Major General Paul D. Eaton, US Army (Ret), Senior Advisor

Major General Paul D. Eaton served more than 30 years in the United States Army, including combat and post-combat assignments in Iraq, Bosnia and Somalia. As a major general he was assigned to Iraq as Commanding General of the Coalition Military Assistance Training Team (CMATT), where he developed, designed and began the training of the Iraqi military and security forces from 2003 to 2004. Prior to that assignment, he commanded the Army's Infantry Center and was Chief of Infantry for the Army. Eaton has appeared on Hardball, Face the Nation, and Tavis Smiley discussing US national security and human rights policy. In 2008 Eaton served as an advisor to Senator Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. He holds a bachelor's degree from West Point and a master's in French from Middlebury College. He is married to PJ, has two sons and a daughter, all soldiers.

Heather Hurlburt, Executive Director

From 2002 until she joined the National Security Network, Heather Hurlburt ran her own communications and strategy practice, working on global and political issues with political, entertainment, and educational leaders, as well as groups such as DATA (Debt AIDS Trade Africa), the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Stanley Foundation, and many others. From 1995-2001, Hurlburt served in the Clinton Administration as Special Assistant and Speechwriter to the President, speechwriter for Secretaries of State Albright and Christopher, and member of the State Department's Policy Planning staff. She has also worked for the International Crisis Group, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the Congressional Helsinki Commission. She is a Senior Adviser to the U.S. in the World Project of Dēmos, and appears frequently as a commentator in print and new media, and is a regular guest on Robert Wright's Blogging Heads TV. Hurlburt holds a BA from Brown University and an MA from the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs.

Ashley Marvel, Director of Administration

Ashley Marvel is the Director of Administration at the National Security Network.  Before coming to NSN, she worked as the Finance and Human Resources Coordinator at The ONE Campaign, an advocacy organization in Washington, D.C.  Prior to joining ONE, she worked as an Accounting Assistant at a credit union in Laurel, Maryland.  She is a lifelong resident of Maryland and currently resides in Elkridge.

Ryan Keenan, Outreach Director

Ryan Keenan served as Assistant Regional Field Director for the Biden campaign in Northeast Iowa. In 2006, he worked on the Senate campaign of Robert P. Casey (D-PA). Before that, Keenan worked at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague as a Junior Officer in the Assistance and Protection Branch. While at the OPCW, Keenan was awarded a Certificate in Emergency Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN) Response training, at the Swiss Advanced Field Training Course, in April 2006. He received an MA in International Policy and a Certificate in Nonproliferation Studies from the Monterey Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California. Keenan received his BA in International Studies from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

James Lamond, Research Director

Before coming to NSN, James interned at the Center for American Progress where he worked on international law, international organizations and transatlantic relations. A regular contributor to Democracy Arsenal, James has also appeared in both domestic and international publications. A native of New Jersey, James received a B.A. in History from Rowan University and a M.S. in Global Affairs from Rutgers University.

Kelsey Hartigan, Policy Analyst

Kelsey Hartigan is the Nonproliferation and Defense Policy Analyst for the National Security Network.  Prior to joining NSN, Kelsey worked with the International Security and Nuclear Weapons program at the Henry L. Stimson Center. Kelsey has also interned with the State Department and the U.S. Delegation to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, Switzerland.  She has spent time studying at Leiden University in the Netherlands as well as at Tec de Monterrey in Queretaro, Mexico. Kelsey is a graduate of Purdue University. 

Jacob Stokes, Policy Analyst

Jacob Stokes is a Policy Analyst at the National Security Network. Before joining NSN, Jacob interned at the Center for American Progress, where he worked in both speechwriting and national security, and at Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, where he assisted in the production and editing of the quarterly journal. Jacob is a graduate of the University of Missouri with degrees in magazine journalism and political science. His writing has appeared in The Baltimore Sun, the Nation, BusinessWeek, The Guardian and Real Clear World. He is the editor of the blog DemocracyArsenal.org.