Andrew Brennan ’08 and Brian Donnelly ’09 have been selected as Atlantic Council Take Point Fellows. The Program features a world-class curriculum of hands-on skills training, public events and speaking opportunities where fellows can distinguish themselves as thought leaders and intellectual entrepreneurs, and an exclusive retreat in partnership with Boulder Crest where fellows will have the opportunity to connect directly with senior officials in an off-record setting to discuss pressing foreign policy and veterans’ topics.
Andrew Brennan is the founder and executive director of the Global War on Terror Memorial Foundation. Deployed to Afghanistan in 2010, he led a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter platoon. Andrew is active with Mission Continues and advisor to the VA Healthcare System’s Innovation Board in Pittsburgh. Brian Donnelly is a former Captain in the US Army Civil Affairs Branch currently working on a PhD in International Relations. His dissertation work through the Geneva Graduate School of Governance examines the narratives associated with counter terrorism and development in Africa and how they illuminate broader Western Grand Strategy.