Team
Board
Andrew J. Bacevich is co-founder and a member of the board of the Quincy Institute. He graduated from West Point and Princeton, served in the army, became an academic, and is now a writer. He is the author, co-author, or…
Gregory A. Daddis is director of the Center of War and Society at San Diego State University, where he holds the USS Midway Chair in Modern U.S. Military History. He served 26 years in the U.S. Army before entering academia.
Sally Donnelly served as Senior Advisor to Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis from January 2017 until February 2018. In previous government roles, she headed the Washington office of the U.S. Central Command, working for then-General Mattis until 2012.
Stephen B. Heintz is chairman of the board of the Quincy Institute. He also serves as the president of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, a family foundation with an endowment of approximately $1.2 billion that advances social change for a more…
Catherine Lutz is the Thomas J. Watson, Jr. Family Professor of Anthropology and International Studies at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University. She recently received a Guggenheim Foundation grant to write a book on how Americans across…
Jessica Mathews is a distinguished fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where she served as president for 18 years. Before her appointment in 1997, her career included posts in both the executive and legislative branches of government, in…
Pastor Michael McBride, or “Pastor Mike” — as he is known — is a native of San Francisco and has been active in ministry for over 20 years. Regarded as a national faith leader since the uprising in Ferguson, MO,…
Mr. Najafi is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Pivotal Group, a forty-year-old firm that actively invests in private equity and real estate. In 2005, Mr. Najafi established the Pivotal Foundation, as a charitable vehicle to give back to…
Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering served as the U.S. Ambassador and Representative to the United Nations in New York under President George H.W. Bush. He also was the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs under President Bill Clinton.
Peter Richards is treasurer of the Broad Reach Foundation, a family foundation that promotes human coexistence and healthy ecosystems, and champions underrepresented viewpoints that lead to sustainable change.
The Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis is a theologian, pastor, author, and anti-poverty activist. She is the Director of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice and Co-Chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival…
Katrina vanden Heuvel is a board member at the Quincy Institute and editorial director and publisher of The Nation. She served as editor of the magazine from 1995 to 2019. She currently writes a weekly column for The Washington Post…
Stephen M. Walt is a board member at the Quincy Institute, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School, and a contributing editor at Foreign Policy.
Mike Zak spent 33 years as an entrepreneur and early stage venture capitalist. He is a Partner, Emeritus at CRV, where he made investments in telecommunications equipment, internet infrastructure technologies, and alternative energy systems
Management
Lora Lumpe is CEO of the Quincy Institute. She has 30 years of experience in philanthropy, policy development, lobbying and campaigning on various aspects of US militarization.
Trita Parsi is the executive vice president of the Quincy Institute. He is an award-winning author and the 2010 recipient of the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order.
Staff
Rawan Abhari serves as the advocacy associate at the Quincy Institute and is a recent graduate from Florida State University, holding a BS in Economics and a BA in Middle Eastern Studies. Rawan previously was working on foreign policy and…
Khody Akhavi is a senior video producer at the Quincy Institute. He holds masters degrees from Georgetown University and Columbia University.
Ben Armbruster is the managing editor of Responsible Statecraft. He holds a bachelor of arts in history from Ohio University and a master of arts in international relations from King’s College London.
Tori Bateman is director of advocacy at the Quincy Institute. Formerly, she coordinated policy advocacy for faith-based organizations working on peace and justice issues.
George Beebe is director of grand strategy at the Quincy Institute. He spent more than two decades in government as an intelligence analyst, diplomat, and policy advisor, including as director of the CIA’s Russia analysis and as a staff advisor on…
Nathan Blade-Smith is a development associate at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He has a B.S. in Political Science and a B.B.A in Finance from the University of Houston.
Audrey Boroshok is the human resources generalist for the Quincy Institute. She holds an undergraduate degree in Business Administration and Human Resources Management from Roanoke College.
Brandon Carr is a studies associate at the Quincy Institute. He studied politics and international relations at The George Washington University and the University of Oxford.
Rebekkah Chatham is a program assistant / research associate with the Better Order Project at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. She holds a B.S in Sociology, and a Master of International Affairs from the Bush School of Government and…
Nick Cleveland-Stout is a junior research fellow in the Democratizing Foreign Policy program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Previously, Nick conducted research on U.S.-Brazil relations as a 2023 Fulbright fellow at the Federal University of Santa Catarina.
Eli Clifton is a senior advisor at the Quincy Institute and investigative-journalist-at-large at Responsible Statecraft. He holds a masters degree from London School of Economics.
Mark Cunningham is the director of development at the Quincy Institute. He has dedicated his entire career to the non-profit sector and led the development efforts at a number of US and European based organizations. He holds a masters degree…
Artin DerSimonian is a junior research fellow in the Eurasia program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He earned a Masters of Science in Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies from the University of Glasgow in 2022.
Zoe Desch is the executive assistant to the CEO of the Quincy Institute and a recent graduate from the University of Notre Dame, majoring in Political Science and Studio Art.
Andrew Earvolino is a senior communications associate at the Quincy Institute. He holds a B.A. in Global Politics from Washington and Lee University and a M.A. in International Affairs from The George Washington University Elliott School.
Mark Episkopos is a research fellow in the Quincy Institute’s Eurasia Program. He is also an Adjunct Professor of History at Marymount University and was formerly the National Security Reporter at The National Interest.
Dan M. Ford is a junior research fellow in the Global South Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Previously, Dan spent time working and interning in a variety of different organizations, focused mostly on international development, human rights,…
Ben Freeman is director of the Democratizing Foreign Policy program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. His work focuses on how foreign governments seek to influence American government and politics. This work builds upon his book, The Foreign Policy…
William D. Hartung is a senior research fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and an expert on the arms trade, Pentagon spending and strategy, and nuclear weapons policy. His books include Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the…
Alex Jordan is deputy communications director at the Quincy Institute. Prior to joining the Quincy Institute, he served as Senior Communications Associate at the Advancement Project National Office.
Anatol Lieven is the director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He was formerly a professor at Georgetown University in Qatar and in the War Studies Department of King’s College London.
Jim Lobe is a contributing editor of Responsible Statecraft. He served for 30 years as DC bureau chief for Inter Press Service and directed the award-winning blog, LobeLog.
Meiyee Mak is the director of operations at the Quincy Institute. She holds a Master’s degree in Media Management from The New School and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Bates College.
Dr. Zachary Paikin is deputy director of the Better Order Project and research fellow in the Grand Strategy Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He is also senior fellow at the Institute for Peace & Diplomacy (IPD), a…
James Park is a research associate at the Quincy Institute’s East Asia Program. His research interests include South Korean foreign policy and domestic politics, Chinese security issues, and U.S. policy vis-à-vis East Asia.
Courtney Rawlings is the lead digital strategist at the Quincy Institute, where she works to engage the public on important matters of foreign policy and restraint. She received her Ph.D. in Art History in 2023.
Tiffany Robinson is the operations manager at the Quincy Institute. She holds a degree in Business Administration and Accounting. She has 20 years of experience working in the publication and insurance industry.
Jessica Rosenblum is the director of communications at the Quincy Institute. Prior to Quincy, she served as J Street’s Senior Vice President of Public Engagement.
Karthik Sankaran is a senior research fellow in geoeconomics in the Global South program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. With a long background in financial markets and geopolitical consulting, Karthik’s interests include the structure of the international monetary…
Annelle Sheline is a research fellow in the Middle East program at the Quincy Institute, an expert on religious and political authority in the Middle East and North Africa. She received her doctorate from George Washington University.
Sarang Shidore is director of the Global South program at the Quincy Institute. He is also a member of the adjunct faculty at George Washington University, where he teaches a class on the geopolitics of climate change.
Steven Simon is a senior research fellow at the Quincy Institute. He studied theology at Harvard and public policy at Princeton before government service at the State Department and the NSC.
Aaron Sobczak is a reporter for Responsible Statecraft, focusing on international relations, human rights issues, and public choice in the United States. He holds degrees in International Relations and Public Policy.
Marcus Stanley is director of studies at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Prior to joining the Quincy Institute, he spent a decade at Americans for Financial Reform. He has a PhD in public policy from Harvard, with a focus…
Michael D. Swaine is a Senior Research Fellow in the Quincy Institute’s East Asia Program and is one of the most prominent American scholars of Chinese security studies. At the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, he worked for nearly twenty…
Kelley Beaucar Vlahos is a senior advisor for the Quincy Institute and editorial director at Responsible Statecraft. She has spent the last two decades in Washington reporting and writing about U.S. foreign policy and national security, politics, veterans, and civil…
Adam Weinstein is deputy director of the Middle East program at the Quincy Institute. His research focuses on security, trade, and rule of law in Afghanistan and Pakistan. He is a veteran of the Marine Corps and the war in…
Jake Werner is acting director of the East Asia Program at the Quincy Institute. His research focuses on US–China economic relations and the global economy. He received his doctorate in history from the University of Chicago.