Leadership Council | |
| Dr. Paula J. Dobriansky Fmr. Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs | Steve Forbes Board Member CEO Forbes Magazine |
| Judge Louis J. Freeh Fmr. Director of the FBI | Newt Gingrich Fmr. Speaker of the House |
| Max M. Kampelman Fmr. Ambassador | Bill Kristol Editor Weekly Standard |
| Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) U.S. Senate | Robert "Bud" McFarlane Fmr. National Security Advisor |
| R. James Woolsey Fmr. Director of the CIA | |
Advisors | |
| Gary Bauer President American Values | Rep. Eric Cantor Chairman (R-VA) Task Force on Terrorism |
| Gene Gately Former Intelligence and Defense Official | General P.X. Kelley USMC (RET) |
| Charles Krauthammer Syndicated Columnist | Kathleen Troia "KT" McFarland Former Defense Department Official |
| Richard Perle Former Chair of the Defense Policy Board and FDD Advisor | Steven Pomerantz Former Assistant Director FBI |
| Oliver "Buck" Revell Former Associate Deputy Director FBI | Hon. Francis J. "Bing" West Author and former Assistant Secretary of Defense |
In Memoriam | |
| Jack Kemp Chairman, 2001-2007 Chairman Emeritus, 2007-2008 | Dr. Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Founding Member, 2001-2006 Fmr. Ambassador to the UN |
Staff and Senior Fellows | |
| Khairi Abaza Senior Fellow | Tony Badran Research Fellow, Levant |
| Amb. Richard Carlson Vice Chairman | Mark Dubowitz Executive Director |
| Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Vice President of Research | Reuel Marc Gerecht Senior Fellow |
| Joshua Goodman Director, Research | Laura Grossman Research Analyst |
| Avi Jorisch Senior Fellow | Joshua Kaplan Legacy Heritage Fellow |
| Jonathan Kay Visiting Fellow | Orde Kittrie Senior Fellow |
| Burak Kuntay Visiting Fellow | Dr. Michael Ledeen Freedom Scholar |
| Mario Loyola Visiting Fellow | Clifford D. May President |
| Andrew C. McCarthy Chair, FDD's Center for Law and Counterterrorism | Bill McCarthy Senior Vice President of Communications and Operations |
| Megan Ortagus Director of Policy Coalitions | Dr. J. Peter Pham Senior Fellow: Africa |
| Dr. Walid Phares Director, FDD's Future of Terrorism Project | Cara Rosenthal Senior Manager, Development |
| Claudia Rosett Journalist-in-Residence Director, FDD's Investigative Reporting Project | Cindy D. Tan Research Analyst |
| Jean Thurman | Victoria Toensing Fmr. Chief Counsel to Sen. Intelligence Committee |
| Dr. Robert Zubrin Senior Fellow FDD's Energy and Security Project | |
Adjunct Fellows | |
| Dr. Jonathan Adelman Professor University of Denver | Bill Ardolino Military Analyst |
| Richard Z. Chesnoff Journalist | Paul Crespo Former Marine Corps Officer and Military Attache |
| Tanya Gilly Member of the Iraqi National Assembly | Olivier Guitta Counterterrorism and Foreign Affairs consultant |
| Ethan Gutmann Adjunct Fellow The Foundation for Defense of Democracies | Michael I. Krauss Professor of Law George Mason University School of Law |
| Agota Kuperman U.S. Foreign Service (ret.) | Joel Mowbray Journalist |
| Bill Roggio Editor, The Long War Journal | Dr. Frederic Smoler Professor Sarah Lawrence College |