Meet the staff

Meet our staff

For over 75 years, FAS has fostered the voices of world-class experts and early-career researchers alike from a variety of scientific, academic, and professional backgrounds.

meet our Staff
Staff Fellow
John Cotton Dean
Staff Fellow
John Reichard
Director, Global Risk
Jon Wolfsthal
Nuclear Weapons,
Global Security,
Geopolitics,
Proliferation,
Global Governance
Emerging Technology
Associate Director, Communications
Jonathan Wilson
Staff Fellow
Joshua Porterfield
Partnerships Manager, Fiscal Sponsorship Program
Kaltrina Jacimi
Digital Rights & Privacy,
Security Sector Reform (SSR),
Democratic Resilience,
Program & Grants Management
Manager, Emerging Technology & Competitiveness
Karinna Gerhardt
disinformation,
online ecosystems,
tech equity
Director, MetroLab
Kate Garman Burns
State and Local Policy,
Data Governance and AI,
Transportation,
Emerging Technology in Communities
Manager, Communications
Kate Kohn
Data Visualization,
Data Analysis,
Social video,
Poasting
Staff Fellow
Katherine McEldoon
Communications Manager, Media & PR
Katie McCaskey
media relations,
science communication,
systems thinking & design
Associate Director, Clean Energy
Kelly Fleming
Clean Energy,
Clean Transportation,
Clean Fuels,
Science Policy