors
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Gary Bauer President American Values	Bill Kristol Editor Weekly Standard
Rep. Eric Cantor Chairman (R-VA) Task Force on Terrorism	Hon. Richard D. Lamm Fmr. Governor Colorado
Frank Gaffney President Center for Security Policy	Sen. Zell Miller (D-GA) Former U.S. Senator
Gene Gately Former Intelligence and Defense Official	Richard Perle Former Chair of the Defense Policy Board and FDD Advisor
Charles Jacobs President American Anti-Slavery Group	Steven Pomerantz Former Assistant Director FBI
General P.X. Kelley USMC (RET)	Oliver "Buck" Revell Former Associate Deputy Director FBI
Charles Krauthammer Syndicated Columnist

Senior Fellows
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Khairi Abaza Senior Fellow Foundation for Defense of Democracies	Andrew C. McCarthy Director, FDD's Center for Law and Counterterrorism
Avi Jorisch Terrorism Expert	Dr. J. Peter Pham Senior Fellow: Africa
Orde Kittrie Law Professor Arizona State University	Dr. Walid Phares Director, FDD's Future of Terrorism Project
Burak Kuntay Visiting Fellow	Victoria Toensing Fmr. Chief Counsel to Sen. Intelligence Committee
Dr. Michael Ledeen Freedom Scholar	Dr. Robert Zubrin Fellow: Energy and Security

Adjunct Fellows
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Dr. Jonathan Adelman Professor University of Denver	Ethan Gutmann Adjunct Fellow The Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Bill Ardolino Adjunct Fellow Foundation for Defense of Democracies	Michael I. Krauss Professor of Law George Mason University School of Law
Richard Z. Chesnoff Journalist	Agota Kuperman U.S. Foreign Service (ret.)
Paul Crespo Former Marine Corps Officer and Military Attaché	Joel Mowbray Journalist
Tanya Gilly Member of the Iraqi National Assembly	Bill Roggio Editor The Long War Journal
Olivier Guitta Counterterrorism and Foreign Affairs consultant	Dr. Frederic Smoler Professor Sarah Lawrence College

Staff

Tony Badran Research Fellow, Levant The Foundation for Defense of Democracies	Bill McCarthy Senior Vice-President of Communications and Operations The Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Amb. Richard W. Carlson Vice Chairman The Foundation for Defense of Democracies	Mary Beth Nalin Communications Coordinator Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Mark Dubowitz Executive Director The Foundation for Defense of Democracies	Jessica Risch Research Associate The Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Sasha Eckstein Special Assistant The Foundation for Defense of Democracies	Cara Rosenthal Senior Manager, Development The Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Omar Fadhil Summer Associate Foundation for Defense of Democracies	Claudia Rosett Journalist-in-Residence The Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Vice President of Research The Foundation for Defense of Democracies	Jonathan L. Snow Research Fellow Coalition Against Terrorist Media
Joshua D. Goodman Director of Research The Foundation for Defense of Democracies	Cindy D. Tan Research Associate Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Laura Grossman Research Associate Foundation for Defense of Democracies	Jean Thurman The Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Brandi Kolmer Manager, Operations Foundation for Defense of Democracies	Shlok Vaidya Research Associate Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Clifford D. May President The Foundation for Defense of Democracies