"Word on Fire, America in the Cross-Hairs: A National Security Briefing"

The Governor James Holshouser, Jr. Speaker Series presents

former CIA officer and VP for Research & Analysis

at the Center for Security Policy, Clare M. Lopez.

March 18, 2024 in BPAC's Owens Auditorium on the campus of Sandhills Community College

Event Details:

5:00 PM - Check In

5:30 PM - Q&A with Speaker

6:00 PM - Speaker Presentation

7:00 PM - Event Ends

Clare Lopez is Founder and President of Lopez Liberty LLC, a mission to alert Americans to national security threats from the Islamic Movement, the Muslim Brotherhood and their Marxist collaborators. She is a senior advisory board member and Director of U.S. Geostrategic Security Issues for Near East Center for Strategic Engagement.

From 2013-2016, Lopez served as a member of the Citizens’ Commission on Benghazi & continues as a member of the Citizens’ Commission on National Security. From 2014-2020, she served as VP for Research & Analysis at the Center for Security Policy. In 2016, she was named to Sen. Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign national security advisory team. She has been a career operations officer with the CIA, a professor at the Centre for Counterintelligence & Security Studies, and Executive Director of the Iran Policy Committee.

She has been a Visiting Researcher & guest lecturer on counterterrorism, national defense and international relations at Georgetown University. Ms. Lopez is also a regular contributor to a range of media on China, Russia, Iran & the Middle East.

Lopez received a B.A. in Communications & French from Notre Dame College of Ohio & an M.A. in International Relations from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. She completed Marine Corps Officer Candidate School (OCS) in Quantico, Virginia before joining the CIA.