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Lynn E. Davis
Director, Washington Office
Lynn E. Davis is Director of the Washington Office and a Senior Political Scientist at the RAND Corporation. Her current research focuses on strategic planning, citizen preparedness, and Army strategic and force planning. From 1993-1997, Lynn served as Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs. She was a member of the Secretary of State's Accountability Review Board in 1998 that investigated the embassy bombings in East Africa.
Prior to joining the State Department, Lynn was Vice President and Director of the Arroyo Center at RAND. She has also served on the staffs of the Secretary of Defense, the National Security Council, and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. She has taught at Georgetown University, the National War College, and Columbia University.
Her recent RAND publications include: Hurricane Katrina Lessons for Army Planning and Operations; Stretched Thin: Army Forces for Sustained Operations; Army Forces for Homeland Security; Coordinating the War on Terrorism; Individual Preparedness and Response to Chemical, Radiological, Nuclear, and Biological Terrorist Attacks.
Lynn has a PhD in Political Science from Columbia University. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Commission.
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