Cheryl Nathan joined NTI as Director of Human Resources in July, 2019. Cheryl has more than 20 years of experience in the human resources field.

Erin D. Dumbacher is a senior program officer for the Scientific and Technical Affairs program. Since joining NTI in September 2017, she has worked to strengthen cybersecurity for nuclear weapons systems and facilities, to improve nuclear security globally through the NTI Nuclear Security Index, and to apply emerging technologies to non-proliferation challenges.

Carmen MacDougall joined NTI in May 2010. She had been a consultant with The Harbour Group, a public affairs firm in Washington, DC, and also headed communications for the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism.

Deepika Choudhary joined the Nuclear Threat Initiative in May of 2020 and serves as a director on the Communications team. She is responsible for providing dedicated communications support and strategy to three of NTI’s program teams— Global Nuclear Policy, Materials Risk Management, and Science and Technical Affairs— while leading one of the organization’s public education campaigns.

Charles B. Curtis was founding president and COO of NTI. He has served as under secretary, deputy secretary and acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy. He was executive vice president and COO of the United Nations Foundation (UNF) and was a partner in Hogan & Hartson, a Washington-based law firm.

As executive vice president, Deborah Rosenblum was part of NTI’s executive leadership team and helps oversee the organization’s operations, development and programs with an annual operating budget of $15-20 million. At NTI Rosenblum led the successful development of Connecting Organizations for Regional Disease Surveillance (CORDS) as an independent, self-sustaining global network of regional disease surveillance groups. Additionally, she leads NTI’s work on all security issues related to China, and leads NTI’s Middle Eastern partnerships.

Amy C. Hargrett joined NTI as chief financial officer and treasurer in 2017. Hargrett has served more than 20 years in the public and private sectors with a focus on financial reporting, auditing, risk management, and internal controls.

Alexey Arbatov, head of the Center for International Security at the Primakov National Research Institute for World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences and senior fellow at the Center for Strategic Research, is one of Russia's most important intellectual leaders in the fields of international relations and international security.

Amy Cole joined NTI in 2012 and comes to NTI with significant expertise in grant and program management.