BOARD OF ADVISORS

 

James L. Feldkamp is president of Feldkamp and Associates and an adjunct professor at Umpqua Community College and Anne Community College. Following his graduation from Oregon State University in 1987, Feldkamp served in the US Navy until 1998. As a naval navigator on A-6E Intruder fighter jet, Feldkamp served in various locations including Operation Desert Storm, where he flew over 30 combat missions. He currently serves as a Commander in the Naval Reserve and a member of the Naval War College Foundation. After retiring from the military, Feldkamp became an FBI Special Agent. From 1999 to 2003, he worked in Norfolk, VA on counterintelligence and counterterrorism. In 2003, he returned to Oregon to run for congress.   

 

 

Loch K. Johnson is the Regents Professor of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia and author of over 100 articles and several books on U.S. national security, most recently Seven Sins of American Foreign Policy (Longman, 2007) and Handbook of Intelligence Studies (Routledge, 2007).  He has served as special assistant to the chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (1975-76), the first staff director of the House Subcommittee on Intelligence Oversight (1977-79), and special assistant to Chairman Les Aspin on the Aspin-Brown Commission on Intelligence (1995-1996).  He has won the Certificate of Distinction from the National Intelligence Study Center, the Studies in Intelligence Award from the Center for the Study of Intelligence, and the V.O. Key Prize from the Southern Political Science Association.  He has served as secretary of the American Political Science Association and as president of the International Studies Association, South.  Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Professor Johnson received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Riverside.  At the University of Georgia, he has won the Josiah Meigs Prize, the University’s highest teaching honor, as well as the Owens Award, its highest research honor in the social sciences.  He also led the founding of the new School of Public and International Affairs at the University in 2001.

 

 

Rear Admiral Christopher Weaver graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with the Class of 1971. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the Naval Academy and a Master of Public Administration degree from George Washington University. He is also a distinguished graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.
Rear Adm. Weaver was designated a Surface Warfare Officer in 1973. His sea tours include duty aboard USS Marvin Shields (DE 1066), USS Capodanno (FF 1093), USS Boulder (LST 1190), and USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG 13). He has commanded USS Exultant (MSO 441) and USS Spruance (DD 963).
Ashore, Rear Adm. Weaver has served as an Assignment Officer in the Bureau of Naval Personnel, as Head of the Seamanship and Navigation Department at the U.S. Naval Academy, as Head of the Surface Combatant Branch of the Surface Warfare Division (OP-03), and as Head of the Mine Warfare Branch of the Expeditionary Warfare Division (N85).
Rear Adm. Weaver commanded U.S. Naval Station, Norfolk, Va., immediately prior to assuming his assignment as Executive Officer to the Director for Logistics (J4), The Joint Staff. He was selected for Flag rank in February 1997. Rear Adm. Weaver served as the 83rd Commandant of Naval District Washington, the oldest continuously operated Navy installation in the nation. Rear Adm. Weaver is dual-hatted and currently serving as Commander, Navy Installations (CNI) and Director, Ashore Readiness Division (OPNAV N46).
Rear Adm. Weaver’s personal decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corps