U.S. Department of State Foreign Policy Advisors (POLADS)
Current Roster of Foreign Policy Advisors (POLADs), State-Defense Officers (SDE), State Joint Interagency Coordinating Group Representatives, (JIACG) and State Faculty Advisors
Deputy Director: David Pozorski: (202) 647-0295
Office Manager: Nick Sheldon: (202) 647-8010; (202) 647-4055 (fax)
Intern: Kirstin E. Margosian: (202) 647-5918
I. Foreign Policy Advisors (POLADs) to U.S. Military Service Chiefs, (Pentagon) and National Guard Bureau
1. Chief of Staff, U.S. Army
William Haugh
Room 3B517
200 Army Pentagon
Washington, DC 20310-0200
Office: (703) 697-4146
Cell: (703) 801-6468
(703) 697-4146
Fax: (703) 614-7225
E-mail: william.j.haugh@conus.army.mil
E-mail: billhaugh@hotmail.com
LTC James Rose, Deputy
Office: 703-697-9521
Fax: 703-614-7225
E-mail: james.rose@conus.army.mil
2. Chief of Naval Operations
Clifford (Ford) Hart Foreign Policy Advisor
Room 4D549A
2000 Pentagon
Washington, DC 20350-2000
Office: (703) 614-2048
Fax: (703) 692-4518
E-mail: clifford.a.hart@navy.mil
CDR Andrew Fata, Deputy
Office: (703) 614-2069
Fax: (703) 692-4518
E-mail: Andrew.fata@navy.mil
3. Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps
VACANT
HQUSMC Pentagon
3000 Marine Corps Pentagon
Room 4E318
Washington, DC 20380-0001
Office: (703) 614-8460
Fax: (703) 614-5891
DSN: Ph: 224-8460
DSN: Fax: 224-5891
4. Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force
Donald M. Bishop, Foreign Policy Advisor (POLAD)
Headquarters U.S. Air Force
Room 5D767
1670 Air Force Pentagon
Washington, D.C. 20330-1670
Office: (703) 693-9652
Fax: (703) 697-5145
E-mail: donald.bishop@pentagon.af.mil
Col John Shivnen, Deputy
Office: (703) 693-9652
Fax: (703) 697-5145
E-mail: john.shivnen@pentagon.af.mil
LtCol Tracy Szczepaniak, Military Assistant
Office: (703) 693-9652
Fax: (703) 697-5145
E-mail: tracy.szczepaniak@pentagon.af.mil
Chief, National Guard Bureau
Michael Fitzpatrick , Foreign Policy Advisor (POLAD)
Office: (703)-607-2894
DSN: 327-2894
Fax: (703) 607-3671
Location: DoD/JP1/Room 12001
E-mail: m.fitzpatrick3@ng.army.mil
E-mail (Personal): fitzpatrickmj@gmail.com
Dr. John Finney, Jr.
Office: (Comm) (703) 607-5752
DSN: 327-5752
Fax: (703) 601-2655
E-mail: john.d.finney@us.army.mil
II. Foreign Policy Advisors to DoD Regional Combatant Commanders
1. U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM)
Dan Piccuta, Foreign Policy Advisor (POLAD)
HQ USPACOM
Box 64028
Camp H.M. Smith
HI 96861-4028
Office: (808) 477-7603
Fax: (808) 477-7607
E-mail: daniel.piccuta@pacom.mil
E-mail: (Personal) Piccuta@yahoo.com
LTC Philip Dupont
Office: (808) 477-7617
E-mail: philip.dupont@pacom.mil
MAJ Skye Nakayama
Office: (808) 477-7601
E-mail: skye.nakayama@pacom.mil
Joint Interagency Coordinating Group (JIACG)
John Crowley, State Department Representative
HQ USPACOM/J5
Office: (808) 477-9542
Home: (808) 366-1274
Fax: (808) 377-7512
E-mail: john.w.crowley@pacom.mil
E-mail: (Personal) jwcrowley8@aol.com
Michael Gfoeller, Foreign Policy Advisor (POLAD)
HQ USCENTCOM
7115 South Boundary Blvd
MacDill AFB, FL 33621-5101
Office: (813) 827-6453
Fax: (813) 827-4411
E-mail: gfoellm@centcom.mil
Lewis Elbinger, Deputy POLAD
Office: (813) 827-6452
E-mail: elbinglk@centcom.mil
LTC Fadi Petro (USAF), Military Deputy
Ramin Asgard, Iran Analyst
E-mail: asgardr@centcom.mil
Teresa Sanchez, Executive Assistant
Office: (813) 827-6452
James Bond, JIACG
State Department Representative
Office: (813) 827-8404
Fax: (813) 827-1486
DSN VX: 651-8404
E-mail: bondjb@centcom.mil
3. U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), including NORAD)
Andy Koss, Foreign Policy Advisor (POLAD)
Headquarters Building
HQ NORAD/USNORTHCOM-POLAD
250 Vandenberg St. Suite B016
Peterson AFB, CO 80914-3806
Office: (719) 554-6191
Cell: 719-491-7304
Fax: (719) 554-2619
E-mail: Andrew.koss@northcom.mil
Pentagon Liaison: Tel: (703) 695-4674
LTC Tyler Fitzgerald, Deputy U.S. Foreign Policy Advisor
NORAD - USNORTHCOM
Office: 719-554-3483//DSN 692-3483Fax: 719-554-2619//DSN: 692-2619
E-mail: tyler.fitzgerald@noradhq.relcan.mil
Susan Reinert, JIACG
State Department Representative
Office: (719) 556-6107
Fax: (719) 554-2271
E-mail: susan.reinert@northcom.mil
Lisa DeVault, Executive Assistant
Office: (719) 554-6191
4. U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM)
Ambassador Paul Trivelli, Civilian Deputy to the Commander and Foreign Policy Advisor (POLAD)
U.S. Southern Command
3511 Northwest 91st Avenue
Doral, FL 33172
Office: (305) 437-1012
DSN: (312) 567-1012
Fax: (305) 437-2929
E-mail: paul.trivelli@hq.southcom.mil
Pentagon Liaison: Tel: (703) 695-1291
Gregg Marvil, Deputy POLAD
Office: (305) 437-1212
DSN: (312) 567-1212
Fax: (305) 437-2929
E-mail: gregory.marvil@hq.southcom.mil
Ted Halstead, Deputy Director, JIACG
E-mail: ted.halstead@hq.southcom.mil
Office: (305) 437-1248
Rosemarie Lund, Executive Assistant
(305) 437-1067
U.S. NAVSOUTH
Mary Witt, Foreign Policy Advisor
Office: (904) 270-5855
Jacksonville, FL
E-mail: mary.witt@navy.mil
E-mail: (Personal) wittmh@hotmail.com
5. U.S. European Command (USEUCOM)
Ambassador Katherine Canavan, Foreign Policy Advisor
HQ USEUCOM
Unit 30400 Box, 1000
APO AE 09128
Office: 49-0-711-680-2341
DSN: 314-680-8165
Fax: 49-711-680-4298
Home: 703-527-7444
COL Franz M. Plescha (USAF), Deputy
USEUCOM
Office: 49-711-680-2341/2370
DSN: 314-430-2370
FAX: 49-711-680-9211
E-mail: franz.plescha@eucom.mil
U.S. Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR)
James A. McNaught, Foreign Policy Advisor (POLAD)
Unit 30400
APO AE 09131
Stuttgart, Germany
DSN: 314-430-4731
Comm: +49-(0)-711-680-4731
Secure Fax: 314-430-5229
UNCL Fax: 314-430-6792
E-mail: mcnaughja@eucom.mil
E-mail: (STATE) mcnaughtja@state.gov
Executive Assistant
DSN: (314) 430-5994
Russell J. Hanks, State Department Representative
Command Interagency Engagement Group (CIEG)
HQ USEUCOM
Unit 30400-ECIE
APO AE 09131
Office: 49-711-680-9308
Cell: 49-151-5286-8903
Email: hanksr@eucom.mil
Patrick Ellsworth, Economic Officer CIEG
USEUCOM (U.S. European Command)
E-mail: patrick.ellsworth@eucom.mil
6. U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM)
Dr. Raymond L. Brown, Foreign Policy Advisor
HQ US AFRICA COMMAND
Kelly Barracks
Unit 29951
APO AE 09751-9951
Office: +49-(0) 711-729-2962
Home:+49 (0) 711-729-2098
Cell: +49- (0) 170-639-9900
E-mail: raymond.brown@africom.mil
Col James A. Jacobson (USAF), Deputy
E-mail: james.jacobson@africom.mil
Special Operations Command Africa
Richard “Carl” Paschall, Foreign Policy Advisor (POLAD)
E-mail (Personal): carl@thepashalls.com
E-mail: Richard.paschall@africom.mil
Cell: +49-160-9389-8266
DSN: 314-421-5013
III. Foreign Policy Advisors (POLADs) to DoD Functional Combatant Commanders
1. U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)
Ambassador Roger D. Pierce, Foreign Policy Advisor (POLAD)
HQ USSOCOM (SOPO)
7701 Tampa Point Blvd.
MacDill AFB, FL. 33621-5323
Office: (813) 826-5166/5167
Fax: (813) 826-5139
E-mail: roger.pierce@socom.mil
CPT Christopher Creaghe, Military Assistant
(Until October 2009)
Office: (813) 826-5158
Fax: (813) 826-5139
E-mail: christopher.creaghe@socom.mil
Special Operations Command Pacific (SOCPAC)
William Johnson, Foreign Policy Advisor (POLAD)
Cell: 347-600-8914
Web Phone: 718-395-3589
E-mail: (Personal) william.bieri.johnson@gmail.com
Center for Special Operations
James (Hugh) Geoghegan
(October 2009)
State Department Representative
Office: (813) 826-1237
3. U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM)
VACANT
United States Strategic Command
901 SAC Blvd.
Suite 2H15
Offutt AFB, NE 68113-5000
Office: (402) 294-2504
Fax: (402) 294-9736
COL Jim Lewis, Deputy
Office: (402) 294-9773
E-mail: lewisj@stratcom.mil
Ramona Lucas, Specialist
Office: (402) 294-7014
E-mail: lucasr@stratcom.mil
3. U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM)
Kathy Johnson-Casares, Foreign Policy Advisor
United States Transportation Command
508 Scott Drive Rm. 347
Scott AFB
Belleville, IL 62225-5357
Office: (618) 229-1108
Fax: (618) 229-2560
E-mail: kathy.johnson-casares@ustranscom.mil
Patrick Spatz, Deputy, Foreign Policy Advisor
(October 2009)
Personal Cell: 847-404-3078
E-mail (Personal): pspatz@gmail.com
Timothy J. Peplaw, Military Deputy
Office: (618) 229-2620
Fax: (618) 229-2560
E-mail: Timothy.Peplaw@ustranscom.mil
4. U.S. Joint Forces Command/ACT Allied Command Transformation (USJFCOM/ACT)
VACANT
Headquarters Building
Suite 100
7857 Blandy Road
Norfolk, VA 23551-2490
Office: (757) 836-5671 or 836-6567
Fax: (757) 836-0931
CDR John Fox, Executive Assistant
Office: (757) 836-6567
E-mail: john.fox@jfcom.mil
IV. International Commands
1. Supreme Allied Command Europe (SACEUR)
Ambassador Larry Butler, Political Advisor
OSACEUR/POLAD
Bldg 101, Room F-215
Chaussée de Bruxelles
7010 SHAPE
Belgium
SHAPE office: +32-65-44-4471
NATO HQS office: +32-2-707-7367
Fax: +32-65-44-4941
Cell: +32 473 785-348
Email: butlerl@shape.eucom.mil
Email: NATO: l.butler@hq.nato.int
2. Joint Forces Command-Naples (formerly AFSOUTH)
John Koenig, Foreign Policy Advisor
Naples, Italy
HQ AFSOUTH
PSC 813, Box 130
FPO AE 09620
Office: 39-081-335-8000-626 (my assistant is Robert McGregor, or Mac)
Fax: 39-081-721-2968
E-mail: jkoenig@jfcnp.nato.int
E-mail: john.koenig@eu.navy.mil
3. Joint Force Command-Brunssum (formerly AFNORTH)
Jack Segal, Foreign Policy Advisor (POLAD)
Brunssum, Netherlands
CMR 460, Box 588
APO AE 09703
Office: 001-31-455-26-22-15
Fax: 9-001-31-455-26-28-46
E-mail: segalj@jfcbs.nato.int
V. Foreign Policy Advisors to Subordinate/Component Commands
II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF)
Allan D. Langland, Foreign Policy Advisor
PSC Box 20080
Camp Lejeune, NC 28542
Office: (910) 451-8275
Cell: (619) 370-4054
E-mail: allan.langland@USMC.mil
1. U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACFLT)
Jim Cole, Foreign Policy Advisor
Bldg. 250 Makalapa Dr.
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 96860-3131
Tel: (808) 474-3055
Cell: (808) 474-3055
E-mail: colejf@state.gov
E-mail: (Personal) parocole@yahoo.com
Steve Lilly, Deputy
E-mail: Steve.Lilly@navy.mil
U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific (MARFORPAC)
Cecile Shea, Foreign Policy Advisor
Box 64139
Camp H. M. Smith, HI 96861-4138
E-mail: cecile.shea@usmc.mil
Tel: (808) 477-8841
Cell: (808) 220-4381
2. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM)
Multinational Corps – Iraq (MNC-I)
Tim Lenderking, Foreign Policy Advisor
Camp Victory
Baghdad, Iraq
APO AE 09342
E-mail: timothy.lenderking@iraq.centcom.mil
E-mail: lenderkingta@yahoo.com
DSN: 485-4958
Secure: 243-4734
Asia Cell: 964-770-443-0162
COL Glenn Crowther, Deputy
E-mail: glenn.crowther@iraq.centcom.mil
Task Force 714 – Balad, Iraq
Joanne Cummings, Foreign Policy Advisor
Unit 931003/TFTP
APO AE 09391
Office: (Afghanistan): (910) 243-3193
Office: (Iraq): (910) 243-3846
U.S. Cell: 703-470-7114
E-mail: cummingsj@jdi.socom.mil
E-mail (Personal): joanne.cummings@yahoo.com
Multinational Division – North – Tikrit, Iraq (MND-N)
Peter Thompson, Foreign Policy Advisor
COB Speicher
Tikrit, Iraq
APO, AE 09393
DSN: (318) 849-0045
SVOIP: 770-2186
Asia cell: 0770-847-1435
U.S. Commercial Direct: (703) 261-7765
E-mail: peter.thompson@25id.army.mil
E-mail: thompsonpm@yahoo.com
Multinational Division – South – Basra, Iraq
(MND-S)
Martina Strong, Foreign Policy Advisor (POLAD)
HHC 34th ID, Command Group, Unit 117
APO AE 09374
DSN: (318) 858-4623
SVOIP: 764-4576
Cell: 0770-443-1198
E-mail: martina.strong@iraq.centcom.mil
Multinational Force - West (MNF-W)
Bernt Johnson, Foreign Policy Advisor (POLAD)
II MEF (FWD), SSEC (POLAD)
Unit 73920
FPO AE 09509-3920
SVOIP: 696-1016
DSN: (318) 440-6666
E-mail: bernt.johnson@aa.mnf-wiraq.usmc.mil
E-mail: (Personal) ozusa@ureach.com
U.S. Air Forces Central Command (USAFCENT)
Tamara K. Fitzgerald, Foreign Policy Advisor (POLAD)
USAFCENT/POLAD
Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar
E-mail: Tamara.Fitzgerald@shaw.af.mil
Phillip L. Osborne, Deputy
USAFCENT and 9AF
Comm: (803) 895-3128
DSN: 965-3128
E-mail: Phillip.Osborne@shaw.af.mil
Multinational Security Transition Command (MNSTC-I)
Horacio Ureta, Foreign Policy Advisor (POLAD)
MNSTC-I – Command Group
APO, AE 09348
Tel: DSN 318-852-1247
Cell: 964-77-0443-2572 or 964-79-0135-7934
E-mail: horacio.ureta@iraq.centcom.mil
E-mail (Personal): haureta2@yahoo.com
COL Craig Martin, Deputy
U.S. Naval Forces Central Command
(NAVCENT / U.S. Fifth, Fleet)
Thomas M. Duffy, Foreign Policy Advisor (POLAD)
FPO AE 09501-6008
U.S. Fifth Fleet
Manama, Bahrain
COMM: (973) 1785-4129
DSN: (318) 439-4129
MOB: (973) 3911-2836
E-mail: Thomas.Duffy@me.navy.mil
Executive Assistant
DSN: (318) 439-6031
Fax: (973) 1785-4579
U.S. Marines Central Command (MARCENT)
Doug Ellrich, Foreign Policy Advisor
Office: 813-464-0911
E-mail: douglas.ellrich@marcent.usmc.mil
U.S. Army Central Command (ARCENT)
Evan Reade, Foreign Policy Advisor
Third Army/USARCENT
1881 Hardee Ave, SW
Ft. McPherson, GA 30330
Office: (404) 464-4894
Cell: (404) 731-9762
Email: evan.reade@arcent.army.mil
Operational Command Post:
Third Army/CFLCC/ARCENT
Command Group
Camp Arifjan
APO, AE 09306
DSN (318)430-5122
JIATF-South
Arnold Sierra, Foreign Policy Advisor (POLAD)
Office: (305) 293-5667
E-mail: Arnold.Sierra@jiatfs.southcom.mil
Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), Djibouti
Dr. Kathleen List, Foreign Policy AdvisorCJTF-HOA (CE)
Djibouti
PSC 831
FPO AE 09363-9998E-mail: Kathleen.List@hoa.usafricom.mil
Tel: 011-253-358-973
DSN: 318-824-4278
Commercial: 253-359-973
International: 001-571-337-8051
Marine EUR/AF AFRICOM
Michelle Stefanick Foreign Policy Advisor
(October 2009)
E-mail (Personal): michelle214@hotmail.com
Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT)
Rob Pyott, Foreign Policy Advisor (POLAD)
Office: 813-300-9728
Email: albert.pyott@socent.centcom.mil
Combined Forces Special Operations Component Command (CFSOCC)
Keith Jordan, Foreign Policy Advisor (POLAD)
E-mail: keith.c.jordan@afghan.swa.army.mil
VI. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMPONENT COMMAND
CJSOTF-Arabian Peninsula
Chris Krafft, Foreign Policy Advisor
DSN: 318-430-1035
E-mail: chris.krafft@cjsotfap.cmd.polad
E-mail (personal): cmfrafft@yahoo.com
Naval Special Warfare Command (NAVSPECWARCOM)
William J. Paton, Foreign Policy Advisor (POLAD)
COMNAVSPECWARCOM
200 Trident Way, Bldg. 624
San Diego, CA 92155-5599
Office: (619)-272-1656
E-mail: william.paton@navsoc.socom.mil
Gabrielle Hotung-Davidsen, Deputy
Office: (619) 437-3357
Fax: (619) 437-5362
E-mail: gabrielle.hotung-davidsen@navsoc.socom.mil
Foreign Service Officers Assigned to State-Defense Exchange Program
Joint Staff (J-5- Plans and Policy)
John Winant, Foreign Policy Advisor (POLAD)
Joint Staff, J-5
Pentagon, Room 1E572
Washington, DC 20318
Office: (703) 692-1920
Fax: (703) 697-0255
E-mail: john.winant@js.pentagon.mil
DoD/OSC/S&TR/TRP/CTR
OSD/CTR Cooperative Threat Reduction
Craig White
OSD/GSA/CTR
Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction Policy
Pentagon
Room 5C746
1401 Wilson Blvd.
Rosslyn, VA 22209-2306
Office: (703) 571-2335, Central: (703) 614-1740
Fax: (703) 696-7873
E-mail: craig.white@osd.mil
OSD/ISA/AFR
Brian Penn
2400 Defense Pentagon
Room 5B684
Washington, DC 20301-2400
Office: (703) 571-9424
E-mail: Brian.Penn@osd.mil
International Training Institutions
George C. Marshall Center for European Security Studies
VACANT, Associate Director
George C. Marshall Center for European Security Studies
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Unit 24502
APO AE 09053
Office: 011-49-8821-750-631
Fax: 011-49-8821-750-663
State Faculty Advisors to Department of Defense War/Staff
CollegesNational Defense University, (NDU)
Ambassador Thomas C. Krajeski
Senior Vice President
408 4th Avenue
Ft. Lesley J. McNair, Washington, DC
Office: (202) 685-3932
Center for Technology and National Security Policy (CTNSP)
Debra Cagan, State Advisor
Office: (202) 685-2658
E-mail: cagand@ndu.edu
National War College, (NWC-NDU)
Faculty: David B. Dunn – Senior Advisor
Carmen Martinez
William B. Wood
Ambassador Victoria J. Nuland
3. USAF Air War College
Evelyn Early
Senior Advisor for International Affairs
Air War College
325 Chennault Circle
Montgomery. AL 36112-6427
Office: (334) 953-7048
Fax: (334) 953-4028
Industrial College of the Armed Forces
Joyce A. Barr
Richard DeVillafranca
Stephen M. Young
Robert Murphy
U.S. Naval War College
Ambassador John Cloud
Senior Advisor for International Affairs
Newport, RI
Office: (401) 841-1795
Fax: (401) 841-6402
Richard J. Adams
U.S. Army War College
Ambassador Carol VanVoorst
Deputy Commandant
Carlisle, PA
Office: (717) 245-3505
Fax: (717) 245-3412
Faculty: Richard Smyth
Douglas B. Wake
Constance Phlipot
The Joint Forces Staff College
VACANT
Faculty Advisor
Norfolk, VA
Office: (757) 443-6294
Fax: (757) 444-5317
Africa Strategic Studies Center
James D. McGee
U.S. Air Force Academy
David Reinert
Faculty Advisor
Colorado Springs, CO
Office: (719) 333-8253
U.S. Military Academy
Santiago Busa
West Point, New York
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
John A. Dyson
Daniel Ricci
Fr. Leavenworth, Kansas
Office: (913) 684-2470
DSN: 522-2470
E-mail: john.a.dyson@conus.army.mil
Marine Corps War College
Barry J. Levin
Faculty Advisor
Quantico, VA
Western Hemisphere Institute
Arnold Vela
Faculty Advisor
Fort Benning, Georgia
National Defense Intelligence College
Ambassador Jackson C. McDonald
Judge Advocate General (JAG) School
Katherine Grove
Charlottesville, Virginia
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