Director of Outreach and Media

Marshall Kosloff

Marshall Kosloff is the Director of Outreach and Media for the Lincoln Network. He is also a Media Fellow at the Hudson Institute, where he co-hosts The Realignment podcast. Before Lincoln, he was a researcher on PBS’s Firing Line with Margaret Hoover and participated in the Public Interest Fellowship. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Oregon. Marshall lives in Washington, DC.

Outreach and Events Manager

Jessica Dang

Jessica Dang is the Outreach and Events Manager for the Lincoln Network. Prior to Lincoln, Jessica started a project called Conservative Curious to connect young intellectuals in San Francisco through informal salon dinners. She was a National Review Institute 2019 Regional Fellow. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Parsons School of Design and a master’s degree from Sotheby’s Institute of Art. Jessica lives in Inverness, CA.

Director of Cyber and National Security

Dan Lips

Dan is the Director of Cyber and National Security Policy at Lincoln Network. Prior to Lincoln, from 2011 to 2019, Dan worked on the staff of the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, including serving as the majority staff’s homeland security policy director. His legislative accomplishments include bipartisan legislation to modernize federal information security management and to authorize the Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity programs. He also focused on Congressional oversight and served on the staff of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. He was the lead staff author of former Sen. Tom Coburn’s final oversight report: A Review of the Department of Homeland Security’s Missions and Performance, which was featured on 60 Minutes. He also led a bipartisan investigation into how the U.S. immigration system encourages child marriages, which received global coverage in 2019. 

Before working on Capitol Hill, Dan served with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, focusing on cybersecurity and intelligence. From 2000 to 2010, he worked for federal and state think tanks, concentrating primarily on education policy, including serving as a senior policy analyst with the Heritage Foundation. He testified before the House of Representatives in 2007 on improving educational opportunities for foster children. His research has been cited by the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. He has served as a member of the D.C. Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. He was a 2018-19 Penn Kemble Democracy Forum Fellow with the National Endowment for Democracy. He is a visiting fellow with the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity.  

He earned his bachelor’s degree in Politics from Princeton University and his master’s degree in Statecraft and National Security Affairs from the Institute of World Politics. 

Co-Founder and Executive Director

Garrett Johnson

Garrett Johnson is a co-founder and executive director of the Lincoln Network. He also co-founded SendHub.com, a venture-backed-YCombinator startup launched in 2011. He served as professional staff to the Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where oversight portfolio included Afghanistan, Pakistan and Haiti. Originally from Florida, Garrett holds a bachelor’s degree from Florida State University and was the two-time NCAA Shot Put champion. He also read for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Migration Studies at the University of Oxford, England as a Rhodes Scholar. Garrett current lives in San Jose, CA.

Policy Analyst

Alexiaa Jordan

Alexiaa Jordan is a policy analyst for innovation, cyber, and national security policy at Lincoln Network. Previously, she worked with the international strategic consulting firm RiceHadleyGatesManuel, LLC. Prior to that she served as chief of staff for a member of the Illinois House of Representatives. She holds a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University in international economics and security studies, as well as a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign in molecular and cellular biology. She is also a Shawn Brimley Next Generation National Security Fellow at CNAS.

Head of Policy

Zach Graves

Zach Graves is the head of policy at the Lincoln Network, where he manages the policy and programming team. His research and advocacy focuses on the intersection of technology and governance issues, including work to strengthen science and technology expertise and capacity in Congress. Before joining Lincoln, he was director of the R Street Institute’s technology and innovation policy program. Prior to that, he worked at the Cato Institute.

Zach is also a visiting fellow at the National Security Institute at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School. He holds a master’s degree from the California Institute of the Arts and a bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Davis. Zach is married and lives in Washington, DC.

Head of Development

Grace Meyer

Grace Meyer is head of development at the Lincoln Network where she works to identify and cultivate relationships with supporters of Lincoln’s mission. Prior to joining Lincoln, Grace worked at the Cato Institute on their fundraising team. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Hillsdale College, where she studied politics and business administration. Grace is originally from Michigan and currently lives with her husband in Washington, DC.

Chief Technologist

Sean Roberts

Sean is chief technologist with Lincoln Network’s policy team. He is based in the San Francisco Bay Area with experience from places like Stanford, Yahoo, EDS, ADP, and Electronic Arts. He is a founding member of the OpenStack Foundation, a global organization that provides software tools for building and managing cloud computing platforms for public and private clouds.

CFO and General Counsel

J. Scott McKaig

J. Scott McKaig is general counsel and chief financial officer at Lincoln Network. He received his B.A. from UNC-Greensboro in 2004 and his Law Degree and Master’s in Business Administration from Campbell University in 2008. After earning his JD and MBA, Scott spent the first six years of his career operating his own law firm in Raleigh, NC. Since that time, Scott has worked in tech, clinical research, financial services and in several positions for the State of North Carolina. In 2018, Scott joined Lincoln Network as General Counsel and Chief Financial Officer. Scott also works as an Adjunct Professor in the Business Department at Wake Tech Community College and was appointed to the Tryon Palace Commission by former North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory in 2016. Scott Lives in Wake Forest, North Carolina with his partner Katie Riebe and their two sons, Liam (8) and Aiden (6). In his limited spare time, Scott enjoys spending time with his family and cooking competition BBQ.