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Mc Cotter

McCOTTER, Thaddeus George, (1965 - )

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McCOTTER, Thaddeus George, a Representative from Michigan; born in Livonia, Wayne County, Mich., on August 22, 1965; graduated from Detroit Central Catholic High School, Redford, Mich., 1983; B.A., University of Detroit, Detroit, Mich., 1987; J.D., University of Detroit, Detroit, Mich., 1990; lawyer, private practice; member of the Wayne County, Mich., commission, 1992-1998; member of the Michigan state senate, 1998-2002; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Eighth and to the two succeeding Congress (January 3, 2003-present).

Ambassador Donald A. Mahley

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, State Department, Washington D.C.

Ambassador Donald A. Mahley is currently serving as the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Threat Reduction, Export Controls, and Negotiations. As such, he has the responsibility for chemical and biological weapons threat reduction, missile threat reduction, conventional weapons threat reduction, and export controls.

Previously, Ambassador Mahley was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Arms Control Implementation in the Arms Control Bureau of the Department of State. He served as the Special Negotiator for Chemical and Biological Arms Control issues from April 1999 to September 2002. Ambassador Mahley heads the United States Delegation to Biological Weapons Convention activities and is the Managing Director of the United States National Authority for implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention. From 1993 until 1999, Ambassador Mahley served as Deputy Assistant Director and Acting Assistant Director of the Multilateral Affairs Bureau of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. While still in military service, from 1990-1992, he served as Associate Assistant Director of the Multilateral Affairs Bureau and led U.S. efforts to conclude the Chemical Weapons Convention. Prior to his term in ACDA, Ambassador Mahley served six years (1984-1990) as Director of Defense Policy and Arms Control on the National Security Council staff. He arrived at the NSC after four years in the U.S. Mission to NATO, having served as Deputy Director of the Defense Plans Division for the U.S. Ambassador to NATO.

Ambassador Mahley is a retired United States Army officer, Ordnance, in the rank of Colonel. He served overseas in Viet Nam, Turkey, and Belgium during his active duty with the United States Army, and successfully held three command positions during his military career. He also served as an Assistant Professor of Social Sciences at the United States Military Academy and an Associate Professor of Military Strategy at the National War College.

Ambassador Mahley is a graduate of Purdue University (1964) and of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh (1971). His military education includes Air Defense, Nuclear Weapons, Command and General Staff College and National War College credentials. Ambassador Mahley was born in Peru, Indiana on 16 June 1942. He is married to Julianna (nee Stephenson) Mahley. They reside in Vienna, Virginia.

David S. Sedney

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Defense for East Asia

David Samuel Sedney is Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs. Mr. Sedney came to the Office of the Secretary of Defense from the United States Embassy in Beijing, China where he was Deputy Chief of Mission from 2004-2007. He was Deputy Chief of Mission at the United States Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan from July 2003 to June 2004 during which time he was Charge d’Affaires for an extended period. Mr. Sedney also served as Deputy Chief of Mission in Kabul in 2002 after the re-opening of the Embassy.

Mr. Sedney was Director for Afghanistan at the National Security Council (2003), Senior Advisor in the State Department’s Office of e-Diplomacy (2002), Senior Advisor to John Negroponte, United States Ambassador to the United Nations (2001-2002), Deputy Director of the State Department’s Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs (1999-2001), and Special Assistant to Stephen Sestanovich, Ambassador-at-Large and Special Representative for the Newly Independent States (1997-1998).

Mr. Sedney was Deputy Chief of Mission at the United States Embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan (1995-1997), Political-Military Officer at the United States Embassy in Beijing, China (1991-1994) and served as a Political Officer, Refugee Officer and Consular Officer at the United States Embassy in Bucharest, Romania (1985-1987). He also served as a Watch Officer at the State Department’s Operations Center (1987-1988) and as a Duty Officer and Senior Duty Officer at the White House Situation Room (1988-1989).

Before joining the State Department, Mr. Sedney spent five years as a house-husband in Bern, Switzerland; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and Williamstown, Massachusetts, caring for his wife Diana Sedney and their daughters Gwendolyn, Anna and Christina. Mr. Sedney also taught at Williams College and North Adams State College and worked for the United States Department Labor’s Wage and Hour Division after stints as a factory worker, truck driver and taxicab driver.

Mr. Sedney is a graduate of Princeton University (1975) and Suffolk University School of Law (1981). He attended Louisiana State University’s School of Law (1980-1981) where he studied Law of the Sea and International Law. Mr. Sedney is a distinguished graduate of the National War College (1998). He speaks Romanian, Chinese and Azerbaijani. Mr. Sedney has received the Department of State’s Superior Honor Award six times and the Meritorious Honor Award twice.

Mr. Sedney and his wife and daughters are residents of Falls Church, Virginia.

Dr. Jing-dong Yuan

Director, Education Program, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey, CA

Dr. Jing-dong Yuan is Director of the CNS Education Program at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, and an Associate Professor of International Policy Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. A graduate of the Xi'an Foreign Language University, People's Republic of China (1982), he received his Ph.D. in political science from Queen's University in 1995 and has had research and teaching appointments at Queen's University, York University, the University of Toronto, and the University of British Columbia, where he was a recipient of the prestigious Iaazk Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. Professor Yuan's research focuses on Asia-Pacific security, global and regional arms control and nonproliferation issues, U.S. policy toward Asia, and China's defense and foreign policy. He is the co-author of China and India: Cooperation or Conflict? (Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003) and is currently working on a book manuscript on post-Cold War Chinese security policy.

Brad Roberts

Researcher, Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, VA

Brad Roberts is a member of the research staff at the Institute for Defense Analyses in Alexandria, Virginia, with expertise on the proliferation and control of weapons of mass destruction. IDA provides analytical support to the Office of the Secretary of Defense and other U.S. government agencies. Dr. Roberts also serves as:

· Adjunct professor at George Washington University

· Member of DoD’s Threat Reduction Advisory Committee and chairs its panel on implementation of the National Strategy to Combat WMD

· Advisor to the STRATCOM Senior Advisory Group

· Member of the board of directors of the United States Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP)

· Member and chairman of the Threat Reduction Program Review Committee, Los Alamos National Laboratories, 1995-2006

· Chairman of the research advisory council and trustee of the Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute, 1993-2005.

From 1983 to 1995 he was a research fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and editor of the Washington Quarterly. He has a bachelor's degree from Stanford University, a master's degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a doctorate in international relations from Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Dr. Gary K. Bertsch

Professor of Public and International Affairs, Founder and Director of Center for International Trade and Security, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Dr. Gary K. Bertsch is the University Professor of Public and International Affairs (awarded for "highest recognition of significant impact on the University of Georgia") and Founder and Director of the Center for International Trade and Security. Professor Bertsch and members of the Center are involved in a number of research, teaching and outreach initiatives intended to promote trade, security and better international relations world-wide.

Professor Bertsch has been involved in teaching, research, and service at the University of Georgia since 1969. He has received numerous teaching awards, including the University's Pi Sigma Alpha Teacher of the Year Award. He has served as a Fulbright Professor in England and an IREX (International Research and Exchanges Board) Professor in the former Yugoslavia. He served on the Board of Trustees of The University of Georgia Foundation (1994-2004) and on the Board of Directors of The University of Georgia Research Foundation (1987-97). He is a member of the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations, and is listed in several Who's Who, including Who's Who in America. He is also co-founder and co-director of the Delta Prize for Global Understanding, an annual award (presented in recent years to Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter, Desmond Tutu, Mikhail Gorbachev, Sadako Ogata, Vaclav Havel, Gertrude Mongella, Ted Turner and Nelson Mandela).

Professor Bertsch's research focuses on trade, technology, and strategic issues. He directs projects on nonproliferation and export controls on a global scale. He has authored or edited over 20 books, including: Dangerous Weapons, Desperate States: Russia, Belarus , Kazakhstan and Ukraine (Routledge, 1999); Engaging India: US Strategic Relations with the World's Largest Democracy (Routledge, 1999); and International Cooperation on Nonproliferation Export Controls (University of Michigan Press, 1994). Professor Bertsch is active in a number of projects intended to contribute to new trade and security policies for the 21st century. He and his wife Joan reside in Athens, Georgia and have three children with families living in Washington, DC and Atlanta , GA.

Mr. Joseph Cirincione

Vice President for National Security, Center for American Progress, Washington, DC

Mr. Joseph Cirincione, after eight years of outstanding service as director of the Nonproliferation Project at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, is now Senior Vice President for National Security and International Affairs at the Center for American Progress.

Joseph Cirincione was the Director for Non-Proliferation at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and author of Deadly Arsenals: Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Threats, (Second Edition, 2005) and co-author of Universal Compliance: A Strategy for Nuclear Security (March 2005). He teaches at the Georgetown University Graduate School of Foreign Service and is one of America’s best known weapons experts, appearing frequently in print and on FOX News, CNN, ABC, NBC, PBS, NPR and occasionally on Comedy Central.

Joseph Cirincione appears in the 2005 award-winning documentary, "Why We Fight," by Eugene Jarecki.

In May 2004 the National Journal listed Cirincione as one of the 100 people who will play a critical role in the policy debates of this administration. The World Affairs Councils of America also named him one of 500 people whose views have the most influence in shaping American foreign policy.

Cirincione worked for nine years in the U.S. House of Representatives on the professional staff of the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Government Operations. He is the author of numerous articles on proliferation and weapons issues, a co-author of WMD in Iraq: Evidence and Implication (January 2004), the editor of Repairing the Regime (Routledge, 2000) and producer of the award-winning DVD, The Proliferation Threat.

He was the publisher and editor of the Internet site, ProliferationNews.org. In December 2003 the National Journal said "Cirincione was a trailblazer, recognizing the Web's potential long before others in the field did. This site reflects his experience at making voluminous information easily accessible." He organized and chaired the annual Carnegie International Non-Proliferation Conference, the premier event in the field.

He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the International Institute for Strategic Studies. He is an honors graduate of Boston College and holds a Masters of Science with highest honors from the Georgetown School of Foreign Service.

Hunter

HUNTER, Duncan Lee, (1948 - )
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HUNTER, Duncan Lee, a Representative from California; born in Riverside, Riverside County, Calif., May 31, 1948; graduated from Rubidoux High School, Riverside, Calif., 1966; B.S., Western State University, San Diego, Calif., 1968; J.D., Western State University, San Diego, Calif., 1976; United States Army Airborne, 1969-1971; lawyer, private practice; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-seventh and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981-present); chair, Committee on Armed Services (One Hundred Eighth and One Hundred Ninth Congress).

William C. Greenwalt

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy, US Secretary of Defense

Bill Greenwalt is the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy. He is the principal advisor to the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology & Logistics) and the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Technology) on all matters relating to the defense industrial base. His office is responsible for ensuring that DOD policies, procedures, and actions stimulate and support vigorous competition and innovation in the industrial base supporting defense; and establish and sustain cost-effective industrial and technological capabilities that assure military readiness and superiority.

Prior to joining DOD, Mr. Greenwalt was a Professional Staff Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (Senator John Warner, Chairman) from March 1999 until March 2006 and was responsible for defense acquisition policy, industrial base, export control and management reform issues. In addition, from January 2004, he served as deputy to the staff director and provided oversight and management direction of the committee's legislative activities. He was also a lead staff member for the Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support and the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces. Previously, he served on the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee (Senator Fred Thompson, Chairman) as a Professional Staff Member responsible for federal management issues and committee press relations.

Mr. Greenwalt also served as a staff member for the Senate Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management (Senator William Cohen, Chairman) where he was responsible for legislative efforts to reform federal information technology acquisition culminating in the

Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996.

Mr. Greenwalt graduated from California State University at Long Beach in 1982 with a degree in political science and economics and received his M.A. in defense and security studies from the University of Southern California in 1989. He is married to Paula Mathews and they live with their Son, Geoffrey, and daughter Jenna, in Arlington, VA.

Rear Admiral Kathleen M. Dussault

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Acquisition and Logistics Management, Department of Defense, US Navy

Rear Admiral Kathleen Dussault, received her commission from Officer Candidate School in Newport, R.I., in November 1979. She graduated from the University of Virginia in 1977 with a Bachelor of Arts in American Government. Upon graduation from Navy Supply Corps School in May 1980, she was assigned as Assistant Supply Officer and Disbursing Officer to the Navy Communications Station, Nea Makri, Greece. In October 1981, Rear Adm. Dussault was assigned as Supply Officer aboard USS Point Loma (AGDS-2), the Pacific Area Launch Support Ship for the Trident missile program.

In June 1984, Rear Adm. Dussault was assigned to Defense Contract Administration Services Region (DCASR), Los Angeles. In 1986, she transitioned to duties as a negotiator and Contracting Officer at Naval Supply Center, Oakland, Calif. during which tour, she completed a Master's Degree (with honors) in Procurement Management from Saint Mary's College in Moraga, Calif. In 1990, Rear Adm. Dussault was assigned aboard USS Concord (AFS-5) as the Assistant Supply Officer where she performed two deployments contributing to the logistics success of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

In October 1993, Rear Adm. Dussault reported to Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) where she performed duties as Procuring Contracting Officer for the Sidewinder 9X new development program. In 1995, she served as the Business and Financial Manager for programs managed by the Space and Naval Warfare Command. In June 1997, Rear Adm. Dussault served as the Executive Assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Acquisition Management within the office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research Development and Acquisition. In August 1998, she entered the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and received her Master's Degree in National Resource Strategy in May 1999. Rear Adm. Dussault reported as Supply Officer aboard USS Seatlle (AOE-3) in August 1999 where she served as Afloat Logistics Coordinator while deployed to the 5th Fleet operating area. In May 2001, she assumed command of Defense Distribution Depot San Diego, Calif. providing strategic distribution support to shore based and deployed global forces. In April 2003 she assumed command of the Office of Special Projects, Arlington, Va. Rear Adm. Dussault then served as the Director of Acquisition Management at Defense Logistics Agency, Ft Belvoir, Va. until January 2007. She is currently assigned as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Acquisition and Logistics Management.

Over the course of her career, Rear Adm. Dussault has achieved the highest levels of certification in Acquisition and Financial Management as well as Joint Professional Military Education. She also completed the Executive Education Program at Columbia Business School. Her decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Navy Meritorious Service Medal with two gold stars, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal with gold star, and various unit citations, campaign medals and service medals.

Ms. Tina Ballard

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Procurement, Department of Defense- US Army

Ms. Ballard is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Policy and Procurement). She directly supports the Army Acquisition Executive and the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology), serving as the Army's principal acquisition and procurement policy authority for all Army acquisition programs. She is responsible for the management and execution of the Army's contracting function. This includes the oversight of contracting operations, which encompasses the organizations, resources, policies, and procedures addressing the management and execution of Army contracting worldwide. She is the Functional Chief's Representative for the Army Contracting and Acquisition Career Program. As such, she is responsible for the recruitment, training, education, and professional development of the contracting professionals who are part of the Army's acquisition workforce. She is also assigned responsibility for the Army's industrial base policy.

Prior to her current appointment as the Deputy Assistant Secretary, Ms. Ballard served as the Director of Combat Support Operations and the Deputy Executive Director of Contract Management Operations in the Defense Contract Management Agency. In these positions her responsibilities included agency policy to accomplish contingency contract administration services in multiple theatres of military operations, supplier risk management, quality assurance and engineering support, delivery management, pricing/modification actions, business and financial systems, payment and financial management, contract closeout and industrial base analysis.

Ms. Ballard joined the federal service as a Stay-in-School and continued her service as a college Cooperative (Co-op) Education student. Upon graduation, she accepted a Contract Specialist position at the Aeronautical Systems Division, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The Air Force designated Ms. Ballard a Procuring Contracting Officer and later transferred her to the Air Force Plant Representative Office, Boeing Military Airplanes, Wichita, Kansas where she was the Principal Administrative Contracting Officer and the Director of Contract Operations. In 1994, she became the Director of Pacific/Caribbean Contract Operations in DCMA International. In this position she was responsible for more than 200 personnel located in six countries. Ms. Ballard served as a liaison to the Air Force Materiel Command for four years. In January 1999, she accepted an assignment in the Office of the Secretary of Defense where she led several projects for the Deputy Secretary of Defense.

Ms. Ballard received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in English (1980), a Master of Science Degree in Management (1989), and a Master of Science Degree in National Resource Strategy (2001). She has completed the Industrial College of the Armed Forces Senior Acquisition Course and Leadership for a Democratic Society at the Federal Executive Institute.

Ms. Ballard has received the Office of the Secretary of Defense Award for Excellence, two DLA Meritorious Civilian Service Awards and she was named the Federal Executive Association Unsung Heroine.

Mr. Terry Jaggers

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Science, Technology and Engineering, Department of Defense- US Air Force

Mr. Terry Jaggers, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Science, Technology and Engineering, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Washington, D.C. Mr. Jaggers is responsible for preparing policy and guidance for the Air Force’s annual $1.8 billion science and technology program. As the service’s S&T Executive, he provides annual testimony to Congress, technical advice and counsel to the Air Force Acquisition Executive, and the Air Force's S&T recommendations to the Office of the Secretary of Defense. In addition, Mr. Jaggers is responsible for overseeing a broad range of engineering and technical management policy spanning systems engineering, environmental safety and occupational health, industrial preparedness, and functional management of more than 14,000 military and civilian scientists and engineers.

Mr. Jaggers holds an undergraduate degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Illinois, a mathematics degree from Western Illinois University, a master’s degree in business administration from the Florida Institute of Technology, and a master’s degree in national security strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. Mr. Jaggers has more than 20 years experience in military and civil service at all organizational levels of the Air Force.

EDUCATION
1985 Associate of applied science degree in avionics, Community College of the Air Force
1985 Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics, Western Illinois University
1987 Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace engineering, University of Illinois
1993 Master’s degree in business administration, Florida Institute of Technology
1999 Master of Science degree, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.

2000 Defense Leadership and Management Program

2001 Federal Executive Institute, Charlottesville, Va.

CAREER CHRONOLOGY

1. July 1982 - June 1987, avionics systems specialist, 182nd Tactical Air Support Group, Illinois Air National Guard, Peoria

2. June 1987 - April 1988, general engineer, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla.

3. April 1988 - October 1993, project engineer, 6555th Aerospace Test Group, Cape Canaveral Air

Force Station, Fla.

4. October 1993 - June 1995, planning manager, 45th Space Wing, Patrick AFB, Fla.
5. June 1995 - September 1996, project leader, Defense Evaluation Support Activity, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
6. September 1996 - January 1998, chief engineer, Joint Logistics Systems Center, Depot Maintenance

Directorate, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

7. December 1997 - August 1998, Chief, Customer Support Division, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

8. August 1998 - June 1999, student, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
9. June 1999 - August 2000, program manager, Imagery Intelligence Research and Technology Sector,

National Reconnaissance Office, Chantilly, Va.

10. August 2000 - December 2003, Deputy Director, Transformation and Development, Space and

Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.

11. December 2003 - June 2005, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Science, Technology and Engineering, and Director of the Washington Office, Air Force Research Laboratory, Washington D.C.
12. June 2005 - present, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Science, Technology and Engineering, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Washington, D.C.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS

National Defense Industrial Association

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association

Air Force Association

Dr. Tai Ming Cheung

Research Coordinator, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, University of California, San Diego, CA

Dr. Tai Ming Cheung is a research fellow and research coordinator at the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) and also teaches courses on Asian security, Chinese foreign policy and Chinese security and technology at IR/PS. He is a specialist on Asian and Chinese strategic affairs, especially on defense economic, industrial and science and technological issues. His forthcoming book is on the economic, commercial and technological foundations of China’s long-term defense modernization that examines the development of the defense industrial complex, the role and prospects for civilian-military integration, and the military dimensions of science and technology policies. He has published numerous articles, book chapters, and monographs focused on the issues concerning Chinese security and defense modernization.

Dr. James Mulvenon

Deputy Director of Advanced Analysis, Center for Intelligence Research and Analysis, Defense Group, Inc., Washington, D.C.

Dr. James Mulvenon is Deputy Director, Advanced Analysis at DGI’s Center for Intelligence Research and Analysis. A specialist on the Chinese military, Dr. Mulvenon's research focuses on Chinese C4ISR (command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, and reconnaissance), defense research / development / acquisition organizations and policy, strategic weapons programs (computer network attack and nuclear warfare), cryptography, and the military and civilian implications of the information revolution in China.

Dr. Mulvenon's book, Soldiers of Fortune (Armonk, NY: M.E.Sharpe, 2001), details the rise and fall of the Chinese military's multi-billion dollar international business empire. He has authored a chapter on Chinese civil-military relations in the recently published Civil-Military Change in China: Elites, Institutions, and Ideas after the 16th Party Congress (Carlisle Barracks, PA: U.S. Army War College, 2004). His unclassified RAND monographs include Modernizing China’s Military: Opportunities and Constraints (MG-260), Shanghaied? The Economic and Political Implication of Cross-Strait Information Technology and Investment Flows (TR-143), You’ve Got Dissent! Chinese Dissident Use of the Internet and Beijing’s Counter-Strategies (MR-1543), Taiwan’s Foreign and Defense Policies: Features and Determinants (MR-1383), Chinese Military Commerce and U.S. National Security (MR-907.0-CAPP) and Professionalization of the Senior Chinese Officer Corps: Trends and Implications (MR-901-OSD).

With the Center for Naval Analyses Corporation, Dr. Mulvenon is the co-organizer of the premier annual conference on the Chinese military and co-editor of its latest edited volume, entitled A Poverty of Riches: New Challenges and Opportunities in PLA Research (CF-189-NSRD). Previous edited volumes include The People’s Liberation Army as Organization: Reference Volume v1.0 (CF-182-NSRD), Seeking Truth From Facts: A Retrospective on Chinese Military Studies in the Post-Mao Era (CF-160-CAPP) and The People's Liberation Army in the Information Age (CF-145-CAPP/AF).

Among his professional affiliations, Dr. Mulvenon is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and founding member of the Cyber Conflict Studies Association, and a member of the National Committee for U.S.-China Relations and the Association for Asian Studies. He received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles, and attended Fudan University in Shanghai from 1991-1992.

Mr. William R. Hawkins

Senior Fellow, U.S. Business and Industry Council Education Foundation, Washington, D.C.

Mr. William R. Hawkins is Senior Fellow in National Security Studies at the U.S. Business and Industry Council Education Foundation, where he specializes in international economics and national defense issues.

Before joining the USBICEF, he served as Senior Research Analyst for Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA)for five years -- the first year on the staff of the Republican Research Committee, which Rep. Hunter chaired, and the next four years on Rep. Hunter's personal staff, during which period when Rep. Hunter was chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Procurement. Hawkins also hosted the weekly radio program "In the National Interest" which was heard nationally on the Information and Entertainment America Network from 1997 to 2000.

Prior to working on Capitol Hill, Mr. Hawkins served as director of the U.S. Business and Industry Council's (USBIC) Economic Security Action Center. In the 1980s, he was an economics professor at Appalachian State University, the University of North Carolina-Asheville, and Radford University. He holds graduate degrees in both Economics and History.

Mr. Hawkins is the author of two monographs: "Importing Revolution: Open Borders and the Radical Agenda" (American Immigration Control Foundation, 1994), and "America's Economic Preeminence: Goals for the 1990s" (with Anthony Harrigan, USBIC, 1989). He has also contributed chapters to six other books including "Selected Readings in Military History" (U.S. Military Academy, 1993); "America Asleep: The Free Trade Syndrome and the Global Economic Challenge" (USBIC, 1991); "Peace Betrayed? Essays on Pacifism and Politics" (Ethics and Public Policy Center, 1990); and "The New Federalist Papers" (Claremont Institute, 1989).

During the past 20 years, Mr Hawkins has published over 140 articles, including pieces in The Naval War College Review, Parameters (Army War College), The National Interest, Strategic Review, The Journal of Economic History, The Weekly Standard, U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, Policy Review, Army, Military History, and National Review, among others. In addition, he is a frequent contributor of op-ed columns to newspapers and worked as a nationally syndicated columnist for the Knight-Ridder/Tribune Newswire 1991-1995.