Frank J. Cilluffo has served as Director of the Homeland Security Policy Institute since joining The George Washington University in April 2003. He is also an Associate Vice President and leads GW's homeland security efforts on policy, research, education, and training. The Institute’s recent policy and research agenda covers a wide range of national and homeland security matters, including counterterrorism, counter-radicalization & counter-narrative efforts, cyber threats & deterrence, transportation security, CBRN terrorism, intelligence, national resilience, emergency management, and the nexus of crime and terrorism.. Prior to joining HSPI, Frank served as Special Assistant to the President for Homeland Security at the White House. More
Dr. Daniel J. Kaniewski is Assistant Vice President and Deputy Director of The George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI). Kaniewski re-joined HSPI in August 2008 after spending three years on the White House staff, most recently as Special Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Senior Director for Response Policy. Soon after joining the White House staff in July 2005, he witnessed first hand the failed response to Hurricane Katrina. He then served as a co-author and editor of the White House report The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina: Lessons Learned. More
As HSPI's Associate Director, Sharon helps lead the Institute’s policy, research, and education initiatives. She has served as principal or contributing author of numerous reports, articles, and testimonies on a range of homeland security issues including counter-radicalization, WMD terrorism, cybersecurity, emergency preparedness and response, and homeland security curriculum development. Sharon has acted as Senior Advisor to The George Washington University’s Center for Preparedness & Resilience, and manages HSPI’s Senior Fellows Program. More
Dr. Joseph R. Clark is a policy analyst at HSPI. His primary research interests include military doctrine, national security strategy, and organizational learning. Clark has written on counterinsurgency doctrine, the need to engage moderate members of the Taliban in political dialogue, piracy, and the US Army's ability to innovate doctrine in the face of strategic failure in Vietnam and Iraq. In the spring of 2011, Dr. Clark was selected as one of twenty-two up-and-coming scholars to attended the Summer Workshop on the Analysis of Military Operations and Strategy run by Columbia University. More
Keith Stefanelli is a Disaster Resilience Scholar with ICF International and The George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI). Previously, Stefanelli was the Associate Director of Planning and Preparedness at the American Red Cross of Massachusetts Bay, one of the largest Red Cross units in the country. More
