INNOVATION AND ACTIVISM

Mark Dubowitz

CEO, Foundation for Defense of Democracies

Mark Dubowitz is the chief executive of the Washington, DC-based think-tank, Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD.) An authority on Iran, the New York Times dubbed his campaign to draw attention to the flaws in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal as being among "the most consequential ever undertaken by a Washington think tank leader." Dubowitz has testified before Congress on Iran sanctions issues and briefed the U.S. military, U.S., European and Canadian government officials, members of Congress, and counterterrorism officials on a range of national security and terrorism-related concerns. He graduated with honors with a masters in International Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, DC. (Photo: FDD.)