Dr. Susan Koch is a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction, National Defense University, and an adjunct professor at Missouri State University, Department of Defense and Strategic Studies. In government, she held senior positions at the White House National Security Council Staff, the Department of Defense (DOD), and the Department of State. She received the Presidential Distinguished and Meritorious Executive Awards, the DOD Distinguished Service Award (five times), and the Nunn-Lugar Trailblazer Award. Dr. Koch received a B.A. from Mount Holyoke College and an M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from Harvard University.