DR. LANI KASS
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Dr. Lani Kass is Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force, and Director of the CSAF’s Cyberspace Task Force, Washington, D.C. Established in January 2006, the Cyberspace Task Force’s mission is to investigate cyberspace as a domain in and through which the Air Force flies and fights, to deliver sovereign options for the defense of the United States of America and its global interests.
Before joining the Air Staff, Dr. Kass was a Professor of Military Strategy and Operations at the National War College, where she served as the Director of the longest core course offered at NWC: Military Thought and the Essence of War. She was also Director, Studies of Warning, Surprise and Deception.
Dr. Kass was a key participant in the development of the national strategy for combating terrorism, as well as the national military strategic plan for the Global War on Terrorism. She has authored two books and more than 20 scholarly articles, and she is a frequent guest lecturer at a wide variety of governmental and civic forums. In her more than 21 years of government service, she received numerous awards and civilian performance medals, to include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal and the Joint Meritorious Service Award.
EDUCATION
1971 Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and Russian area studies, summa cum laude, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
1976 Doctor of Philosophy, with distinction, The Kaplan School of Economics and Political Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Columbia University’s School of International Affairs
1986 National War College, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
CAREER CHRONOLOGY
1. 1979 –1981, major in the Israeli Defense Forces
2. 1982 – 1985, Director, Russian Research Center, Booz-Allen and Hamilton, Bethesda, Md.
3. 1985 – 2005, Professor of Military Strategy and Operations, National War College, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
4. 1992 – 1993, Special Assistant to the Director, Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate (J-5), Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
5. 2000 – 2001, Senior Policy Adviser and Special Assistant for Strategic Initiatives to the Director, Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate (J-5), Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
6. January 2006 – present, Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force, and Director of CSAF’s Cyberspace Task Force, Washington, D.C.