Valued Contributors
The CELL relies on the expertise of the foremost leaders in the fields of counterterrorism, foreign policy and public safety. The following individuals and organizations have shared invaluable insights, wisdom and experience via their involvement in CELL programs, events and offerings.
Elliot Abrams
U.S. Special Representative for Iran and Venezuela, Department of State; former Deputy National Security Advisor
Andy Alexander
Scripps Visiting Professional, Ohio University; former Washington Post Ombudsman
Honorable Haley Barbour
U.S. Special Representative for Iran and Venezuela, Department of State; former Deputy National Security Advisor
The Honorable Nir Barkatv
Member of Knesset, Likud; former Mayor of Jerusalem
Jeremy Bash
National Security Analyst for NBC News and MSNBC
Bradley Benavides
Former FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge
Peter Bergen
CNN National Security Analyst, award-winning journalist, and New York Times bestselling author
Cdr. Lt. Col. Kevin Black
Colorado Emergency Preparedness Partnership with Colorado National Guard’s 8th Civil Support Team
Dr. James Jay Carafano
Vice President of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, The Heritage Foundation
Clifford Chanin
Executive Vice President and Deputy Director for Museum Programs for the National September 11 Memorial and Museum
Linda Chavez
Chairman of the Center for Equal Opportunity
David P. Cohen
Strategic Advisor, CELL & Shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Colorado State Fire Chiefs
Robert Coombe
Chancellor Emeritus, University of Denver
Rabbi Abraham Cooper
Associate Dean and Director of Global Social Action at the Simon Wiesenthal Center
Tom Davis
President and Founder of Corporate Emergency Preparedness Solutions, LLC; former TIAA-CREF Corporate Safety & Security Manager
Jason R. Dunn
Former United States Attorney for the District of Colorado
Eliot Engel
Former Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; U.S. Congressman (D-NY)
The Honorable Rhonda Fields
Colorado State Senator and Assistant Majority Leader
Michèle Flournoy
Chair, CNAS Board of Directors; former CEO of CNAS
Senator Cory Gardner
Former U.S. Senator for Colorado
The Honorable Newt Gingrich
Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Lindsey Graham
U.S. Senator for South Carolina
The Honorable Marcy Grossman
Former Consul General of Canada & Ambassador of Canada to the United Arab Emirates
Dr. Mary Habeck
Adjunct Professor, Georgetown & Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS); Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute
Dr. Jeremy Haefner
Chancellor of the University of Denver
Mayor Michael B. Hancock
Mayor of Denver
Husain Haqqani
Director for South and Central Asia, Hudson Institute & Former Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States
The Honorable Jane Harman
Distinguished Fellow and President Emerita, Wilson Center; former U.S. Representative from California (36th)
Dr. Nader Hashemi
Director of the Center for Middle East Studies, Josef Korbel School of International Studies
General Michael Hayden
Former Director, NSA (1999-2005); Former Director, CIA (2006-2009)
Catherine Herridge
Senior investigative correspondent for CBS News
Senator John Hickenlooper
Colorado (2020-present); Former Colorado Governor
Ambassador Christopher Hill
Adjunct Professor, Columbia SIPA; former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and the Republic of Korea
Bruce Hoffman
Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University and a Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
His Royal Highness Feisal Ibn Al-Husse
Prince of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Micheline Ishay
Professor and Director of the International Human Rights Program, Josef Korbel School of International Studies
Dr. Zuhdi Jasser
Founder and President of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD)
Mr. David Kopel
Adjunct Scholar, Cato Institute; former Adjunct Professor at New York University School of Law
The Honorable Doug Lamborn
U.S. Representative from Colorado
General (Ret'd) Thomas J. Lawson
Former Canadian Chief of the Defense Staff
Lieutenant Colonel (Ret’d.) Peter Lerner
Former IDF Spokesman
The Honorable Joe Lieberman
Member, CNAS Board of Directors; former U.S. Senator from Connecticut
Dr. Gina Ligon
Professor, University of Nebraska, Omaha Director, National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center (NCITE)
Major General (Ret'd) Andy Love
USAF
Chris Matthews
Former Host of MSNBC's Hardball
The Honorable John McCain
Former U.S. Senator for Arizona
General Stanley McChrystal
Former Commander of U.S. and International Forces in Afghanistan; former Leader of Joint Special Operations Command
Dr. Cynthia Miller-Idriss
Professor, American University and Director, Polarization & Extremism Research & Innovation Lab (PERIL)
Greg Moore
Former Editor of The Denver Post; Editor-in-Chief of Deke Digital
The Honorable John Morse
Former Colorado State Senator
The Honorable Janet Napolitano
Former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Matthew G. Olsen
Former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center
Mike Rankin
Former Colorado Bureau of Investigation Director
Jamie Richards
Energy Threats Program Manager, Idaho National Laboratory; former Protective Security Advisor, Colorado (U.S. Department of Homeland Security)
The Honorable Tom Ridge
First Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; First Assistant to the President for Homeland Security
The Honorable Bill Ritter, Jr.
Founder and Director of the Center for the New Energy Economy (CNEE) at Colorado State University; former Governor of Colorado
Ambassador Dennis Ross
Distinguished Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy; former Special Assistant to President Obama
Karl Rove
Fox News Contributor; Wall Street Journal Columnist; former Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to President George W. Bush
Ed Royce
Policy Director, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck; former Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; former US Congressman (R-CA)
Secretary Ken Salazar
Former U.S. Secretary of the Interior; former Colorado Attorney General; former U.S. Senator for Colorado
Tom Sanderson
Co-Founder & Fmr. Director, Center for Strategic & International Studies’ Transnational Threats Project
Jonathan Schanzer
Executive Director at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies
The Honorable Craig Stapleton
Senior Advisor to Stone Point Capital; former Ambassador to France and the Czech Republic
Bret Stephens
Columnist at The New York Times
The Honorable John W. Suthers
Mayor of Colorado Springs; former Attorney General for the State of Colorado
Jeffrey R. Tarr
Board of Directors, Echostar; former CEO of DigitalGlobe, Inc.
