People - Fellows

Dorian Bakogiannis

Program Associate

Dorian received his B.A. in Russian Studies from Hamilton College. As an undergraduate, he studied U.S. foreign policy and international law in addition to Russian language, culture and politics. Dorian lived in the Russian Federation as a student of St. Petersburg State University.

Emily Garvin

Analyst

Emily is a recent graduate of Dartmouth College, where she majored in Spanish with an additional focus on international relations. She is currently an Analyst with the Center's Culture and Conflict Studies Program (CCSP).

Lt. Col. David Johnson

Executive Director

Lt. Col. David Johnson (U.S. Army Retired) is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and has completed the Command and General Staff Course at the Joint Defense College at the Ecole Militaire in Paris.

Michaela McRee

Program Associate, Computational Approaches to National Security

Michaela McRee received her undergraduate degree in Political Science and Russian from the University of Chicago. She has assisted Timothy Conley and Christian Hansen at the Booth School of Business, conducting quantitative analysis on the adoption of behaviors among adolescents, patterns of inner city economic development, and microfinance projects in Mexico.

Farley Mesko

Operations Officer

Farley received his undergraduate degree in Natural Resource Policy and Economics from Bowdoin College, where he conducted research in area self-governance in extractive industries. Prior to joining the Center, Farley ran a successful small commercial fishing business in Maine.

Felipe Umaña

Analyst

Felipe is an international relations graduate of Brown University and an Analyst with the Center's Computational Approach to National Security (CANS) Program.