Dr. Maren Leed is a consultant providing strategic advice to defense and national security companies and non-profits, as well as dual-use startups. Her prior positions include Head of Strategy, Rebellion Defense; Executive Director, National Spectrum Consortium; Senior Professional Staff/Senior Analyst at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Senior Advisor to the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) and prospective CNO; Adjunct Professor, U.S. Naval Academy and Georgetown School of Foreign Service; Senior Advisor and Program Director, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Senior Advisor, Chief of Staff of the United States Army (CSA); Full Policy Analyst, RAND Corporation; Special Assistant to the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Professional Staff Member, U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee; and Analyst, Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), Program Analysis & Evaluation (PA&E).
She currently serves as a member of the Advisory Board for Wave Engine Corp. She previously served on the Board of Advisors, National Defense Industry Association; the Diversity and Inclusion Working Groups at Johns Hopkins University (JHU); Applied Physics Lab (APL) and Rebellion Defense; and as Acting President and Member of the Board of Advisors, Naval War College and Naval Post Graduate School.
EDUCATION
RAND Graduate School, Santa Monica, CA, Ph.D., Quantitative Policy Analysis (Distinction, General Policy Analysis)
Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, B.A., Political Science