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James Alexander

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redesign, improvement initiatives and growth to achieve strategic goals. At CNA, Alexander has been engaged in the COVID-19 Detection and Mitigation in Confinement Facilities project, along with providing subject matter expertise to the Jails and Justice Support Center for the U.S. Department of Justice.  Prior to joining CNA, Alexander was a deputy warden and coauthored an interim care mental

Ryan Baker

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Baker-Ryan /images/Experts/Baker-Ryan.webp Ryan Baker specializes in policy analysis, program evaluation, research design, and Marine Corps operations. As part of CNA’s Scientific Analyst Program, he serves as the primary liaison between CNA and Training and Education Command (TECOM), a Marine Corps command in Virginia. Baker is also a reserve officer in the Marine Corps with a background in supply and logistics. Over the course of his military career, he has served as a supply officer, logistics officer, operations officer, executive officer, chief of staff, strategic analyst

Ken Bro

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Bro-Ken /images/Experts/Bro-Ken.webp Ken Bro is an expert in concept development and aviation, specializing in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other advanced technologies. At CNA, Bro contributes to Federal Aviation Administration initiatives aimed at modernizing the National Airspace System. Investigating technologies such as AI/ML, natural language processing, and virtual reality, he provides analysis on their application within traffic flow management. Bro also supports internal research by developing cutting-edge AI agents. Prior to joining CNA, Bro was an assistant

James R. Coldren, Jr

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Coldren-James-R /images/Experts/Coldren-James.webp James R. "Chip" Coldren, Jr., is an experienced justice system evaluator with over 40 years of research and evaluation experience in law enforcement, juvenile justice, and corrections. He is the former director of CNA’s Center for Justice Research and Innovation and has been the project director or advisor for several national technical assistance and training programs. Prior to his work at CNA, Coldren’s academic career at Governors State University in Illinois included positions as acting assistant provost, as director of Sponsored

Noemi Eckhoff

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Noemi Eckhoff is an expert in intelligence analysis, as well as strategic, tactical, and administrative crime analysis.

Eckhoff-Noemi Noemi Eckhoff is an expert in intelligence analysis, as well as strategic, tactical, and administrative crime analysis. /images/Experts/Eckhoff-Noemi.webp Noemi Eckhoff is an expert in intelligence analysis, as well as strategic, tactical, and administrative crime analysis. Her primary focus at CNA is providing support as an embedded crime analyst in the Crime Analyst in Residence Program, a nationwide initiative funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance in the Department of Justice. Before joining CNA, Eckhoff served as the first full-time crime analyst for the city

David Finkelstein

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Finkelstein-David /images/Experts/Dave-Finkelstein.webp Dr. David M. Finkelstein is CNA’s inaugural Distinguished Research Fellow for National Security Affairs. He is among the nation’s foremost specialists in Asian security issues, with special expertise in the military and security affairs of the People’s Republic of China. For almost two decades, he built and led CNA’s China and Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Division. Formerly a career US Army officer, he held several China and Asia-related positions, including duty in the Pentagon as Director for Asian Analyses on the Joint Staff

Gregor Goodman

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Goodman-Gregor /images/Experts/Goodman-Gregor.webp Gregor Goodman is CNA's chief technology officer, acting as the end-to-end technology interlock between study sponsors and CNA on the largest high-impact projects. As CTO, he works together with business and research leaders to build a technology partnership, ensuring that offered technical solutions deliver exceptional results for clients. Prior to joining CNA, Goodman was a senior enterprise account manager at Amazon Web Services, where he directed strategy and implementation for Fortune 250 digital transformations through effective

Lars Hanson

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Hanson-Lars /images/Experts/Hanson-Lars.webp Lars Hanson is an expert in emergency management planning and resilience of critical community lifeline networks and infrastructure systems. He is the lead analyst for CNA's supply chain resilience practice area and supports geospatial analysis, energy, water, catastrophic planning, and logistics projects. Prior to joining CNA, he worked as regional ... Leadership Institute fellow. In CNA’s Institute for Public Research, he has won the Analytic Impact Award and the Innovations Award. Lars Hanson Assistant Director Featured Squares white Explore more 3

Andrew Ilachinski

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developed a tool using neural networks to support the electronic warfare community at the Naval Air Station on Whidbey Island, Washington, where he was embedded as part of CNA’s Field Program. Since then, he has worked on many AI/ML projects, including the 2017 publication of one of the first comprehensive reviews of AI, autonomy, and swarms in a military context. Ilachinski also co-hosted CNA’s

Kevin Inks

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Inks-Kevin /images/Experts/Inks-Kevin.webp Kevin Inks is a specialist in geographic information systems (GIS), spatial statistics, GeoAI, and data analysis. He also has expertise in qualitative and ethnographic field research methods, as well as cartographic design and data visualization. At CNA, he has participated in field deployments with FEMA's Continuous Improvement Program, contributed ... of Wisconsin-Madison, as well as a Bachelor of Science in economics and a Bachelor of Arts in geography from Ohio State University. CNA’s Safety and Security Division has presented him with their Innovation Award