Staff
Veteran, U.S. Marine Corps
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Double Time Capital
Co-Founder, Carolina for Kibera
Rye Barcott
Co-Founder & CEO
CEO, FPPCO | Invest America
Former CEO, Americans Elect
Former President, StudentsFirst
Kahlil Byrd
Senior Advisor
Former Executive Assistant to the CEO
Former Executive Assistant to Managing Partners
Former Director of Operations and Human Resources
Lori Campbell
Administrative Director
Veteran, U.S. Marine Corps
Former Managing Director, Pallas Advisors
Former Special Assistant, Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense
Fran DuFrayne
Chief Operating Officer
Former Chief of Staff, U.S. House Office
Former CDO, Work Skills Corporation
Presidential Appointee, US Selective Service System
Allan Filip
Senior Vice President
Former Chief Research Assistant to David Gergen
Former COVID-19 Testing Center Manager, 2020 Democratic Convention and 59th Presidential Inaugural Committee
Former Belfer Center International and Global Affairs Fellow
Greg Honan
Communications Director
Former Vice President of Political Strategies, MDSC
Former Campaign Manager
Former Fundraising Consultant
Jennie Johnson
Vice President
Veteran, U.S. Army
Former consultant, The Boston Consulting Group
Former philanthropy director
Thomas Leonard
Strategic Advisor to the CEO
Veteran, U.S. Marine Corps
Former Voting Rights Director, Priorities USA
Former Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Senate Office
Rory Steele
Chief of Staff
Advisory Board
Vice President and Co-Founder, Bezos Family Foundation
Board Member, Aspen Institute and New Classrooms
Board Member, National Constitution Center
Mr. Mike Bezos
Veteran, US Marine Corps
Vice President, Schmidt Futures
Author, Union: A Democrat, a Republican, and a Search for Common Ground
Mr. Jordan Blashek
Retired Brigadier General, U.S. Air Force
Former Dean of Faculty, U.S. Air Force Academy
Co-Director, Harvard Center for Public Leadership
BG(R) Dana Born
19th White House Chief of Staff
Co-Chair, National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility & Reform
Board of Directors: Facebook, Morgan Stanley, and Norfolk Southern
Hon. Erskine Bowles
U.S. Navy Veteran
Co-Founder, The Gilbert & Jacki Cisneros Foundation
Former Member of Congress (D-CA)
Hon. Gil Cisneros
Founder and Chairman, Three Ships
Chairman, MattressAdvisor.com
Chairman, HouseMethod.com
Mr. Zach Clayton
Veteran, U.S. Air Force
Co-Founder, Bipartisan Policy Center
Former Senate Majority Leader
Sen. Tom Daschle
Veteran, U.S. Marine Corps
Co-Founder, With Honor Action
CEO and Founder, Second Front
Mr. Peter Dixon
Partner, Vianovo
Former Deputy Assistant to the President, Media Affairs and Global Communications
Political and communications strategist
Mr. Tucker Eskew
Veteran, U.S. Navy
CEO, Concord Energy Holdings
Former Deputy Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary of Defense
Mr. Matt Flavin
CEO and Founder, Sallyport Investments
Former Chairman, President, and CEO, El Paso Corporation
Director and Co-Founder, NextOp Vets; Director, Combined Arms
Mr. Doug Foshee
Veteran, U.S. Air Force
22nd Secretary of Defense
24th Chancellor of William & Mary
Hon. Robert Gates
Veteran, U.S. Navy
Former Presidential Advisor to four U.S. Presidents
Co-Founder, With Honor
Mr. David Gergen
Recipient of the Medal of Honor
Author, 8 Seconds of Courage: A Soldier’s Story
Board Member, Warriors Ethos
CPT(R) Florent Groberg
Veteran, U.S. Air Force
President, Robert Morris University
Former Presidential Appointee, National Security Education Board
Dr. Christopher Howard
Military Spouse, U.S. Marine Corps
Senior Staff Attorney, Veterans Legal Institute
Former Chair, CE&S Foundation
Mrs. Nancy Jones
Gold Star family member
President, Travis Manion Foundation
Township Supervisor, Doylestown, PA
Ms. Ryan Manion
Retired, JP Morgan
Former Chair, National Humanities Center
Trustee, Duke University and Johnson C Smith University
Ms. Patricia Morton
17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Board of Directors, Bloomberg Philanthropies
Professor, Princeton University
ADM(R) Michael Mullen
Veteran, US Navy
Board Member, Swords to Plowshares
Board Member, Polco
Mr. Michael Thiel
EVP, Worldwide Government, Legal and Business Affairs, MacAndrews & Forbes, Inc.
Senior National Security Analyst, CBS
Former Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counter Terrorism
Ms. Frances Townsend
44th Surgeon General of the U.S. Army
Board of Directors, Johnson & Johnson
Board of Trustees, Mount St. Mary's University
LTG(R) Nadja West
Honorary Advisors
Hon. Michèle Flournoy
CEO, WestExec Advisors
Prof. Richard Kohn
Professor Emeritus of Peace, War, and Defense, UNC-Chapel-Hill
Mr. Truman Semans
Senior Advisor, Brown Advisory
Hon George Shultz
60th U.S. Secretary of State (in memoriam)
Sen John Warner
Former U.S. Senator from Virginia