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David R. Shedd
David R. Shedd

David R. Shedd

    Advisory Council Member

    Former Acting Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, Author of The Great Heist: China’s Epic Campaign to Steal America’s Secrets

    David R. Shedd served in the U.S. government in a wide variety of national security and intelligence positions for nearly 33 years. In August 2014, he was appointed Acting Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency following four years of service as DIA’s Deputy Director. Until January 2015 when he retired from government service, he led a workforce comprising of more than 16,500 military and civilian employees worldwide.

    From May 2007 to August 2010, Mr. Shedd served as the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Deputy Director for Policy. Prior to that, Mr. Shedd served in several capacities in the Office of the DNI, the White House’s National Security Council, CIA, and in U.S. embassies abroad.

    Since February 2015, Mr. Shedd served as a Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation and as an Adjunct Professor at Patrick Henry College until the end of 2022. He works as an independent national security consultant, serves on eight Boards including on the Board of Trustees for Geneva College and Patrick Henry College, and works with several international Missions/NGOs. He is the author of the recently released HarperCollins published book The Great Heist: China’s Epic Campaign to Steal America’s Secrets.

    America faces the most critical national security challenge in memory: China’s rapid military, intelligence, and economic modernization. While a portion of China’s meteoritic growth in power and influence can be explained by their own investment in innovation, their modernization can mostly be attributed to the PRC/CCP’s largest illicit wealth transfer from the West, especially from the U.S. China has already begun to alter the international balance of power and it’s the most serious threat to America’s way of life. The battle for AI dominance with China, followed by the race for quantum and other cutting-edge technologies, will continue to significantly define America's future security and global leadership. The strategic outcome depends on U.S. policy choices, alliance cohesion, and investments in the U.S. and is not an inevitable decline for the United States.