Staff
Former Executive Assistant to the CEO
Former Executive Assistant to Managing Partners
Former Director of Operations and Human Resources
Lori Campbell
Administrative Director
Former Vice President of Political Strategies, MDSC
Former Campaign Manager
Former Fundraising Consultant
Jennie Johnson
Vice President
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
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
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
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
Advisory Board
Veteran, U.S. Air Force
22nd Secretary of Defense
24th Chancellor of William & Mary
Hon. Robert Gates
Retired, JP Morgan
Former Chair, National Humanities Center
Trustee, Duke University and Johnson C Smith University
Patricia Morton
Recipient of the Medal of Honor
Author, 8 Seconds of Courage: A Soldier’s Story
Board Member, Warriors Ethos
CPT(R) Florent Groberg
Military Spouse, U.S. Marine Corps
Senior Staff Attorney, Veterans Legal Institute
Former Chair, CE&S Foundation
Nancy Jones
Veteran, US Navy
Board Member, Swords to Plowshares
Board Member, Polco
Michael Thiel
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
Veteran, U.S. Marine Corps
Co-Founder, With Honor Action
CEO and Founder, Second Front
Peter Dixon
EVP, Corporate Affairs, Chief Compliance Officer, Corporate Secretary, Activision Blizzard
Senior National Security Analyst, CBS
Former Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counter Terrorism
Frances Townsend
Veteran, US Marine Corps
Vice President, Schmidt Futures
Author, Union: A Democrat, a Republican, and a Search for Common Ground
Jordan Blashek
Vice President and Co-Founder, Bezos Family Foundation
Trustee, Aspen Institute
Board Member, National Constitution Center
Mike Bezos
CEO and Founder, Sallyport Investments
Former Chairman, President, and CEO, El Paso Corporation
Director and Co-Founder, NextOp Vets; Director, Combined Arms
Doug Foshee
17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Board of Directors, Bloomberg Philanthropies
Professor, Princeton University
ADM(R) Michael Mullen
Retired Brigadier General, U.S. Air Force
Former Dean of Faculty, U.S. Air Force Academy
Faculty Chair, Senior Executive Fellows, Harvard Kennedy School
BG(R) Dana Born
30th Governor of Idaho
49th Secretary of the Interior
Former Senator from Idaho
51st Mayor of Boise
Gov. Dirk Kempthorne
Gold Star family member
President, Travis Manion Foundation
Township Supervisor, Doylestown, PA
Ryan Manion
Veteran, U.S. Navy
Former Presidential Advisor to four U.S. Presidents
Co-Founder, With Honor
David Gergen
Partner, Vianovo
Former Deputy Assistant to the President, Media Affairs and Global Communications
Political and communications strategist
Tucker Eskew
Veteran, U.S. Air Force
President, Robert Morris University
Former Presidential Appointee, National Security Education Board
Dr. Christopher Howard
Founder and Chairman, Three Ships
Chairman, MattressAdvisor.com
Chairman, HouseMethod.com
Zach Clayton
Veteran, U.S. Navy
CEO, Concord Energy Holdings
Former Deputy Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary of Defense
Matt Flavin
Veteran, U.S. Air Force
Co-Founder, Bipartisan Policy Center
Former Senate Majority Leader
Sen. Tom Daschle
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
Honorary Advisors
Hon. Michèle Flournoy
CEO, WestExec Advisors
Hon. Henry Kissinger
56th U.S. Secretary of State
Prof. Richard Kohn
Professor Emeritus of Peace, War, and Defense, UNC-Chapel-Hill
Mr. Truman Semans
Senior Advisor, Brown Advisory