Andrew Mara, most recently executive vice president at the Center for Naval Analyses, has joined the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory as head of its national security analysis department, commonly referred to as the NSAD.
In this capacity, he will oversee a 200-person department that conducts analyses on national security issues for APL and its government sponsors, the laboratory said Monday.
“Andrew Mara is an accomplished researcher and leader whose analyses have guided some of our nation’s most critical national security strategy and investment decisions,” said APL Director Ralph Semmel.
Mara also served as director of the systems, tactics and force development division at CNA.
Prior to CNA, he spent 10 years at the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation Office, where he led strategic analyses on missile defense, nuclear command and control systems and space force structure assessment, among others.
Mara also served as a Science and Technology Policy Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science within the National Defense University’s Center for Technology and National Security Policy.
NSAD is focused on providing analytical capabilities for senior government leaders and operational commanders to help inform decisions related to advanced capabilities, technology and policy, architectures and complex systems and operations.