Richard Danzig Session Overview

Former Secretary of the Navy & Presidential Advisor
Senior Fellow, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

RICHARD DANZIG is a former Secretary of the Navy, whose primary activities in recent years have been as a consultant to the US Department of Defense and intelligence agencies. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, a Trustee of the RAND Corporation, and a Director of European investment firm, Saffron Hill Ventures. Danzig previously served as a member of President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, the Secretary of Defense’s Defense Policy Board, the Homeland Security Secretary’s Advisory Council, and the Aspen Strategy Group. He is the author of two books and numerous articles, including Driving in the Dark: Ten Propositions about Prediction and U.S. National Security.

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