David Gray (Dr.) - associate professor at Fayetteville State University, specializes in U.S. and international security and strategic studies.
Mark “Clint” Goodwin - intelligence professional with over 31 years experience supporting intelligence collection, analysis, production, and liaison tasking for several U.S. Intelligence Community members. He supported the National Security Agency and National Center for Medical Intelligence as an imagery analyst. While at the Defense Intelligence Agency he served as a senior intelligence analyst. He was assigned to the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a Liaison Officer supporting the FBI’s National Joint Terrorism Task Force and Counterterrorism Watch during 2003-2004. Towards the later part of his military career, Mr. Goodwin instructed, coached, and mentored mid-level intelligence professionals enrolled in the National Defense Intelligence College (NDIC) Post Graduate Intelligence Program-Reserves (PGIP-R). Mr. Goodwin has accrued over 8000 hours of experience instructing leadership, technical, and operational subjects to both government and civilian persons. He is an expert training programs manager.
Robert Heibel - a twenty-five year veteran of the FBI who served as its deputy chief of counter-terrorism. He holds a Masters Degree from Georgetown University and is Executive Director of the Mercyhurst College Institute for Intelligence Studies and the developer of its Research/Intelligence Analyst Program (R/IAP). Heibel also directs the institute’s Center for Information Research, Analysis and Training (CIRAT), a nonprofit organization. Heibel has served on the board of directors of several national intelligence associations and is a founder and chairman emeritus of the International Association for Intelligence Education. In 2001 the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals presented him with its highest recognition, the Meritorious Award, and in 2006 he received a lifetime achievement award for his work in open-source intelligence.