by Darren | Apr 10, 2025 | ASG Members
Robert Gates served as the 22nd Secretary of Defense (2006-2011). He is the only Secretary of Defense in U.S. history to be asked to remain in office by a newly elected president. Dr. Gates served eight U.S. presidents across both parties. On Dr. Gates’s last day in...
by Darren | Apr 10, 2025 | ASG Members
Michael Froman is President of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). He previously served as Vice Chairman and President, Strategic Growth, at Mastercard; Chairman of the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth; and as a Distinguished Fellow at CFR. From June 2013 to...
by Darren | Apr 10, 2025 | ASG Members
Jendayi E. Frazer is the Duignan Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Previously she served as the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 2005 to 2009. She was Special Assistant to the President and Senior...
by Darren | Apr 10, 2025 | ASG Members
Michèle Flournoy is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of WestExec Advisors, and a Co-Founder, former Chief Executive Officer, and now Chair of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). Michèle served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy from February 2009...
by Darren | Apr 10, 2025 | ASG Members
Richard Falkenrath is the MJ Chung Distinguished Chair at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies as well as a Senior Fellow for National Security at the Council on Foreign Relations. Until last year, he was Head of Client Service and...
by Darren | Apr 10, 2025 | ASG Members
Dr. Mark T. Esper served as Secretary of Defense from 2019-2020 and as Secretary of the Army from 2017-2019 after being overwhelmingly confirmed by the Senate both times. During his tenure, Esper led the department through unprecedented times: from conflict with Iran...
