Jaymie A. Durnan has served as a director of SIGA since June 2020. He is Chairman of the Andrew W. Marshall Foundation, focused on long-term U.S. strategic competition, and a consultant to the Office of the Director of MIT Lincoln Laboratory, a federally funded research, development, and prototyping center, where he previously served as Assistant to the Director for strategic initiatives (2015–2022). A member of the New York State Bar, he has held senior executive roles at MacAndrews & Forbes Holding Inc., and has worked in industry and finance as a product line manager at BAE Systems, a partner at Radius Capital Partners, and managing member of Woodbury Hill Partners, LLC.
His government service includes positions in the Federal Senior Executive Service as Special Assistant (Chief of Staff) to the Deputy Secretary of Defense and Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense in the George W. Bush administration, and Senior Advisor to the Chief Technology Officer and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering in the Barack Obama administration. A retired naval officer and former carrier-based aviator, he held multiple staff roles supporting the Chief of Naval Operations, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Office of Net Assessment, and the President of the United States.
Mr. Durnan also serves as a director of Kimball Physics, on the advisory boards of Mantis Health and the Hudson Institute Center for Defense Concepts and Technology. He previously served as a director or trustee of several corporations and universities. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Georgetown University, and Georgetown University Law Center and brings extensive defense-industry, government, and legal experience to the SIGA Board, particularly in navigating highly regulated environments and government relations.
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