Olga Ravasi, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Dr. Ravasi is a political strategist, analyst and an expert in the South Central European region and the Middle East, focused on foreign policy, national security, counterterrorism and transnational crimes.
She carries the designation of a Highly Qualified Expert per the Directorate of National Intelligence. Olga advises U.S. corporate, government, and nongovernmental organizations, and served as a Board member, regional expert, and adviser to U.S.-based international NGO, committed to combating terrorism and transnational crime.
Since 2015, Olga has served as a Special Adviser to the Office of the Secretary General of International Airport and Seaport Police (InterPortPolice) on foreign policy, transnational crimes, counterterrorism and international border security. As a private security contractor, her work includes intelligence analysis for stakeholders and governmental agencies, offering valuable advice and best practices guidelines to both private and public sectors. Olga was a director of the annual 9/11 Award Ceremony for InterPortPolice held in conjunction with the International Association of the Chiefs of Police (IACP) Convention. As a scholar and educator, with an arts and media background, Olga was a professor of political science, teaching courses in American government, comparative government, international relations, and foreign policy. Olga co-founded an ethnic media organization, carries an International Press Credential and serves on several boards of educational, humanitarian, and nongovernmental organizations. She is active in national politics and presidential campaigns, serving as a
surrogate who chairs Serbian Americans for Trump, an official coalition partner to President Trump’s election campaigns, leads a federal PAC, and privately consults a recently established organization led by Col. Douglas Macgregor.