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twc.edu Charles Carithers Principal, Cornerstone Government Affairs Charles Carithers joined Cornerstone in January 2020 from the House Committee on Homeland Security, where he served as Professional Staff advising Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) on various national security and intelligence matters. Before joining the Committee, Charles spent 11 years in the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC), having served in various leadership capacities, including the Associate Deputy Director of Public Affairs for the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) and a Senior Policy Officer developing national level policies governing the IC within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). Charles also served as a Brookings Institution Legislative Fellow with the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in the Senate where he advised then Ranking Member Sen. Thomas Carper (D-DE) and Committee staff on matters related to foreign policy and national security. Charles serves on the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia Leadership Council, is a Term Member with the Council on Foreign Relations, a Senior Fellow with the National Security Institute at George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School, Chairman of the Council of Advisors for Black Professionals in International Affairs (BPIA) and member of the Board of Directors for Partnership for a Secure America. He is the recipient of the Joint Civilian Service Commendation Award and Medal and the Secretary of Defense Global War on Terrorism Award and Medal. He is 2005 graduate of Morehouse College, a 2007 graduate of Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, and an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University where he teaches a graduate level course on congress and U.S. national security policy. Cate Caddel National Security Reporter, The Washington Post Cate Cadell is a national security reporter for the Washington Post, where she covers the U.S.- China relationship. She joined The Post in 2021 after almost eight years based in Beijing, including five years covering technology and politics with Reuters News. During her time with Reuters, she covered the rise of China's tech industry, the Xinjiang region, the U.S.-China trade war and the coronavirus outbreak. Cadell moved to China in 2014 on an Australian Prime Minister's Australia Asia Scholarship. Before that, she did stints as a freelancer in Mongolia and Myanmar. She speaks Mandarin and graduates from the University of Technology Sydney with degrees in journalism and international studies, with focuses on China. Andrew Chisholm Department of Defense Andrew Chisholm is with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), currently serving in an Outreach and Engagement capacity.

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