Advisory Board

Rand Beers, Founder

Before founding the National Security Network, Rand Beers served as the National Security Adviser to the Kerry-Edwards 2004 campaign, and was for 35 years a civil servant. After serving as a Marine officer and rifle company commander in Vietnam, he entered the Foreign Service in 1971 and the Civil Service in 1983. From 1988-98, Mr. Beers served on the White House National Security Council Staff as Director for Counter-terrorism and Counter-narcotics, Director for Peacekeeping, and Senior Director for Intelligence Programs. From 1998-2003, he was Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. In 2002-03, he was Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Combating Terrorism at the National Security Council. Beers earned a BA from Dartmouth College and an MA from the University of Michigan.

Advisory Board

Leslie H. Gelb, Chairman

  • Stanley S. Arkin
  • Samuel R. Berger
  • Richard Clarke
  • Gen. Wesley Clark (ret.)
  • Dr. Gail Furman
  • Charles A. Kupchan
  • Lester Pollack
  • Anne-Marie Slaughter
  • Frank G. Wisner

 

 

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