Fouad ElNaggar
Co-Chair, CPOST Advisory Board
Fouad alNaggar is the co-chair of the Advisory Board for the Chicago Project on Security and Threats (CPOST) at the University of Chicago.
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Charles "Chuck" Hagel
24th Secretary of Defense (2013-2015) and former Senator (R) from Nebraska (1997-2009)
Jeh C. Johnson
Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP and the 4th Secretary of Homeland Security (2013-2017)
Jeh Johnson is a partner in the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP, who in public life was Secretary of Homeland Security (2013-2017), General Counsel of the Department of Defense (2009-2012), General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force (1998-2001), and an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York (1989-1991). He joined the CPOST Board of Advisors in 2024.
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William Obenshain
Co-chair, CPOST Advisory Board
Bill Obenshain is the co-chair of the Advisory Board of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats (CPOST) at the University of Chicago. He is immediate past chairman of the Advisory Board of the John L. Keeley Center for Financial Services at DePaul University. Previously he was its Executive Director from March, 2007 to June, 2016. Before joining DePaul, Mr. Obenshain spent 38 years in the financial services industry with Continental Bank and Bank of America. He held positions in Chicago, New York, Brussels, and London. He was the founder, in 1995, of Bank of America’s private equity business in Europe. From 1995 to 2006, he was Managing Partner of BA Capital Partners Europe. Before joining Continental Bank, Mr. Obenshain served in the U. S. Navy for five years. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Dartmouth College and an MBA at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business.
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