Doug Livermore is a Special Forces soldier with over two decades of national security experience at tactical, operational, strategic, and policymaking levels. He has served in incredibly sensitive positions around the world in special operations units, as a contractor, and as a senior civilian in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Army. He is the National Vice President for the Special Operations Association of America, the National Director of External Communications for the Special Forces Association, the Director of Engagements for the Irregular Warfare Initiative, a member of the Atlantic Council’s Counterterrorism Group, and the Deputy Commander for Special Operations Detachment – Joint Special Operations Command in the North Carolina Army National Guard.