Terrence K. Kelly, PhD

Senior Researcher
The RAND Corporation

At RAND, Dr. Kelly's research is principally in the areas of homeland and national security policy.

A retired Army officer, Terry most recently served as the Senior National Security Officer in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy in both the Clinton and Bush Administrations. Prior to joining the White House Staff, he was the Chief of Staff of the Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office, preceded by a tour in the Office of the Secretary of the Army working congressional affairs for strategic plans and force transformation.

In 1997-1998, Terry served as a White House Fellow, the nation’s premier leader development program. During this year he worked primarily on environmental issues, with a focus on getting financial incentives to encourage major third world nations to invest in sustainable energy infrastructure on the G8’s agenda.

Before returning to Washington, DC, Terry taught as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at RPI, and as an Assistant Professor in the Systems Engineering Department at West Point.

His early years in the Army were with direct support field artillery units, first with the 82nd Airborne Division, where he deployed on Operation Urgent Fury (Grenada) and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal; and later with the 8th Infantry Division in West Germany during the Cold War, where he commanded a nuclear capable field artillery battery. After returning from Germany, he served on the Army Staff, first as the R&D Actions Officer for the Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, and later as the Speech Writer for the Director of Army Force Development.

BS, U.S. Military Academy, West Point
MS, Computer and Systems Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
PhD, Mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Master of Strategic Studies, U.S. Army War College