Distinguished Visiting Fellows

The Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute’s Distinguished Visiting Fellows Program enlists prominent subject matter experts with exceptional credentials and records of accomplishment in homeland security to serve as strategic advisors, expand our network of homeland security subject matter experts, mentor young analysts, and provide critical reviews of some of our most important reports. These fellows have contributed to numerous HSSAI tasks and represented HSSAI on panels at homeland security conferences and workshops nationwide.

Rear Admiral Thomas Atkin, USCG (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Thomas Atkin, USCG (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Atkin is the former Assistant Commandant for Intelligence and Criminal Operations, U.S. Coast Guard. In multiple capacities, he served for 34 years in the U.S. Coast Guard, distinguishing himself in the fields of law enforcement, tactical border security operations, and intelligence. As a flag officer, he served in multiple leadership positions and was responsible for directing homeland security and homeland defense policy.

Mr. Larry Castro

Larry Castro

Managing Director, Chertoff Group. Mr. Castro served as the National Security Agency (NSA)/Central Security Service representative to DHS. He also led the Defensive Information Operations Group within NSA’s Information Assurance Directorate. Mr. Castro now focuses on cyber security; information sharing across federal, state, and local governments; and intelligence support for crises and special events.

Ms. Elaine Duke

Elaine Duke

Former Under Secretary for Management at DHS. Ms. Duke served as the Deputy Assistant Administrator for TSA, DHS Chief Procurement Officer, and Deputy Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management before serving as the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management for two administrations. She has extensive and in-depth understanding of DHS and the rest of the nation’s homeland security enterprise.

Col. Terry Ebbert

Col. Terry Ebbert, USMC (Ret.)

CEO, Ebbert & Associates. Col. Ebbert is the former director of homeland security for the City of New Orleans. He served as the incident commander and coordinated all local, state, and federal responses to New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. He provides consulting, training, and education in emergency preparedness, public safety, disaster management, and security. During his distinguished career in the U.S. Marine Corps, Col. Ebbert received the Navy Cross.

Dr. Stephen Flynn

Stephen Flynn, Ph.D.

Co-Director of the George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security at Northeastern University and former president of the Center for National Policy. Dr. Flynn spent a decade as a senior fellow for national security studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He served as the lead policy advisor on homeland security for President Obama’s transition team. He also currently serves as a member of the bipartisan National Security Preparedness Group, is a consulting professor at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University, and is a senior fellow at the Wharton School’s Risk Management and Decision Processes Center at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. David McIntyre

David McIntyre, Ph.D.

Vice President of Academic Affairs, HSM at National Graduate School & University. Dr. McIntyre is the former Director of the Integrative Center for Homeland Security, Texas A&M University. He served as a member of the National Security Education Board and the National Board of Directors of the FBI’s InfraGard National Members Alliance, an academic advisor to the University and Colleges Committee of the International Association of Emergency Managers, and on the Steering Committee of the Homeland Security/Defense Education Consortium Association.

William Modzeleski

William Modzeleski

Mr. Modzeleski is a former Associate Assistant Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools. For the past two decades, he has held senior level positions at the Department of Education. During that time, he was instrumental in designing and implementing programs, policies, training, and technical assistance for school safety.He also developed strategies and programs for alcohol and drug abuse and school, mental, and environmental health. Other long-standing interests include school preparedness and violence prevention, and understanding the radicalization of youth.Mr. Modzeleski has authored several studies on school safety, terrorism, and domestic radicalization.

Mr. Paul Rosenzweig

Paul Rosenzweig

Founder of Red Branch Law & Consulting and the former DHS deputy assistant secretary for policy. In his role at DHS, Mr. Rosenzweig had several notable accomplishments including negotiating international agreements relating to information sharing for counterterrorism purposes; negotiating and implementing aviation, cargo, and passenger pre-clearance agreements; and developing and implementing a strategy for the expansion of the Visa Waiver Program. Mr. Rosenzweig also serves as a professorial lecturer in law at George Washington University, a senior editor of the Journal of National Security Law & Policy, and a visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation.

Lt. Gen. Keith J. Stalder, USMC (Ret.)

Lt. Gen. Keith J. Stalder, USMC (Ret.)

Lt. Gen. Stalder has more than 37 years of distinguished service in Joint and Marine Corps operational assignments.  He was the Commanding General of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii and before that Commanding General of II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.  While on active duty he became one of the military’s most experienced operational planners and commanders, serving as the Commanding General of seven separate organizations.  As the senior Marine Military Representative to the U.S. Pacific Command, he was instrumental in negotiating international accords on the basing of U.S. forces in Japan and strengthening international alliances to preserve peace in East Asia and the Pacific. Upon retirement he established a technical and management consulting practice and works with industry, government, and academic clients.

 
Col. Robert Stephan

Col. Robert Stephan, USAF (Ret.)

President of Stephan Risk Solutions and former assistant secretary for infrastructure protection at DHS. While at DHS, Mr. Stephan led the national effort to identify and catalog critical infrastructures and key resources, and to assess risk across all sectors. Additionally, he led the development and implementation of the National Infrastructure Protection Plan and supporting sector-specific annexes. Prior to his time with DHS, Mr. Stephan was the senior director for information analysis and infrastructure protection at the Homeland Security Council. There he was responsible for coordinating interagency planning, management and implementation of 15 multimillion dollar strategic programs and initiatives to protect the United States from terrorist attack, including the development of the National Critical Infrastructure and Key Asset Protection Strategy. In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, Mr. Stephan led the national vulnerability assessment effort as a handpicked member of the Vice President’s National Preparedness Task Force.