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Washington, DC Office


Carie LemackCarie Lemack is a Visiting Fellow at the Center, where she is directing a project that works with victims of terror around the globe to promote awareness and civic engagement and to prevent against violent radicalization. Ms. Lemack co-founded and led the non-profit, non-partisan organization Families of September 11 after her mother, Judy Larocque, was killed on American Airlines Flight 11 that crashed into the World Trade Center. Carie successfully advocated alongside other 9/11 family members for the creation of the 9/11 investigative commission and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. Carie has appeared in numerous media outlets and was invited to testify repeatedly before the U.S. Congress and the United Nations. She has spoken nationally on a number of issues, including improved aviation security, prevention of nuclear terrorism, the need for citizen involvement in national security, and safety and preparedness reforms. Carie completed her graduate work at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard College and holds a B.S. and MBA from Stanford.

 

photoJason Ipe is a Senior Analyst for the Center. Mr. Ipe has provided research and written contributions to numerous book chapters and reports on issues of counterterrorism, money laundering, and nonproliferation. He received his B.A. in International Relations from Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut and his Master of Arts degree in International Security Policy from the Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University in Washington, DC.

 

 

Alistair Millar is Director of the Center. He also teaches graduate level courses on counterterrorism and US foreign policy at Johns Hopkins University and George Washington University and has lectured at the Department of Homeland Security's Center of Excellence on the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism at the University of Maryland. He is also a 2009/10 nonresident Senior Fellow at The George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute. He  has written numerous chapters, articles, and reports on international counterterrorism efforts, sanctions regimes, and nonproliferation. Millar is author, with Eric Rosand, of Allied against Terrorism: What’s Needed to Strengthen Worldwide Commitment. He has an MA from Leeds University and is a PhD candidate at the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom.

 

Patrick Tobin is an Administrative Assistant with the Center. He graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from the School of Public Affairs at American University.

 

New York Office

 

Liat ShetretLiat Shetret is a Research Associate with the Center. She recently graduated from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs with a Masters of International Affairs (M.I.A) and a focus on International Security Policy and Middle Eastern Studies. Ms. Shetret has worked as the Harold Rosenthal Fellow in International Affairs to the US House Committee on Homeland Security and has served as a Logistics Officer for the Israeli Defense Forces. She holds a B.A. in Political Science and Psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

 

 

Brussels Office
 

Thomas Renard is a Senior Associate Fellow in the Center’s Brussels Office. He is also a Research Fellow in Security & Global Governance Program at the Egmont Institute. He has published numerous articles on terrorism and other security issues, including a report for the Belgian Armed Forces entitled Climate Change and International Security: Understanding a Complex Relationship in Order to Forecast Future Conflicts (2007-2030). He holds a Master’s Degree in International Affairs from the George Washington University, as well as a Master’s Degree in Journalism and a Licence in International Relations from the Université Catholique de Louvain.