Robert B. Murrett, Chairperson

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

Previously, Mr. Murrett was a career intelligence officer in the U.S. Navy, serving in assignments throughout the Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East during his thirty-four years of duty, retiring in the grade of Vice-Admiral.  His duty station included service as Operational Intelligence Officer for the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Assistant Naval Attaché’ at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, Norway, and Director for Intelligence, U.S. Joint Forces Command.  In recent years, he also served as Vice Director for Intelligence, 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.