Henry D. Sokolski, Executive Director
Henry Sokolski is the executive director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center and teaches graduate-level classes on nuclear policy in Washington D.C. He is also a Senior Fellow for Nuclear Security Studies at the University of California at San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy.
He has worked in the Pentagon as Deputy for Nonproliferation Policy, as a consultant to the National Intelligence Council, as a member of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Senior Advisory Group, and as a Senate military and legislative aide.
He has also served on two congressional commissions on the prevention of WMD proliferation and has authored and edited numerous volumes on strategic weapons proliferation issues, including Underestimated: Our Not So Peaceful Nuclear Future and Best of Intentions: America’s Campaign against Strategic Weapons Proliferation.
Henry can be reached at henry@npolicy.org.
Brooke Buskirk, Production and Outreach Coordinator
Brooke Buskirk is the Production and Outreach Coordinator at the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in English Literature and Language from the University of Maryland. Before joining NPEC, she was an editor at The Writer’s Bloc at the University of Maryland. Brooke can be reached at brooke@npolicy.org.
David Dee, Program Coordinator
David Dee is the Program Coordinator at the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia and completed coursework at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. Before joining NPEC, he worked at the Center for a New American Security and the Biotechnology Innovation Organization. David can be reached at david@npolicy.org.
BOARD OF ADVISORS
Mark Albrecht
Former Executive Secretary of the National Space Council
Paul Bracken
Professor of Management & Political Science, Yale University, emeritus, former Visiting Scholar at CIA, and former member of the CNO Executive Panel
Peter Bradford
Adjunct professor, Vermont Law School; former Member Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and Chairman of the New York Public Service Commission and of Public Utilities Commission of Maine*
Mariana Budjeryn
Senior research associate, Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center, Project on Managing the Atom; author of Inheriting the Bomb: The Collapse of the USSR and the Nuclear Disarmament of Ukraine.
Bryan Clark
Bryan Clark is a senior fellow and director of the Center for Defense Concepts and Technology at Hudson Institute. He has worked previously at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) and as special assistant for Chief of Naval Operations.
Torrey Froscher
Consultant, former Chief Analyst for Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) Nonproliferation Center and Deputy Director of the DCI Center for Weapons Intelligence, Arms Control and Nonproliferation.
R. Scott Kemp
Associate Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering, and director of the MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Security and Policy
*Photo: Justin Knight
Richard R. Lawless
Founder and Principal of NMV Consulting, LLC; former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs
Kennedy Maize
Veteran national reporter on energy and environmental issues for over 40 years; Editor and publisher of The Quad Report
Harvey Rishikof
Former Dean of the National War College and former Chair of the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security Advisory Committee
Jim Thomas
Co-founder and Principal of the Telemus Group; former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Resources and Plans
William Tobey
Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; former Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Simon “Pete” Worden
Executive Director, Breakthrough Initiatives
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Bianca Zhang, Chief Operating Officer, WomenStrong International,
Eldon Greenberg, Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown Law;
Peter Bradford, see above, and Torrey Froscher, see above.
Nonvoting member: Henry Sokolski