CNA, formerly known as the CNA Corporation, is a nonprofit research and analysis organization based in Arlington, VA. CNA has around 625 employees.
CNA operates:
the Center for Naval Analyses. CNA's Center for Naval Analyses is the federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) for the United States Navy and Marine Corps. It has seven divisions: Advanced Technology & Systems Analysis, China Studies, Marine Corps Program, Operations & Tactics Analysis, Operations Evaluation Group, Resource Analysis, and Strategic Studies.the Institute for Public Research. CNA's Institute for Public Research conducts research and analysis on domestic policy issues for federal, state, and local government agencies, including the United States Department of Homeland Security, the United States Department of Justice, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the United States Department of Education. It has four divisions: Education; Energy, Water, & Climate; Enterprise Systems and Data Analysis; and Safety & Security.the Military Advisory Board. The CNA Military Advisory Board is an American defense advisory group composed of retired three-star and four-star generals and admirals from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps that studies pressing issues of the day to assess their impact on America's national security.In the early 1990s, the Center for Naval Analyses established CNA and in 1993 founded the Institute for Public Research in order to expand its work beyond the Department of Defense. The first President and CEO of CNA was Robert J. Murray.
Katherine A.W. McGrady, Ph.D. is President and Chief Executive Officer of CNA. She was previously CNA's Chief Operating Officer.
Board of Trustees
Rozanne L. Ridgway, ChairFrederick S. Benson, IIILieutenant General Robert R. Blackman, Jr., USMC (Ret.)Walter BroadnaxRichard N. CooperDaniel A. DomenechCarol GrahamMaura HartyGeneral Joseph P. Hoar, USMC (Ret.)Katherine A.W. McGradyGilbert OmennVice Admiral Adam M. Robinson, Jr., USN (Ret.)Laurie O. RobinsonRoderick K. von LipseyCNA research covers a variety of topics including national defense, education, energy, water and climate, air traffic management, and safety and security. A few recently released reports include:
Retirement Choice 2015 (November 2015)Appalachia Rising: A Review of Education Research (September 2015)North Korea's Provocation and Escalation Calculus: Dealing with the Kim Jong-un Regime (August 2015)The Potential Environmental Impacts of Fracking in the Delaware River Basin (August 2015)National Security and the Accelerating Risks of Climate Change (May 2014)In February 2014, CNA released an "Independent Assessment of the Afghan National Security Forces." This assessment, tasked by the United States Congress, outlines the likely security environment for Afghanistan over the next decade as well as an overview of the Afghan National Security Forces capabilities.