National Security Network
FDD's National Security Network (NSN) is comprised of over 700 bipartisan mid-career national security practitioners who have participated in FDD's mid-career professional development programming. NSN alumni are not FDD employees. Learn More
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Class of 2026 National Security Fellows
Sarah Abonyi
Austen Adcock
U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party
Ryan Berger
Strategic Advisory Firm
Erin Brown
TPG Consulting (Former)
Sean Calabria
American Global Strategies
Adam Chan
Federal Communications Commission
Alicia Chavy
Beacon Global Strategies
Caleb Clemons
U.S. Department of Defense
Gerard Connolly
Anduril
Maj.Delvin Darien
U.S. Air Force
Ted Delicath
Unite America
Samantha Dwork
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
David Galluch
FON Advisors
Aaron Gaskins
U.S. Department of Defense
Charlene Goldfield
Troutman Pepper Locke
Morgan Khoury
Metrea
Alexandra Kilgore
U.S. Army
Courtney Kum
U.S. Department of Defense (Former)
Misha Lehrer
Holland & Knight
Joseph Leonardelli
U.S. Marine Corps
Milan Patel
U.S. Air Force
Sam Paulson
Quantum Frontier Ventures
Ryan Rosa
U.S. Department of Defense
Daniel Sprouse
U.S. Army
Joshua Stiefel
Second Front Systems
Bradley Tauber
Rep. Greg Landsman (D-OH)
Emily Trapani
Valinor
Ashley Truluck
U.S. House Appropriations Committee
Daniel Tuchler
U.S. Department of Defense
Abby Turner
U.S. Government
Karthik Venkatraman
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
TaQuasha Wallace
U.S. Department of Defense
Luke Walter
Strellum
Class of 2025 FDD’s Media Fellows
Isabel Aldunate
Matchpoint Strategies
Kayla Bartsch
National Review
Campbell Bright
Steer PR
Emily Cassil
U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX)
Allison Childress
U.S. Rep. Greg Stanton (D-AZ)
Jessica Costescu
Washington Free Beacon
David DiMolfetta
GovExec
Jonas Du
The Free Press
Matthew Foldi
Washington Reporter
Daniel Foster
CounterPoint Strategies
Gary Freedman
NewsNation
Samuel Hayes
United Artists, Amazon MGM
Arden Hooper
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)
Sean Langille
Fox News
Madeline Leesman
Townhall.com
Aubrey López
AIPAC
Patrick McCann
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR)
Todd Prince
Radio Free Europe
Briana Reilly
CQ Roll Call
Krystina Skurk
U.S. Rep. Mark Green (R-TN)
Juan Villasmil
The Spectator
Sarah Zaaimi
The Atlantic Council
National Security Network Alumni
Mina Abdelmalak
U.S. Holocaust Museum
David Abreu
Cydecor
Alphonso Adams
U.S. Air Force
Nick Adams
Maj. Scott D. Adamson
John-Paul Adrian
U.S. Air Force
Lance Adsit
U.S. Air Force
Matthew Aiesi
U.S. Army
Austin Akers
International Republican Institute
Degi Altantuya
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Rich Anderson
U.S. Army
Todd Appel
Booz Allen Hamilton
Steven Arango
U.S. Marine Corps
Mariah Armga
U.S. Air Force
Hamid Arsalan
National Endowment for Democracy
Kirsten Asdal
Asdal Advisory Group
Jamie Ash
U.S. Marine Corps
Jason Attermann
Office of Representative Ted Deutch (D-FL)
Carla Babb
Voice of America
Leif Babin
Echelon Front LLC
Kamil Bahadar
U.S. Navy
Robert Bair
U.S. Navy
Daniel Bair
Department of State
Jason Baker
U.S. Air Force
Jennifer Bales
U.S. Army
Matthew Banks
U.S. Marine Corps
Johnny Barnes
U.S. Air Force
Lauren Barney
U.S. Department of State
Frederico Bartels
The Heritage Foundation
Katherine Barton
U.S. Army
Jenna Barzelay
Citigroup
Ariel Bashi
CNN's The Lead With Jake Tapper
Tiffany Batiste
U.S. Army
Webster Beary
Associate at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
Corey Becker
Office of U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Tara Beeny
American Enterprise Institute
Eiman Behzadi
Department of the Treasury, Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
Timothy Belsan
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration
Emily Benavides
P2 Public Affairs
Michaela Bendikova
The Heritage Foundation
Mike Benitez
U.S. Air Force
John Bennett
Defense News
Travis Berent
Microsoft
Jenna Berger
U.S. House Committee on Education and Workforce
Phillip Bergeron
U.S. Air Force
David Berke
Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Andrew Bernard
The Algemeiner
Derek Bernsen
U.S. Navy
Jack Bianchi
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
Daniel Bilar
Siege Technologies
Trace Biskin
Department of the Treasury
Allen Black
U.S. Air Force
Gretchen De Blaey
U.S. Air Force
Sarah Blake
U.S. Navy
Kelsey Bloom
USA TODAY
Max Bluestein
INTERPOL Washington
George Bogden
Hudson Institute
Thomas Boodry
Office of Representative Tony Gonzales
Anna Borshchevskaya
The Washington Institute of Near East Policy
Andrew Bossert
Space Advisory Group LLC and U.S. Air Force Reserves
Christopher Bowen
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Stephen L. Boyd
Office of Senator James Lankford
Jacob Breach
Senior Advisor
Sarah Brehm
U.S. Air Force
Mike Brest
Washington Examiner
Michael Brewer
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Julia Bristol
Guidehouse
Darren Brooks
TD International
Caroline Brown
Crowell & Moring LLP
Spencer Brown
Townhall.com
Evan Bruccoleri
U.S. Army
Donna Buono
U.S. Army; Office of Chief Legislative Liaison
Rebecca Burgess
Thomas Jefferson Foundation/Monticello
Luke Burke
House Committee on Homeland Security
Jaclyn Cahan
U.S. House of Representatives
Brigid Calhoun
U.S. Army
Caitlin Campbell
U.S. - China Economic and Security Review Commission (U.S. Congress)
Jennifer Cannon
U.S. Air Force
Amy Caouette
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Mary Carnes
U.S. Air Force
Colin Carroll
Office of Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
Lindsey Carroll
U.S. Marine Corps
Charles “Charlie” Carroll
Epirus, Inc.
Elizabeth Carter
Apple Inc.
Phil Caruso
U.S. Air Force
Daniel Cassidy
U.S. Department of Defense & U.S. Army
Max Castroparedes
Harvard Belfer Center
Drew Cavanagh
U.S. Coast Guard
Merav Ceren
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Paris Cervantes
Office of Naval Intelligence
Dani Charles
Charles Bernard Ventures
Eric Chase
Toffler Associates
Jensen Cheong
U.S. Department of Defense
Lauren Cherry
U.S. Navy
Dimple N. Chheda
National Guard Bureau
Diego Chojkier
Defense Intelligence Agency
Chris Massaro
Fox News
Katelyn Christ
U.S. Department of Commerce
Claire Chu
RWR Advisory Group
Ben Cichorz
National Guard Bureau