Strategic Council

The Silverado Policy Accelerator’s Strategic Council comprises distinguished leaders and experts from various backgrounds and political affiliations, all united in their commitment to sustaining American prosperity and leadership on the global stage. The Council offers Silverado invaluable advice, guidance, and support, helping to drive its mission and enhance its programs and activities.

honorary chairs

General David Petraeus (US Army, Ret.)

Partner, KKR and Chairman KKR Global Institute

The Hon. Malcolm Turnbull

Australia’s 29th Prime Minister

strategic advisors

Michael Allen

Managing Director, Beacon Global Strategies

Robert D. Atkinson

Founder and President, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

Heather Adkins

VP, Security Engineering, Google

George David Banks

Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council; Fellow, Bipartisan Policy Center

Jeremy Bash

Founder and Managing Director, Beacon Global Strategies

Nicholas Consonery

Executive Director, The Eurasia Group

Wendy Cutler

Vice President, the Asia Society Policy Institute

Heidi Crebo-Rediker

Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

Richard Danzig

Former Secretary of the Navy; Senior Fellow, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

Ivo Daalder

President, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs

John Demers

Former Assistant Attorney General

Amanda Farrell

Senior Counsel, Legal Affairs & Trade General Motors

Mina Faltas

Founder and CEO, Washington Harbour Partners LP

Mark Galeotti

Principal Director, Mayak Intelligence

Robert Ghilduta

President of Nuand LLC

Jane Harman

Distinguished Scholar & President Emerita, Wilson International Center for Scholars

Jason Healey

Senior Research Scholar, Columbia University’s School for International and Public Affairs

Jennifer Hillman

Professor of Practice, Georgetown Law Center

Andrew Holland

CEO, Fusion Industry Association

Jamil Jaffer

Founder and Executive Director, the National Security Institute; Vice President, IronNet Cybersecurity

Sandra Joyce

Executive Vice President, Mandiant Intelligence

Kate Kalutkiewicz

Senior Managing Director, McLarty Associates

Mark Linscott

Senior Advisor, The Asia Group; Senior Fellow, the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center

Ken Levinson

Chief Executive Officer, Washington International Trade Association (WITA)

Robin Millican

Innovation Initiative, Duke University

Jeanette Manfra

Director for Risk and Compliance, Google Cloud

Mark Montgomery

Senior Director, Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation, Foundation for Defense of Democracies

Nazak Nikakhtar

Partner, Wiley Rein LLP

Scott N. Paul

President, the Alliance for American Manufacturing

Jennifer Prescott

Director, Amazon Web Services

Alex Perkins

Principal, Mehlman Consulting

Matthew Reisman

Director, Director of Privacy and Data Policy, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Catrina Rorke

Senior Vice President for Policy and Research, the Climate Leadership Council

Kristi M. Rogers

Managing Partner & Co-Founder of Principal to Principal (P2P)

Matthew Rojansky

President and Chief Executive Officer, The U.S. Russia Foundation

Matthew Spence

Managing Director and Global Head of Venture Capital Banking, Barclays

Nadia Schadlow

Founder, Scout Strategy Group LLC

Chad Sweet

Co-Founder & CEO, The Chertoff Group

Matt Sloustcher

Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs & Chief Communications Officer MP Materials

Jordan Schneider

Founder, ChinaTalk Institute

Dawn Shackleford

President, Looking Glass Trade, LLC

Chris Toffales

CTC Aero, LLC, President and Managing Director

Michael R. Wessel

President, The Wessel Group Incorporated

Evan Wolff

Partner, Akin Washington