At DHS, Charles E. Allen developed the department’s intelligence architecture, integrated its intelligence activities and ensured that they were continuously aligned with the department’s evolving priorities.

He also accelerated and expanded the department’s processes for sharing intelligence with state and local security and law enforcement officials.

At Chertoff Group, Mr. Allen will bring to bear his extensive experience in intelligence program management, analysis and production; intelligence collection management; system acquisition and warning intelligence.

During his more than 40 years at the CIA, Mr. Allen became as much a legend as a respected senior official. He earned a reputation for plain speaking, even when his opinions differed from those of senior officials.

Mr. Allen became the principal adviser to the Director of Central Intelligence on collection management, where he revolutionized the way the various national intelligence agencies coordinate and target their activities. In the same vein, he chaired the National Intelligence Collection Board, which united all intelligence agencies under common collection strategies.

He also served as CIA’s National Intelligence Officer for Warning, Director of the National Warning Staff, National Intelligence Officer for Counterterrorism and Deputy Chief for Intelligence of CIA’s Counterterrorism Center. He also directed the DCI Hostage Location Task Force, which focused on locating American hostages held by Hezballah in Lebanon.

At DHS, Charles E. Allen developed the department’s intelligence architecture, integrated its intelligence activities and ensured that they were continuously aligned with the department’s evolving priorities. He also accelerated and expanded the department’s processes for sharing intelligence with state and local security and law enforcement officials.

Mr. Allen is a graduate of the University of North Carolina and a distinguished graduate of the Air War College; he also did graduate studies at Auburn University.

Previous Government Services:

Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (2007 – 2009)

Assistant Secretary for Information Analysis and Chief of Intelligence, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (2005 – 2007)

Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Collection, Central Intelligence Agency (1998 – 2005)

Expertise

Homeland security threat assessments and information sharing programs

Counterterrorism and counter-proliferation threat analysis

Critical infrastructure risk assessments

Crisis and risk management

Corporate strategic planning

Dimitri Kusnezov, Ph.D., is vice president for science and technology. In this role, he leads NTI’s work to address the threats and opportunities associated with AI and emerging technologies at the intersection of nuclear and biosecurity.

Kusnezov served as the Under Secretary for Science and Technology in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from September 8, 2022, until January 10, 2025. As the science advisor to the Homeland Security Secretary, Kusnezov led the research, development, innovation and testing and evaluation activities in support of the Department and first responders across the nation.

Prior to DHS, Kusnezov served in numerous scientific and national security positions, including as a theoretical physicist working at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) focusing on emerging technologies as Deputy Under Secretary for Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Technology. He was Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Energy, Chief Scientist for the National Nuclear Security Administration, Director of Advanced Simulation and Computing and the Director of the National Security Science, Technology and Engineering programs. He created numerous government programs, working across agencies, and with international partners, private sector, and philanthropic entities.

Prior to government service, Kusnezov worked in academia. He served on the Yale University faculty, where he was a professor for more than a decade in Theoretical Physics and served as a visiting professor at numerous universities around the world. Kusnezov completed a postdoc and was an instructor at Michigan State University, following a year of research at the Institut fur Kernphysik, KFA-Julich, in Germany. He earned his MS in Physics and Ph.D. in Theoretical Nuclear Physics at Princeton University and received Bachelor of Arts degrees in Physics and in Pure Mathematics with highest honors from UC Berkeley.