Ellen Laipson

Nuclear Programs: Iran and Pakistan (Moderator)

Ellen Laipson is president and chief executive officer at the Stimson Center. She also directs the Southwest Asia project, which focuses on security issues in the Gulf region. Before joining Stimson in 2002, she served in government for 25 years and held senior positions in the National Intelligence Council, the National Security Council, the U.S. Department of State, and the Library of Congress. In late 2009, President Obama named Laipson to the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board.