Dane Egli, PhD
Dr. Egli served at the White House on the National Security Council as Director for Counterterrorism & Global Counternarcotics; and was senior advisor to the President for hostage rescue policy, and chaired the Interagency Hostage Working Group.
He currently serves as Senior Advisor to the Minister of Defense in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and previously supported the Minister of Interior, developing their Homeland Security and Cyber Security strategy, and Border Guard reorganization.
Dr. Egli was Senior Advisor for Counterterrorism and Defense Operations Policy at the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard in Washington, DC; and previously served in the Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) at Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico; and was National Security Advisor for Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland, specializing in Homeland Security, Resilience, and Cyber Security.
He is President of Cardinal Headings, LLC, specializing in leadership development and national security. He is the former President and Co-Founder of Hyperloop Advanced Research Partnership (HARP), exploring next generation high speed transportation systems.
As a career Coast Guard officer, he served in operational leadership conducting search & rescue, homeland security, and maritime law enforcement missions. He also served at NORAD/US NORTHCOM in Colorado Springs as Director of Future Operations (J35), and as Senior Maritime Advisor to the Combatant Commander. He also served as adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University: Carey School of Business and Whiting School of Engineering; and was Distinguished Professor at the Colorado Technical University and University of Colorado, teaching Homeland and Cyber Security.
Dr. Egli graduated from the Coast Guard Academy, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering. He received graduate degrees from George Washington University and National Defense University, a doctoral degree from University of Colorado (Denver) and is a distinguished graduate of the Naval War College. He is also a graduate of Harvard University, Kennedy School Executive Education Program.
He is the author of “Beyond the Storms: Strengthening Homeland Security and Disaster Management to Achieve Resilience,” and co-authored “Hyperloop: The Future of High Speed Transportation.” He has appeared on ABC, CNN, FOX News, C-SPAN, Al Jazeera, and NPR to address national security, risk management, cyber security, and hostage rescue policy. His most recent publications are a book entitled, “The Crossing: Discovering God’s Providence in the Miracle and Mystery of the Exodus;” and article, “The Ambitious Dragon: Beijing’s Calculus for Invading Taiwan by 2030.”
