Meet Our Team

ISG is comprised of a diverse leadership, faculty, and staff team with strong professional, academic, military, and government backgrounds. Scroll below to learn a little more about us, and head to the Working With Us section of this site for information on how to get involved.

Ian Wexler

Ian Wexler

Director
Institute for Security Governance
  • Ethics & Leadership
  • Security Sector Reform
  • Change Management
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Wade Evans

Wade Evans

Senior Principal
Regional Advising
  • Security & Defense Policy & Strategy
  • Ethics & Leadership
  • Interagency Coordination
  • Combating Terrorism & Violent Extremism
  • Security Cooperation Planning
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Joel Kleehammer

Joel Kleehammer

Acting Senior Principal
Institute Operations
Principal for Program Support
Institute Operations
  • Institute Operations
  • Ethics & Leadership
  • Security & Defense Policy & Strategy
  • Interagency Coordination
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J. Matthew Vaccaro

J. Matthew Vaccaro

Acting Deputy Director
Institute Operations
Senior Principal
Practice & Capability
  • Change Management
  • Civil-Military Relations
  • Conflict Management & Resolution
  • Security & Defense Policy & Strategy
  • Security Sector Reform
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Kathleen Peggar

Kathleen Peggar

Principal for Acquisition & Logistics
Practice & Capability
  • International Negotiations
  • Defense Acquisition
  • Ethics & Leadership
  • Europe
  • Latin America
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David Radcliffe

David Radcliffe

Principal for Cyber
Practice & Capability
  • Cyber Strategy & Policy
  • Security & Defense Policy & Strategy
  • Change Management
  • Interagency Cooperation & Coordination
  • Security Cooperation
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James Ross

James Ross

Principal for the Indo-Pacific
Regional Advising
  • Indo-Pacific
  • Civil-Military Relations
  • Intelligence
  • Security Cooperation Authorities
  • Security Sector Reform
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Erik Stohlmann

Erik Stohlmann

Principal for Europe
Regional Advising
  • Civil-Military Relations
  • Security & Defense Policy & Strategy
  • Ethics & Leadership
  • Security & Defense Planning
  • Europe
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