
Meet The Team
Ajit Maan, Ph.D.
Founder & CEO
Ajit Maan, Ph.D. is a security and defense policy analyst and a specialist in narrative strategies in radicalization processes. She is Professor of Practice at the Center for the Future of War and Member of the Brain Trust of the Weaponized Narrative Initiative at Arizona State University, as well as Affiliate Faculty at George Mason University's Center for Narrative Conflict Resolution.
Howard Gambrill Clark, Ph.D.
President
Howard Gambrill Clark, Ph.D. has specialized in influence strategies and psychological warfare for over 22 years. He is now the president of Narrative Strategies, where he teaches and researches the fields of strategic influence, psychological warfare, counterterrorism, and countering violent extremism.
Paul Cobaugh
Vice President
Christopher Holshek
Civil-Military Director
International peace and security consultant, Civil-Military Director at Narrative Strategies, Civil-Military Advisor for the Alliance for Peacebuilding, and U.S. Global Leadership Coalition “Veteran for Smart Power.”
Brian L. Steed, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow
Scott Mann
Team
Lt. Col. (Retired) Scott Mann is a US Army Green Beret who spent 18 of his 23 years of service in Special Forces. He was Interagency Task Force Leader, USSOCOM, and was one of the architects of the Afghan Village Stability Program, chronicled in his award winning book, Game Changers; Going local to Defeat Violent Extremists
Patrick Christian, Ph.D.
Senior Field Research
Psychoanalytical Anthropologist
Rand Waltzman, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow
The Narrative Strategies Advisory Board
Arturo Muñoz, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor
Jennifer Bryson, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor
Judy Philipson, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Fellow
Scott Mann
J. Edward Fox
Senior Associate Fellow
The Honorable J. Edward Fox is the president of Fox & Associates, a public policy and government affairs consulting firm in Washington, DC. Prior to the firm's founding in 2009, Fox had served for over 30 years in a variety of senior United States Government positions in the national security, foreign policy, and development policy areas in both the Executive and Legislative Branches of the US government.
Thomas A. Drohan. Ph.D.
Senior Associate Fellow
Dr. Thomas A. Drohan, Ph.D. is a senior leader and advisor with unrivaled cultural and analytical skills, strategic focus, and commitment to excellence. He seeks to understand complex operations and related national security threats, opportunities and challenges and collaboratively tailors alternative strategies for different contexts. Dr. Drohan is Director of International ISR Education and Training at JMark Services in Colorado Springs.
Kevin Ofchus
Associate Fellow
Kevin Ofchus is a former Supervisory Special Agent in the Department of Justice with the DEA, Department of Defense Subject Matter Expert (SME) and founder of Host Nation Perspectives SouthWest Asia. Over the last decade his projects covered a comprehensive range of subject matter to include counter insurgency, post conflict stabilization, and counter-violent extremism efforts within the host nation government(s) via the United States Department of Justice, Defense and State, USAID, and the Intelligence Community.