Hannah Crosby is the Program Coordinator at the National Security Policy Center where she helps with administrative, operational, and research support. Prior to joining the NSPC, she worked as a paralegal for the Department of Justice and completed a service term with AmeriCorps. Her policy interests include the impacts of climate change on national security and humanitarian issues and ocean policy. She holds an MPP from the University of Virginia and a BA from Ohio State University.

Dylan began his communications career as a member of the media, serving as news director of the Shenandoah Valley’s The River 95.3 radio station soon after his graduation from James Madison University. He went on to join the national politics podcast The Purple Principle as a producer and reporter, interviewing elected officials in state and federal government on issues feeding polarization in our modern political system. Dylan later transitioned from for-profit media to the world of nonprofit communications, working in the field of refugee resettlement to build awareness of challenges posed by international crises and needs within local communities. He joined the National Security Policy Center in 2025, where he leads marketing efforts, handles incoming media requests, and manages the center’s online presence.

George Foresman brings four decades of leadership insights to UVA and the National Security Policy Center, from a career that spans government and business. He has served in confirmed cabinet positions at both the state and federal level, as Virginia’s homeland security secretary in the immediate aftermath of the September 11th attacks and then as under-secretary at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Foresman’s leadership experience includes roles as the chief executive of a multi-billion-dollar organization with thousands of employees, heading 25 national working groups, co-chairing a five year congressionally established commission on U.S. security, participating in a project to reform the U.S. national security system, and he was picked to oversee seven “start-ups” in government and business. George’s bipartisan career includes appointed roles with five Democratic and Republican Governors, as well as three U.S. Presidents.

Foresman remains active in helping to shape U.S. national security policy.  He formally serves as a senior advisor and adjunct university professor for DoD on a broad range of national security topics. For over a decade George has been part of a select group to prepare senior military and civilian leaders to transition into top leadership positions, and separately to facilitate recurring U.S.-led multinational discussions around global and outer-space security.

At UVA Foresman’s teaching and research work focuses on contemporary national security leadership and policy issues. George combines his experience and current policy engagement to give students the knowledge, insights, and practical skills that position them to immediately navigate increasingly complex careers as they enter the workforce after graduation. Foresman also serves as a resource to faculty and staff across the university on a broad range of national security related initiatives.

Foresman is a graduate of Virginia Military Institute and the Virginia Executive Institute. He lives in Charlottesville with his wife, Gail.  They are the parents of two adult children.

Jennifer Ludovici is the Director of Operations for National Security Initiatives and serves under Dr. Phil Potter with the National Security Policy Center (NSPC) and the National Security Data and Policy Institute (NSDPI). She has over 20 years of experience in higher education administration in both the public and private sector. Jennifer contributes to overall strategic planning at the NSPC, focusing in particular on research administration, faculty research collaboration, project coordination, and operational planning.

John Robinson is the NSPC’s Director of Academic Programs. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses focused on national security, including Innovating for Defense, an experiential course that pairs student teams with sponsors from the Department of Defense (DoD) to solve real-world national security problems. His research interests include international security and naval affairs. John holds a Ph.D. in Politics from the University of Virginia, and a M.A. from the U.S. Naval War College.