{"id":6158,"date":"2024-08-06T15:24:58","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T14:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2design.co\/globals\/?page_id=6158"},"modified":"2025-10-09T01:49:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T00:49:50","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/2design.co\/globals\/our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our team"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6158\" class=\"elementor elementor-6158\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3f20a1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f3f20a1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44ecda48 animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"44ecda48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Team<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bf9e986 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7bf9e986\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:0}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57b9d318 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57b9d318\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:800}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Empowering staff. Taking action.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25cdb237 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25cdb237\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:1000}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Global Shield is comprised of five full-time staff, along with a number of volunteers.&nbsp;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dfb9d4a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3dfb9d4a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d2b1816 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3d2b1816\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Full Time Staff<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b2df0ad e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1b2df0ad\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1db1af50 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1db1af50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5de62f8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5de62f8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34ccd14d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"34ccd14d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21ce5b68 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"21ce5b68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jared Brown<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d319659 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d319659\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:150}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Co-Founder and Executive Director<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-461f078 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"461f078\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As Executive Director, Jared is responsible for strategic management of Global Shield. 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At FLI, he focused on improving technology policy in the public and private sectors, particularly related to AI systems, to maximize the benefits of these technologies through the mitigation of their catastrophic risks. His work included active advocacy with U.S. and international policymakers and the provision of formal advice on draft and official policy. He previously worked as an Analyst in Emergency Management and Homeland Security Policy at the U.S. Congressional Research Service, where he confidentially advised the U.S. Congress on a range of critical policy topics, including the authorization and use of the Defense Production Act and many emergency response programs of the Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. 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data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f4f772d elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6f4f772d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rumtin Sepasspour<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3383e2d4 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3383e2d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:150}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Co-Founder and Director of Policy and Strategy<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dbd4163 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1dbd4163\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As Director of Policy, Rumtin is responsible for Global Shield\u2019s research and development of policies to reduce all-hazards global catastrophic risk. He leads the development of the Global Shield newsletter and other policy publications. He also leads on strategic planning for the organization and efforts to expand global presence.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60ca131e elementor-widget elementor-widget-ucaddon_content_accordion\" data-id=\"60ca131e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ucaddon_content_accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- start Content Accordion -->\n\n<style>\/* widget: Content Accordion *\/\n\n\n\n#uc_content_accordion_elementor_60ca131e *{\n  box-sizing: border-box;\n}\n\n#uc_content_accordion_elementor_60ca131e .uc_ac_box\n{\n  overflow:hidden;\n}\n\n#uc_content_accordion_elementor_60ca131e .ue_heading_title\n{\n  margin:0;\n  flex-grow:1;\n  display:flex;\n  flex-direction:row;\n}\n\n#uc_content_accordion_elementor_60ca131e .uc_container .uc-heading\n{\n\tdisplay:flex;\n    align-items:center;\n\toverflow:hidden;\n\tcursor:pointer;\n  \n}\n#uc_content_accordion_elementor_60ca131e .uc_container .uc_content\n{\n    display:none;\n}\n\n#uc_content_accordion_elementor_60ca131e .uc_container .uc-heading span.ue_accordion_icon\n{\n\tdisplay:flex;\n    align-items:center;\n   \tjustify-content:center;\n    flex-grow:0;\n    flex-shrink:0;\n}\n#uc_content_accordion_elementor_60ca131e .uc_ac_box.uc-item-active span.uc_dactive\n{\n\tdisplay:none;\n}\n#uc_content_accordion_elementor_60ca131e .uc_ac_box:not(.uc-item-active) span.uc_active\n{\n\tdisplay:none;\n}\n#uc_content_accordion_elementor_60ca131e span.ue_accordion_icon svg\n{\n  height:1em;\n  width:1em;\n}\n\n#uc_content_accordion_elementor_60ca131e .uc_container .uc_btn {\n\n    text-align: center;\n    display: inline-block;\n    text-decoration: none;\n    transition: ease-in-out all 0.25s;\n}\n\n#uc_content_accordion_elementor_60ca131e .ue-item-image img\n{\n  width:100%;\n  display:block;\n  object-fit:cover;\n}\n\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"uc_material_accordion  \"  id=\"uc_content_accordion_elementor_60ca131e\"  data-name=\"\" data-scroll=\"off\" data-offset=\"0\" data-closeothers=\"true\" data-set-hash=\"false\" >\n  <div class=\"uc_container uc-items-wrapper\">\n    \n\n\n<div id=\"#ue-tab1\" class=\"uc_ac_box elementor-repeater-item-d37ebdd \" style=\"background-color:;\">\n  <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" class=\"uc-heading uc_trigger\" role=\"button\">\n    <span class=\"uc_dactive bbb ue_accordion_icon\"><img src='https:\/\/globalshieldpolicy-yess.temp-dns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Open-Icon.svg' class='uc-svg-image'><\/span> \n    <span class=\"uc_active bbb ue_accordion_icon\"><img src='https:\/\/globalshieldpolicy-yess.temp-dns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Closed-Icon.svg' class='uc-svg-image'><\/span>\n    <div class=\"ue_heading_title\">Full bio<\/div>\n  <\/a>\n  \n  <div class=\"uc_content\" >\n        \n      \n         \n                      \n            <div class=\"ue-item-title\"><\/div>\n      \n              <div class=\"ue-item-text\"><p>Prior to Global Shield, Rumtin\u2019s 20-year career spanned across policy, business and research. Most recently, Rumtin was an independent researcher, adviser and public advocate for the ways governments can reduce existential and global catastrophic risk. He has led pragmatic and pioneering research in the field of GCR policy, including on all-hazards policy approaches to GCR, policy engagement by the expert community, and policy options for reducing GCR. He has published on the role of intelligence communities to help reduce existential risk, AI risk and governance, and Australian policy towards nuclear risk and national risk. Prior to this, Rumtin had a successful career in the Australian Public Service as a policy officer in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and an intelligence analyst in Australia\u2019s Department of Defence.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n      \n              \n      <\/div> \n<\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- end Content Accordion -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d517ac9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3d517ac9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1141939b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1141939b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"504\" height=\"511\" 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:150}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chief of Staff<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46910d31 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46910d31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As Chief of Staff, Courtney works across the organization to help deliver on its strategic, operational, and policy goals. She is particularly focused on preparing Global Shield to scale around the world and working with country office leads to support operational requirements.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11a2c8a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ucaddon_content_accordion\" data-id=\"11a2c8a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ucaddon_content_accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- start Content Accordion -->\n\n<style>\/* widget: Content Accordion *\/\n\n\n\n#uc_content_accordion_elementor_11a2c8a0 *{\n  box-sizing: border-box;\n}\n\n#uc_content_accordion_elementor_11a2c8a0 .uc_ac_box\n{\n  overflow:hidden;\n}\n\n#uc_content_accordion_elementor_11a2c8a0 .ue_heading_title\n{\n  margin:0;\n  flex-grow:1;\n  display:flex;\n  flex-direction:row;\n}\n\n#uc_content_accordion_elementor_11a2c8a0 .uc_container .uc-heading\n{\n\tdisplay:flex;\n    align-items:center;\n\toverflow:hidden;\n\tcursor:pointer;\n  \n}\n#uc_content_accordion_elementor_11a2c8a0 .uc_container .uc_content\n{\n    display:none;\n}\n\n#uc_content_accordion_elementor_11a2c8a0 .uc_container .uc-heading span.ue_accordion_icon\n{\n\tdisplay:flex;\n    align-items:center;\n   \tjustify-content:center;\n    flex-grow:0;\n    flex-shrink:0;\n}\n#uc_content_accordion_elementor_11a2c8a0 .uc_ac_box.uc-item-active span.uc_dactive\n{\n\tdisplay:none;\n}\n#uc_content_accordion_elementor_11a2c8a0 .uc_ac_box:not(.uc-item-active) span.uc_active\n{\n\tdisplay:none;\n}\n#uc_content_accordion_elementor_11a2c8a0 span.ue_accordion_icon svg\n{\n  height:1em;\n  width:1em;\n}\n\n#uc_content_accordion_elementor_11a2c8a0 .uc_container .uc_btn {\n\n    text-align: center;\n    display: inline-block;\n    text-decoration: none;\n    transition: ease-in-out all 0.25s;\n}\n\n#uc_content_accordion_elementor_11a2c8a0 .ue-item-image img\n{\n  width:100%;\n  display:block;\n  object-fit:cover;\n}\n\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"uc_material_accordion  \"  id=\"uc_content_accordion_elementor_11a2c8a0\"  data-name=\"\" data-scroll=\"off\" data-offset=\"0\" data-closeothers=\"true\" data-set-hash=\"false\" >\n  <div class=\"uc_container uc-items-wrapper\">\n    \n\n\n<div id=\"#ue-tab1\" class=\"uc_ac_box elementor-repeater-item-d37ebdd \" style=\"background-color:;\">\n  <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" class=\"uc-heading uc_trigger\" role=\"button\">\n    <span class=\"uc_dactive bbb ue_accordion_icon\"><img src='https:\/\/globalshieldpolicy-yess.temp-dns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Open-Icon.svg' class='uc-svg-image'><\/span> \n    <span class=\"uc_active bbb ue_accordion_icon\"><img src='https:\/\/globalshieldpolicy-yess.temp-dns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Closed-Icon.svg' class='uc-svg-image'><\/span>\n    <div class=\"ue_heading_title\">Full bio<\/div>\n  <\/a>\n  \n  <div class=\"uc_content\" >\n        \n      \n         \n                      \n            <div class=\"ue-item-title\"><\/div>\n      \n              <div class=\"ue-item-text\"><p>Courtney has spent her career in policy and advocacy NGOs. In her previous role, she worked with peace, security, and diplomacy programs at One Earth Future Foundation, gaining experience across global issues areas like women peace and security, bilateral negotiations, and nuclear risk reduction. She eventually joined the OEF program Open Nuclear Network full time, where she stood up and led the Office of Foresight and Prediction. There, she implemented an innovative approach to measuring the risk of nuclear catastrophe through forecasting and worked with specialists and stakeholders to connect foresight to risk reduction work. Prior to this, Courtney served at policy and advocacy organizations focused on education, housing, and other pressing domestic issues. She occasionally teaches philosophy classes as an adjunct professor at her undergraduate alma mater, specializing in epistemology and social issues. Courtney has a B.S. from Abilene Christian University and a Master\u2019s from Harvard University.<\/p><\/div>\n      \n              \n      <\/div> \n<\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- end Content Accordion -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-395e7c78 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"395e7c78\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67fea18e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"67fea18e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"544\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/2design.co\/globals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Courtney.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-330\" alt=\"\" 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data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a455b9d elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a455b9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Robert Levinson<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58e167a elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"58e167a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:150}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">US Director<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3710d39 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3710d39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As Director of Global Shield&#8217;s US Office, Rob leads policy advocacy with the US government on all-hazards global catastrophic risk, such as on the implementation of the Global Catastrophic Risk Management Act (GCRMA) and new legislative initiatives.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4422f65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ucaddon_content_accordion\" data-id=\"4422f65\" 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style=\"background-color:;\">\n  <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" class=\"uc-heading uc_trigger\" role=\"button\">\n    <span class=\"uc_dactive bbb ue_accordion_icon\"><img src='https:\/\/globalshieldpolicy-yess.temp-dns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Open-Icon.svg' class='uc-svg-image'><\/span> \n    <span class=\"uc_active bbb ue_accordion_icon\"><img src='https:\/\/globalshieldpolicy-yess.temp-dns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Closed-Icon.svg' class='uc-svg-image'><\/span>\n    <div class=\"ue_heading_title\">Full bio<\/div>\n  <\/a>\n  \n  <div class=\"uc_content\" >\n        \n      \n         \n                      \n            <div class=\"ue-item-title\"><\/div>\n      \n              <div class=\"ue-item-text\"><p>Prior to Global Shield, Rob was on Capitol Hill as the National Security Advisor to Senators Feinstein and Butler of California. Before that Rob worked in the defense industry and spent 10 years at Bloomberg Government as the Senior Defense Analyst. He also worked as a lobbyist and had a 20-year career in the U.S. Air Force as an intelligence officer, commander, and politico-military affairs officer. He is a graduate of the Air Force Academy and has a master's degree from the University of California, San Diego in Latin American Studies and a master's degree in Global Risk from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Bologna, Italy.<\/p><\/div>\n      \n              \n      <\/div> \n<\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- end Content Accordion -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3aa7024 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3aa7024\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df65af8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"df65af8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"518\" 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elementor-element-653df53 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"653df53\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c068f5c elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c068f5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Devon Whittle<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d95f57 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1d95f57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:150}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Australia Director<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-416ff53 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"416ff53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As Director of Global Shield Australia, Devon leads policy advocacy\u00a0 with the Australian government and other stakeholders on all-hazards global catastrophic risk, such as on artificial intelligence, food system resilience and critical infrastructure security.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97e6659 elementor-widget 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and time in private legal practice working on public international law matters. His roles included work on complex and sensitive international disputes and treaty negotiations, managing the intersection of security and trade issues, and a diplomatic posting to Papua New Guinea. 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