WILLIAMJ.PERRY

CENTERFORHEMISPHERICDEFENSESTUDIES

WASHINGTON,DC

•••••20YearsEmpoweringDefenseandSecurityProfessionalsintheAmericas•••••

UPDATED:28NOVEMBER2017

DR.ALEJANDRABOLAÑOSAssociateProfessorPriortojoiningtheCenter,Dr.AlejandraBolañosservedasDirectorofProgramsatStrategicCapacityGroup(SCG),anonprofitcorporationthatdevelopsprojectsto enhance security sector capacity of key US allies and partners. During herwork at SCG she focused on the following security sector reform (SSR) areas:defense and law enforcement professionalization; strategic assessment andplanning; oversight; civil society engagement, and the role and evolution ofnonstatutory forces. She led program implementation in Latin America andprogram conceptualization in MENA and West Africa. Bolaños also served at

NationalDefenseUniversity(NDU),whereshemanagedandimplementedprogramsofinstructionforlawenforcement,armedforces,andciviliancounterpartsinsupportoftheUSinteragencyandinresponsetocapacity building requirements of more than 80 countries. Under the auspices of US DoD, she advisedsenior government officials on areas that include: countering violent extremism (CVE); combatingterrorism(CT);strategicplanning;organizedcrime;aswellasinformationtechnologiesandconflict.Priorto joining NDU, Dr. Bolaños’ work and research focused on understanding and combating terroristnetworks. She was a lead analyst in private sector institutions that pioneered the collection of onlineintelligence and the use of information technologies for the non-kinetic disruption terrorism. Shewas aresearchfellowattheattheInternationalCenterforPoliticalViolenceandTerrorismResearch(ICPVTR)inSingapore.BolañosholdsaPhDandaMastersofArtsinLawandDiplomacyfromtheFletcherSchoolandaBAfromtheInstitutoTecnológicoydeEstudiosSuperioresdeMonterrey(ITESM)inMexico.