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
Director
Institute for Security Governance
- Ethics & Leadership
- Security Sector Reform
- Change Management
Wade Evans
Senior Principal
Regional Advising
- Security & Defense Policy & Strategy
- Ethics & Leadership
- Interagency Coordination
- Combating Terrorism & Violent Extremism
- Security Cooperation Planning
Joel Kleehammer
Acting Senior Principal
Institute Operations
Principal for Program Support
Institute Operations
- Institute Operations
- Ethics & Leadership
- Security & Defense Policy & Strategy
- Interagency Coordination
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
Scott W. Lyons
Principal for Africa, the Middle East, and the Western Hemisphere
Regional Advising
- Security Sector Reform
- Civil-Military Relations
- Democracy & Governance
- Conflict Management & Resolution
- Combating Terrorism & Violent Extremism
Kathleen Peggar
Principal for Acquisition & Logistics
Practice & Capability
- International Negotiations
- Defense Acquisition
- Ethics & Leadership
- Europe
- Latin America
David Radcliffe
Principal for Cyber
Practice & Capability
- Cyber Strategy & Policy
- Security & Defense Policy & Strategy
- Change Management
- Interagency Cooperation & Coordination
- Security Cooperation
James Ross
Principal for the Indo-Pacific
Regional Advising
- Indo-Pacific
- Civil-Military Relations
- Intelligence
- Security Cooperation Authorities
- Security Sector Reform
Erik Stohlmann
Principal for Europe
Regional Advising
- Civil-Military Relations
- Security & Defense Policy & Strategy
- Ethics & Leadership
- Security & Defense Planning
- Europe