Next Gen Class of 2017

Hera Abbasi

Congressional Advisor, U.S. Department of State
Avery Alpha

Chief of Staff for the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, National Security Council
Dr. Chris Bassler

Director, Naval Science & Technology Cooperation Program, Office of Naval Research
Jayson Browder

Founder and Executive Director, Veterans in Global Leadership
Major Nathan Fleischaker

Operational Plans Branch Chief, U.S. Marine Forces Cyberspace Command
Gene Germanovich

Senior Defense Analyst, RAND Corporation
Grant Gordon

Associate Director, Research and Development, International Rescue Committee
Walter Haydock

Professional Staff Member, House Committee on Homeland Security
Cristina Hernandez

Senior Policy Advisor, Leidos
Shannon Hiller

Burma Program Manager, Office of Transition Initiatives, USAID
Jordan Hirsch

Visiting Scholar, Columbia Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies
Rose Jackson

Senior Policy Advisor, Open Society Foundations
Brian Katz

Country Director for Syria, Office of the Secretary of Defense
Will Kelly

U.S. Navy Strike Fighter Pilot, United States Navy
Andrew Kim

Public Policy and Government Relations, Google
Annie Kleiman

Deputy Director, Air Force ISR Foreign Language Office
Christina Le

Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State
Aaron Mehta

Senior Pentagon Correspondent & Associate Editor, Defense News
Captain Jim Perkins

Executive Director, Defense Entrepreneurs Forum
Kedenard Raymond

Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State
Brenan Richards

Foreign Affairs Specialist, U.S. Department of Defense
Peter Rough

Fellow, Hudson Institute
Yeganeh Torbati

Reporter, Reuters