Leadership & Staff
Kurt Campbell
Assistant Secretary of State under Obama; CNAS co-founder
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Member
R Nicholas Burns
Biden nominee to be Ambassador to China; Senior Counselor, The Cohen Group; Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School
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Director
Thomas E Donilon
Partner, O’Melveny & Myers | former Deputy National Security Advisor; has staffed 8 Democratic presidential campaigns
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Member
Parents
The Aspen Institute
Elite policy discussion group
Members
Frances Townsend
Self-Employed at Frances Fragos Townsend, LLC
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Member
Ashton Carter
Obama Pentagon Acquisition Czar; 25th US Secretary of Defense; Director, Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center and Professor of Technology and Global Affairs. Harvard University.