National Academy of Public Administration

History of Employment

Position	Division	Organization	Start	End
Professor and Director Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism	College of Law and The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs	Syracuse University	2018	Present
Member, Vice Chair, Acting Chair		Public Interest Declassification Board	2016	2019
Robert E. Wilhelm Fellow	Center for International Studies	MIT	2017	2018
Consultant		Intelligence Advanced Projects Activity	2017	2018
Visiting Professor		Georgetown Law School	2015	2017
Chief Judge		United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces	2011	2015
Adjunct Professor		Georgetown Law School	2004	2015
Adjunct Professor		Iowa University College of Law	2004	2015
Adjunct Professor		Washington University College of Law	2012	2015
Adjunct Professor		University of Pittsburgh School of Law	2009	2012
Associate Judge		United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces	2000	2011
Visiting Lecturer		Yale Law School	2001	2004
Special Assistant to the President and Legal Adviser		The National Security Council	1997	2000
Deputy Legal Adviser		The National Security Council	1994	1997
Counsel		The President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and Intelligence Oversight Board	1993	1994
Attorney Adviser	Law Enforcement and Intelligence; Oceans Environment and Science	U.S. Department of State	1990	1993
Aide and Acting Chief of Staff		Office of Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan	1985	1987
Aide-de-Camp, Platoon Leader, Weapons Platoon Leader, Company XO		United States Marine Corps	1982	1985
Marine Corps Reserve		Entry 21170	1979	2000

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