Robert B. Murrett, Chairperson

Robert B. Murrett is a professor at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, where he also serves as the Deputy Director of the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT). He is an adjunct staff member at the RAND Corporation, a senior associate at the Institute for Defense Analyses, and chairs the MITRE Intelligence Advisory Board. Additionally, Mr. Murrett is on the Senior Advisory Group for Boeing Corporation's Network and Space Systems branch and serves on the Board for the Institute for Veterans and Military Families. He oversees a range of ongoing research projects between Syracuse University and the Syracuse Veterans Medical Center.

Previously, Mr. Murrett had a distinguished career as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Navy, serving in various assignments across the Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East during his thirty-four years of service, retiring with the rank of Vice Admiral. His assignments included Operational Intelligence Officer for the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Assistant Naval Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, Norway, and Director for Intelligence at U.S. Joint Forces Command. In recent years, he also served as Vice Director for Intelligence at the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Director of Naval Intelligence, and Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). 

Mr. Murrett holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Buffalo and a master's degree from the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.