Civil Affairs 38Gs:
Exploratory Working Group to
Develop Civil Sector Specialties in Rule of Law
Speaker Biographies
Melanne A. Civic
Melanne Civic is an attorney serving as the Senior Rule of Law Advisor in the U.S. Department
of State, Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations (CSO), and its predecessor Office of the
Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization to the Secretary of State (S/CRS) since 2006.
She was the lead negotiator of the Civilian Response Corps, across eight USG agencies, and
deployed to numerous fragile states, including Algeria, Haiti, Lebanon, Nigeria, and Syria. Ms.
Civic was assigned to the National Defense University (NDU), Center for Complex Operations
(CCO) from 2009-2011 where she served as the Special Advisor as a member of the Senior Staff,
and Developmental Editor for the PRISM Journal. Previously, Ms. Civic served in the Department
of State’s Office of the Legal Adviser for Human Rights & Refugees; was a Congressional Fellow
to the late Senator Kennedy on the Judiciary Committee, and to the House Science Committee
Ranking Member on energy and climate change; the staff attorney to the Science and Technology
Advisor to the Secretary of State; and a Fellow to the U.S. Agency for International Development
(USAID), Bureau of Global Change. Ms. Civic started her career in public service as an
Intelligence Officer covering environment, natural resources and climate change.
Beyond government service, Ms. Civic was an attorney in the Office of General Counsel at the
World Bank; and served at the UN Commission on Sustainable Development; the World Health
Organization; the UN Centre for Human Rights; Amnesty International; the Robert F. Kennedy
Center for Human Rights; and the Center for International Environmental Law. Ms. Civic is the
co-editor of several books (Monopoly of Force: Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration
and Security Sector Reform, ( 2011); International Security Reform and Complex Operations,
(2013); Unity of Mission: the Role of Civil-Military Teams Past, Present and Future (2014); and
Case Studies in Complex Stability Operations (2014),
and has published more than a dozen book chapters and scholarly articles. Ms. Civic graduated
from Georgetown University Law Center with an LL.M. in International and Comparative Law;
was a Fellow at the Urban Morgan Center for Human Rights, University of Cincinnati College of
Law where she earned her Juris Doctorate; studied at the Rene Cassin International Institute for
Human Rights; and earned her Bachelor’s Degree from Vassar College. She is the founder and
co-Chair Emeritus of the American Society of International Law Transitional Justice and Rule of
Law group, and serves on the board of the American Bar Association Committee on Women in
International Law; Women in International Security; and the Vassar College DC Alumni Board.
Brigadier General Guy Cosentino
Brigadier General Guy “Tom” Cosentino takes command as the 28th Commandant of the
National War College. His previous position was as Deputy Director for Political-Military
Affairs for the Middle East, Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate (J5), on the Joint Staff in the
Department of Defense. As Deputy Director he prepared and provided best military advice on
planning/policy recommendations to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Secretary of
Defense on regional matters under consideration by the Interagency and the President. Prior to
the Joint Staff, BG Cosentino was Deputy Commander for Regional Support, NATO Training
Mission-Afghanistan, served as the Senior Military Assistant to the Undersecretary of Defense
for Policy (USDP) and later as Senior Policy Advisor to the USDP.
BG Cosentino’ s U.S. Army career has spanned 28 years and includes numerous operational and
strategic assignments to include Chief of Strategy, Plans, and Assessments in Multi-National
Security Transition Command-Iraq. He has served as a strategist in the Secretary of Defense’s
Strategy Office, Chief of Strategy and Plans in 8th USA-Korea, was an intelligence company
commander and an armor officer. He was also an Assistant Professor of International Relations
at the U.S. Military Academy.
BG Cosentino earned a B.S. in political science at the University of the State of New York, holds
master’s degrees in international relations from Georgetown University and in national security
and strategic studies from the Naval War College. In addition, he is a PhD student in the Public
Policy Program at the University of Maryland. BG Cosentino is the recipient of the Defense
Superior Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal, and
the Meritorious Service Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters. He is married to the former Barbara
Donnelly, a retired teacher and reading specialist from the Archdiocese of Washington, and has
two children, a son Daniel, Captain U.S. Army, Fort Benning, Ga., and daughter Kelleigh,
Analyst, Avascent International, Washington, D.C.
Charles Ex
Charles Ex is a Program Manager for the Department of Justice’s Office of Overseas
Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT), focusing on Rule of Law
training in Latin America. From March 2011 until December 2013, Mr. Ex served as an
Organized Crime Prosecutor for the DOJ’s Active Component of the Civilian Response Corps
(CRC-A). From January 2013 until May 2013, Mr. Ex served as a Legal Advisor for Narcotics
Affairs Section at the U.S. Embassy in Quito, Ecuador, advising Embassy officials on law
enforcement matters and mentoring local prosecutors and police officers in Prosecutor General’s
office and National Police to build investigative and prosecutorial capacity in human trafficking
cases. Before joining CRC-A, Mr. Ex served as a federal prosecutor for 22 years, working as an
Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) in Chicago from 1989 to 2011. From November 2011
until July 2012, Mr. Ex served as a Legal Advisor to a NATO Training Mission in Kabul,
Afghanistan, mentoring Afghan officials from the Ministry of Interior in an economic
development project building a State-owned for-profit enterprise supplying security services that
replaced all private security companies. Mr. Ex has handled many international-related cases,
including investigations of Eastern European, Asian, African, Middle Eastern and other
emerging criminal organizations, involving extensive use of international law procedures, such
as extradition, MLAT and Letters Rogatory matters with Canada, Mexico, Italy, Germany,
Finland, Russia, Czech Republic, Romania, Albania, Israel and Australia. Mr. Ex coordinated
complex parallel investigations with Israel National Police (tax fraud and money laundering) and
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Albanian narcotics trafficking organization), traveling to meet
with law enforcement officials in each country.
Mr. Ex has taught and lectured extensively, including at the DOJ’s National Advocacy Center,
DOJ Main Justice Trial Advocacy program for new trial attorneys, the American Bar
Association, various federal law enforcement conferences, visiting foreign dignitary law
enforcement forums, and community organizations on such topics as trial advocacy, forensic
expert witness issues, asset forfeiture and international money laundering, public corruption, and
fraud.
Denver H. Fleming III
Denver Fleming currently serves as the assistant director for Special Operations. In this role Mr.
Fleming will oversee the development, coordination, and effective application of ICITAP
technical capabilities; as well as the management, training, and effective utilization of ICITAP’s
Civilian Response Corps (CRC) personnel and all related intra-departmental and inter-agency
duties. Mr. Fleming began his federal employment with ICITAP in 2005 as the program manager
in Tajikistan. Mr. Fleming worked as chief of U.S. bilateral programs and chief of staff
development for the police training program, under the auspices of the Organization for Security
and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE). In Iraq, he deployed with ICITAP and served as the
director of training for the Civilian Police Assistance Training Team.
Mr. Fleming has 37 years of operational, management, and training development experience in
local, state, federal, and international environments. He served for 25 years with the New
Smyrna Beach Police Department, including 12 years as chief of police. He was also a member
of Florida’s police standards and training commission. Mr. Fleming’s operation experience
includes: Kosovo, 1999-2002; Nigeria, 2002-2003; Iraq, 2004; Tajikistan 2005-2007; and Nepal,
2008-2012. In Kosovo, Mr. Fleming first served with the UN Peacekeeping Mission as the
Serbian liaison officer, human rights investigator, and field training officer for the central region.
In 2000, Mr. Fleming holds a master’s degree in public administration from the University of
Central Florida, and he is a graduate of the 171st session of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
National Academy. He also holds dual law enforcement and corrections certifications and has a
bachelor’s degree in justice administration, an associate in arts degree in corrections, and an
associate in science degree in law enforcement.
Colonel (ret) David Gordon
David Stott Gordon, Colonel (Retired) US Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps, is a Principal
Subject Matter Expert, Rule of Law with General Dynamics Information Technology, and has
provided rule of law and security sector reform expertise for US Joint Forces Command,
Department of the Army, and other DoD and non-DOD agencies. He is one of the two primary
authors and editors of the Handbook for Military Support to Rule of Law and Security Sector
Reform, published by US Joint Forces Command in June, 2011. He served in the Army (active
and reserve) for over 30 years, with over 20 years in Civil Affairs organizations.
He was mobilized in 2002. He was the Staff Judge Advocate and Rule of Law Officer for the US
Office of Military Cooperation-Afghanistan 2002-2003. He continued to serve on active duty
until 2008 as the Rule of Law Program Director, US Army Civil Affairs and Psychological
Operations Command, and as the International Law Attorney, US Army Peacekeeping and
Stability Operations Institute of the Army War College. From 1987 until 2002, Colonel Gordon
served in the Army Reserve as the International Law Officer and Command Judge Advocate of
the 360th Civil Affairs Brigade, and deployed to Saudi Arabia in Operation DESERT STORM in
1991. From 1977 to 1986, Colonel (Ret.) Gordon served on active duty with the US Army Judge
Advocate General’s Corps. He holds AB and JD degrees from the University of Georgia, an MA
degree in Church History from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and is licensed to practice
law in North Carolina and Georgia. He is a graduate of the Army Judge Advocate Graduate
Course, the Civil Affairs Officer Advanced Course, and the Army War College, and has done
graduate work in international law at The Hague Academy of International Law and Georgetown
University Law Center. He has published law journal articles on legal status and rights under the
NATO SOFA, legal practice in the European Communities, and rule of law operations. He holds
the Army Skill Identifier for an International Law Specialist. His military awards include the
Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation
Medal, Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, and the Combat Action
Badge.
Colonel Eric Haaland
Colonel Eric Haaland took his present position Assistant for Civil Affairs Policy with the Office
of the Secretary of Defense (Policy) in June 2012. COL Haaland advises the Department's
leadership on all matters pertaining to civil affairs support to stabilization, reconstruction
operations, foreign disaster relief, and humanitarian assistance. COL Haaland spent over 25
years in a variety of command and staff assignments including deployments to Bosnia, Kosovo,
and Iraq. He is a former RAND Corporation Army fellow (2004-2005). He served for two years
on the Joint Staff J-3's Directorate for Special Operations (2005-2007). In support of Operation
Iraqi Freedom, he assisted in the reconstruction of Iraq's economic institutions to include
improvements to oil production and electrical grid infrastructure. He recently served as the
Deputy G-3 of U.S. Army Civil Affairs Command and as the Deputy Commander of the 1st
Training Brigade at Ft Bragg, NC. COL Haaland possesses an M.A. in Political Science from
the University of Louisville and a Masters Degree in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War
College.
Alan Goshi
LTC Al Goshi, USA (Ret). 26 years in the Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps, with
emphasis in criminal litigation, international law, operational law, and support to civilian rule of
law development. Rule of law, counterterrorism, intelligence, and other operational legal
experience in the US, Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, Central Asia, Southwest
Asia, and South Asia from JTF to sub-unified command level. Qualified instructor in freefall
parachuting, tactical firearms, dignitary protection and SWAT. Senior legal advisor assignments
at 1st SFOD-D(Abn), US Central Command, Army OTJAG, Army Strategy/Plans/Policy
Directorate, Joint Staff Pakistan Afghanistan Coordination Center, and Office of the General
Counsel to the Secretary of Defense (Legal Counsel). Awards include Combat Action Badge,
Bronze Star Medals, Legion of Merit, State Department Meritorious Honor Award medal,
foreign governmental awards, and the Judge Advocates Association Outstanding Army Attorney
of the Year. Academic background includes authoring numerous legal and doctrinal
publications, BS, JD, LLM, and Army Command and General Staff College (resident).
Dr. Karen Guttieri
Karen Guttieri is a faculty member with the Global Public Policy Academic Group at the Naval
Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Dr. Guttieri is Principal Investigator for two
research projects in 2014: Governance Innovation for Security and Development and Regional
Stability Models and Maritime Civil Affairs for the Navy. She and Marc Ventresca are co-leads a
project on conflict prevention. She is completing a book manuscript that maps the evolution of
the American stability operations paradigm and military learning as new technologies and
normative standards for treatment of civilians have emerged. Related research addresses
dynamics of transitional processes, metrics for evaluating them, information and
communications innovation and cognitive preparedness for such operations. This work is
published in a co-edited volume Interim Governments, and numerous articles and book chapters
on topics such as anomie and insurgency, international law, cognitive psychology, and
organizational learning. Dr. Guttieri led development of a Complex Operations Case Series and
co-edited a volume to be published by Routledge in 2014. An award-winning teacher, Dr.
Guttieri led development of two graduate education programs for US Civil Affairs and
Psychological Operations Command: Stability Security and Development in Complex
Operations (SSDCO) and Civil Military Operations and the Rule of Law (ROL). She directs and
teaches in these hybrid programs that include online components and a complex operations wiki
she helped developed for the Office of Naval Research. A native of California, Dr. Guttieri
received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Economics and International Relations from San
Francisco State University and earned Master of Arts (MA) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
degrees in Political Science at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. She
currently participates in the work of the Peace Innovation Lab at Stanford University. Dr.
Guttieri serves on Stakeholder Committee for the annual Peace and Stability Operations Training
and Education Workshop.
Rachel Kleinfeld
Dr. Rachel Kleinfeld is a Senior Associate of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,
where she focuses on issues of rule of law, security, and governance in post-conflict countries,
fragile states, and states in transition. She also serves on the State Department’s Foreign Affairs
Policy Board, which advises the Secretary of State quarterly.
Rachel has consulted on rule of law reform for the World Bank, the European Union, the OECD,
the Open Society Institute, and other institutions, and has briefed multiple U.S. government
agencies. She is the author of Advancing the Rule of Law Abroad: Next Generation Reform
(Carnegie, 2012), which was chosen by Foreign Affairs magazine as one of the best foreign
policy books of 2012. Her writings have appeared in Relocating the Rule of Law (Hart, 2009),
Promoting Democracy and the Rule of Law: American and European Strategies (Palgrave,
2009), The Future of Human Rights (on humanitarian intervention) (Philadelphia UP, 2008),
Promoting the Rule of Law: The Problem of Knowledge (Carnegie Endowment, 2006), With All
Our Might (Rowen and Littlefield, 2006) and other publications. She has also co-authored Let
There Be Light: Electrifying the Developing World with Markets and Distributed Generation
(Truman Institute, 2012). As the founder of the Truman National Security Project, she spent nine
years as CEO of a movement of national security, political, and military leaders working to
improve U.S. security policies, and was named one of the Top 40 under 40 Political Leaders in
America by Time magazine in 2010. Rachel has been featured in the New York Times, the Wall
Street Journal, and other national television, radio, and print media. Rachel received her M.
Phil and D. Phil at Oxford University, which she attended as a Rhodes Scholar, and her B.A.
from Yale University. She was raised in a log house on a dirt road in her beloved Fairbanks,
Alaska, and currently lives in Colorado.
Robert D. Lamb
Robert D. Lamb is a senior fellow and director of the Program on Crisis, Conflict and
Cooperation at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). A former Defense
Department strategist, Dr. Lamb studies development, governance, and conflict with an emphasis
on complex crises, informal processes, and hybrid political and economic systems. His research
has included the effectiveness of civilian assistance, private-sector development, and
stabilization programs in complex environments; gang governance, violence, and legitimacy in
the stateless slums of Medellín, Colombia; and subnational governance and stability in
Afghanistan and Pakistan. He earned a Ph.D. in policy studies from the University of Maryland
School of Public Policy in a program combining security, economics, and ethics. He received a
B.A. from Gettysburg College, evaluated microdevelopment projects in Nicaragua, then worked
for nine years as a business and finance journalist, winning a National Press Club award in 2001,
before changing careers after 9/11.
Michelle A. Hughes
Michelle A. Hughes is the Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of VALRAC
Innovation, LLC, a company dedicated to preparing the next generation to restore and strengthen
the rule of law at home and abroad. Ms. Hughes’ work focuses principally on building capacity
for multi-national, interagency, civil-military and public-private cooperation to build and
strengthen the rule of law, resolve violent conflict, and enable sustainable peace. She is also the
Chief of Global Strategy for InternetBar.org, Inc., and a Senior Fellow with the National Defense
University Joint Forces Staff College.
Ms. Hughes was formerly a Senior Executive in the U.S. Department of Defense, where she was
the only designated “Highly Qualified Expert” for Rule of Law and Security Sector Reform
(SSR). During her tenure, she defined the rule of law functions within the prototype Joint
Interagency Coordination Group, advised the establishment of US Africa Command, and coauthored the Joint Force Commander’s Handbook on Military Support to Rule of Law and
Security Sector Reform, and the Joint Operating Concept for the Military Contribution to
Cooperative Security. Ms. Hughes has field experience in 12 conflict countries across four
continents, and deployed multiple times to Afghanistan where her role was to advise Senior
Military Commanders. Originally from Buffalo, New York, Ms. Hughes graduated from the
University of Florida in 1979 with a BA in English. She was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant
in the United States Army. In 1996, Ms. Hughes graduated at the top of her class from Regent
University School of Law and is admitted to the Bar in Virginia and the District of Columbia.
She practiced complex civil litigation, prosecution, and criminal defense with Williams Mullen.
She was honored by President Reagan as one of the “Top 10 Working Women of 1985.”
Kurt E. Muller
Kurt E. Müller is currently a Senior Research Fellow with the Center for Complex Operations at
the National Defense University. His career spans academic and operational spheres. Early in his
Army Reserve career, he was a Foreign Area Officer, with an ADT tour as a captain at HQ,
USAREUR, and early exposure to the Army Staff in Strategy, Plans, and Policy. He joined the
Civil Affairs community after earning an M.M.A.S. in politico-military affairs at Leavenworth,
where his faculty advisor forbade him to take any electives dealing with CA. His Leavenworth
thesis, published by CSIS with a foreword by then-Ambassador to the UN Vernon Walters,
examined language needs in the military. The topic merged his civilian career interests with
required military education, and he moved from a staff position at the Modern Language
Association to become chief operating officer of the National Council on Foreign Language and
International Studies. His CA assignments include command of the 416th CA Bn, USAREUR
CIMIC team chief and Command Language Program Manager at the 353rd CACOM, Special
Functions Chief of the 304th CA Bde, and Civil Affairs Advisor to SACEUR and C9 at SHAPE.
After MRD, he became a CA subject-matter expert as a contractor supporting USSOCOM,
exploring future operational concepts with a focus on command and control. He left SOCOM for
the State Department, which hired him for the Civilian Response Corps. He’s deployed four
times in uniform and twice with State and has worked in Europe, the Caribbean, and Southwest
and Central Asia. His presentations and publications have appeared in six languages. A graduate
of the Army War College, his current assignment marks his second time as a fellow at NDU.
Walter Redman
Walter Redman currently serves as the Senior Police Advisor for the Bureau of International
Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) assigned to the Office of Criminal Justice
Assistance and Partnerships. In this capacity Mr. Redman serves as the Chief Law Enforcement
Advisor to the INL Assistant Secretary and has traveled extensively throughout the world for the
purpose of assessing, evaluating and implementing INL police programs – most often in
coordination with the United Nations and various international partners. Mr. Redman also serves
as the Assistant Director of Police Operations as a member of the active component of the
Civilian Response Corps (CRC) with the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations.
Prior to this position, Mr. Redman served for over three years in the Iraq police training mission
– assigned to the Civilian Police Assistance Training Team (CPATT). Mr. Redman also has had
the opportunity to serve INL while assigned to the United Nations – International Police Task
Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina. During this mission Mr. Redman served as a Lead Human
Rights Investigator and then with the Organized Crime and Drug Control Task Force. Mr.
Redman’s law enforcement career spanned over thirty years starting with the New York City
Police Department, then serving with the Houston Police Department, the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force. Mr. Redman’s career
extensively focused on major case investigations - narcotics and organized crime and all levels of
police training. This includes advanced, specialized and international training programs. Mr.
Redman has served as an adjunct criminal Justice instructor at the University of Houston and the
Houston Community College. Mr. Redman has a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice
and a Master of Arts degree in Criminology and Sociology.
Andrew Solomon
An expert in justice and security sector reform, human rights and humanitarian affairs, Andrew
Solomon has over 15 years of experience contributing to innovative international development
activities and conducting field-work in developing, conflict-affected, and post-conflict
environments throughout Eastern Europe, Central and South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
He currently serves as a Transitional Justice Advisor in USAID’s Center of Excellence on
Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance. In this role, he focuses on the development of
guiding principles, leading practices, data collection, and technical tools that enable USAID to
assist partner countries address development challenges resulting from mass atrocities and
systematic human rights abuses. He also supports USAID Missions in the design and evaluation
of rule of law programs.
Prior to joining USAID, Andrew was a Director at BlueLaw International and served as a
Foreign Policy Fellow and Deputy Director of the Brookings Institution’s Project on Internal
Displacement. He has also held senior positions at the Office of the High Representative (OHR)
in Bosnia, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR), American Society of
International Law (ASIL) and the American Bar Association’s Central European and Eurasian
Law Initiative (ABA/CEELI). Andrew has extensive international experience in electoral
administration and has worked for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
(OSCE) and the International Foundation for Electoral System (IFES) as a legal analyst and
election observer in more than fifteen missions throughout Europe and Eurasia. Andrew sits on
the Council of Experts for the International Network to Promote the Rule of Law (INPROL) and
is a Co-chair of the Transitional Justice and Rule of Law Interest Group of the American Society
of International Law. He is also member of the Hague Rule of Law and Innovating Justice
Networks. Andrew earned a J.D. from the Catholic University of America Law School; a M.A.
in international affairs from American University; and a B.A. in political science from Temple
University. He speaks Russian and Bosnian, Serbian, and Croatian languages, and continues to
improve his French and Arabic language skills.
Major General (Ret) Charles E. Tucker
Major General (USAF, Ret.) Charles Tucker, J.D., serves as Executive Director of two
International Non-Governmental Organizations: the Sustainable Capacity International Institute,
Arezzo, Italy; and the World Engagement Institute, Chicago, IL, USA. In these capacities, he
designs and manages institutional capacity building programs throughout the world. He likewise
promotes the economic and legal development of people through education, research,
documentation, and advocacy. In addition, Prof. Tucker also serves as the International Projects
Director for the National Strategy Forum, a non-partisan training institute and think-tank located
in Chicago. And he serves on the Board of Directors of the International Code of Conduct for
Private Security Service Providers’ Association (ICoCA), Geneva, Switzerland, where, as the
U.S Government representative on the 12-member Board, he is charged with promoting,
governing and overseeing the implementation of the International Code of Conduct for Private
Security Service Providers to promote the responsible provision of private security services and
respect for human rights and national and international law by exercising independent
governance and oversight of the ICoC.
Gen. Tucker has been an educator, international legal expert, and institutional capacity
development practitioner for more than thirty years. Prior to retiring from a distinguished active
duty and reserve military career, Prof. (Major General, Ret.) Tucker served as the National
Guard’s Director of Joint Doctrine, Training and Force Development. He was responsible for
overseeing the National Guard’s various Joint Education and Training Centers, as well as its
entire Joint Professional Education Program and curricula development efforts. Since his military
retirement, he has assisted the Vietnamese, Kenyan and Somali governments with their
constitutional and legal development and has published widely on these subjects. He is a 1979
graduate of the University of Notre Dame (B.A., Government) and a 1982 graduate of the
DePaul University College of Law (Juris Doctor).
Kelly Uribe
Kelly Uribe is an Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) employee serving as a Senior
Department of Defense Fellow in the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Office of
Transition Initiatives where she leads civ-mil issues. Ms. Uribe joined OSD as a Presidential
Management Fellow in 1999. Her tenure with OSD includes numerous regional and functional
assignments. In the Partnership Strategy and Stability Operations office, Ms. Uribe led policy
initiatives to improve transitional law enforcement operations and civilian-military cooperation
in support of stability and counterinsurgency operations. Ms. Uribe was also the driving force
behind the Ministry of Defense Advisors Program. Under her leadership, this innovative idea
grew from a pilot program in Afghanistan to a well-respected DoD program with a dedicated
staff, budget and global authority. Prior to these assignments, Ms. Uribe served as OSD’s
Country Director for Argentina and Uruguay and as an Assistant for Counterproliferation Policy.
Ms. Uribe is a former U.S. Army Military Police officer. In 2003, she supported the 4th Infantry
Division’s police reconstruction efforts throughout Diyala Province, Iraq. Her other overseas
military assignments include Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kuwait and South Korea. Ms. Uribe was
honored to receive the Bronze Star for her military service in Iraq in 2003 and OSD’s
Exceptional Civilian Service Award in 2004 and 2011. Ms. Uribe earned a Master of Arts in
Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University and a Bachelor of Arts from
Davidson College where she was a Distinguished Military Graduate. She, her husband Ernesto,
and their two sons live in Northern Virginia.