In cooperation with the Board of Directors, he directs the Center’s policy and programs. Dr. Godson has developed and managed educational and training programs on several continents, consulting extensively with governments, private sector organizations, and the United Nations’ Office on Drug and Crime. He has also been working with education officials, mass media, and religious institutions in Central and South America, the Caucasus, and the Middle East on the development of educational programs to prevent political violence, crime, and corruption by building and supporting a culture of lawfulness.

He has authored or edited more than 20 books and numerous articles on a variety of security-related subjects, most recently Menace to Society: Political-Criminal Collaboration Around the World (2003); and Organized Crime and Democratic Governability: Mexico and the U.S.-Mexican Borderlands (2000). He was the founding editor of the quarterly journal Trends in Organized Crime.

Executive Director

JEFFREY S. BERMAN has been NSIC’s Executive Director for over 15 years. He is responsible for the day to day operations of the organization, and implementation of NSIC projects. He has extensive experience with educational organizations and programs for younger people in the United States and abroad. He was Executive Director of the US Commission for the United Nations International Youth Year in 1985. Mr. Berman is a graduate of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. where he also received his Master’s in National Security Studies.