Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute, is also Co-Chair of the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Senior Advisor to National Security Committee of the International Law Section of the American Bar Association. He serves on numerous governing and advisory boards including the Global Dialogue Institute, Middle Powers Initiative, Jane Goodall Institute, and the Bipartisan Security Group. Mr. Granoff is both a Member of the World Wisdom Council and a Fellow of the World Academy of Arts and Sciences, and has represented the International Peace Bureau at the Nobel Peace Laureate Summits in Rome every year since 2002. He received his Baccalaureate degree, Cum Laude, from Vassar College and Juris Doctorate from Rutgers University School of Law.
Ambassador (ret.) Henrik Salander Chairman, Middle Powers Initiative
Ambassador Salander has had many pivotal roles in the international debate over nuclear disarmament. He was instrumental as a leading voice of the New Agenda Coalition from 2000, and chaired the 2002 session of the NPT Preparatory Committee. From 2003 to 2006, he was the Secretary-General of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, chaired by Dr. Hans Blix.
Ambassador Salander was Sweden’s Ambassador to the Geneva Conference on Disarmament (1999-2003) where he authored the 2002 “five ambassadors” compromise proposal that is still the basis for efforts there to start negotiations on a fissile materials cut-off treaty and other treaties. Before taking up his post as MPI Chairman, he served as Deputy Director-General of the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
Ambassador (Ret.) Robert T. Grey, Jr. Director, Bipartisan Security Group rgrey@gsinstitute.org
Ambassador (ret.) Robert T. Grey, Jr. is Director of the Bipartisan Security Group in Washington, DC. He was the former US Representative to the Conference on Disarmament from 1998-2001. Ambassador Grey was a Senior Fellow on the Council on Foreign Relations and Counselor for Political Affairs of the US Mission to the United Nations in New York from 1986-1995. He was the Political Advisor to the Supreme Allied Commander at NATO from 1983-1986. He also served as Acting Deputy Director for the Arms Control Agency from 1981-1983. Before holding these posts, Ambassador Grey was the Political-Military Affair's Bureau Deputy Office Director in the Office of Military Sales and Assistance, Director of the State Departments Office of Advanced Technology, and Executive Assistant to the Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs. He joined the Foreign Service in 1960 and briefly left the Service to serve as Administrative Assistant to Senator Alan Cranston (D-CA), founder of the Global Security Institute. He continues to serve as a consultant to the State Department and the CIA. He received a BA from Dartmouth College in 1957 and a JD from the University of Michigan in 1960.
Ambassador (Ret.) Thomas Graham, Jr., Chairman, Bipartisan Security Group
served as a senior U.S. diplomat involved in the negotiation of every major international arms control and non-proliferation agreement for the past 30 years, including The Strategic Arms Limitations Talks (SALT) Treaties, The Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) Treaties, The Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty, Intermediate Nuclear Force (INF) Treaty, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, and Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).
Ambassador Graham served as special counsel in the Energy Practice of the law firm of Morgan Lewis, resident in the Washington, D.C. office, where he participated in the International Energy and Department of Energy practice areas. From 1994 until 1997, he served as the Special Representative of the President for Arms Control, Non-Proliferation, and Disarmament, appointed by President Clinton. He served for 15 years as the General Counsel of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA).
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Kevin Davis Program Associate, Bipartisan Security Group bsg@gsinstitute.org
Kevin Davis is the Program Associate for the Bipartisan Security Group, a program of GSI. He holds an MS in International Affairs from the Sam Nunn School at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he focused on conflict resolution and nuclear nonproliferation, and a BA in Political Science from the University of Georgia. Before coming to BSG, Kevin was a Program Officer for the Daisy Alliance in Atlanta, GA and the Research Assistant for the book, No Time To Kill.
Dr. Craig Eisendrath is Chairman of the Project for Nuclear Awareness. He is a former U.S. Foreign Service Officer with expertise in nuclear and outer space issues. He is a co-founder of the National Constitution Center as well as an award-winning diplomat. His articles and commentary regarding foreign affairs have appeared in such publications as the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Baltimore Sun to name a few. Eisendrath is the co-author of War in Heaven: The Arms Race in Outer Space (2007), Bush League Diplomacy: How the Neoconservatives Are Putting the World at Risk (2004) and the editor of National Insecurity: U.S. Intelligence After the Cold War (2000).
Adam Nester is the Assistant to the President of the Global Security Institute. Adam holds an M.S. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University’s Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, and a B.S. in Psychology from Saint Joseph’s University. Adam has previously worked as a Program Officer for the Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy and a researcher for the 2006 George Mason University Stakeholder Survey of the International Criminal Court. Adam has given presentations at American University and George Mason University on international justice mechanisms, victims, reconciliation and trauma healing issues in connection with his prior work.
Rhianna Tyson Kreger is a Senior Officer for the Global Security Institute. Before coming to GSI, Rhianna was the Project Manager of
the Reaching Critical Will project of the Women's International League
for Peace and Freedom, United Nations Office, where she coordinated
civil society efforts at disarmament fora of the United Nations.
Her writings have been published in Disarmament Forum, the quarterly publication of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), The IAEA Bulletin,
the flagship publication of the International Atomic Energy Agency and
others. In addition, Rhianna is a consultant with the Secure World Foundation.
Previously, Rhianna was an intern with the Arms Control
Association in Washington, D.C., and with the Society for International
Development in Rome. Rhianna holds an MSc with distinction in
Global Politics from the London School of Economics, and a BA in
Gender and International Relations from Hampshire College, Amherst,
Massachusetts.
Alyn Ware Global Coordinator, Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament alyn@pnnd.org
Alyn Ware is the Global Coordinator of the Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament ( PNND ), a program of the Global Security Institute. Previously, he served as Executive Director of the Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy and the UN Coordinator for the World Court Project, which led the effort to achieve a ruling from the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons. In addition to his numerous leadership positions within the peace and security field, he is co-author with Merav Datan of "Security and Survival: The Case for a Nuclear Weapons Convention", and with Annie Doherty of "Our Planet in Every Classroom", and has written numerous articles.
Sarah is the Office Manager and Program Associate for Global Security Institute. She received her B.A. from Rowan University, magna cum laude. After graduation, Sarah spent four years as a physical science teacher. She came to GSI from interState Net Bank where she served as Board and Corporate Secretary as well as Assistant to the President for three years.
Jim Wurst is the Program Director of the Middle Powers Initiative program. As the former President of the United Nations Correspondents’ Association, Jim is a veteran journalist of international security issues, having been a reporter for the UN Wire, Global Security Newswire, and the Inter Press Service, as well as a contributor to the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists,former Editor of Disarmament Times and Disarmament Campaigns, a newsmagazine based in The Hague. An experienced advocate, Jim also worked within the non-governmental community, including the Council on Economic Priorities, the Arias Foundation for Peace and Progress and was also Program Director of the Lawyers’ Committee on Nuclear Policy, the US affiliate of International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms.
Jim has a long-standing relationship with MPI, serving as its United Nations representative for several years after its founding, and playing a major role in several of MPI's strategy consultations at The Carter Center.