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The Critical Mass

The Critical Mass LLC (TCM) is an American security and defense consulting firm based in Alexandria, Virginia.

Organization

Name Position Notes
Jordan Wilhelm Founder and Chief Executive Officer[1] United States Department of State, United States Army, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, MOAA Foundation
Anne Teppel Chief Operating Officer[2] Danish Ministry of Defence (FMN), Danish Armed Forces, Danish Special Operations Command (SOKOM), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Mariya Chukhnova International Security Specialist and Operations Manager[3] World Federation of Ukrainian Women's Organizations (WFUWO), Harriman Institute
Scott Eshom Director of Programs (former)[4] Goldman Sachs, United States Army, United States Army Special Forces, MOAA Foundation, The Station Foundation, ACT for Alexandria
Ethiana Hasch Junior Project Coordinator[5] National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)
Tinatin Japaridze Vice President of Business Development (former)[6] NYC Census 2020, NYC Health + Hospitals, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, Girl Security, European Leadership Network (ELN), Younger Generation Leaders Network on Euro-Atlantic Security (YGLN), Eurasia Democratic Security Network (EDSN)
Kevin Kavanaugh Electronic Technician[7] K&L Microwave, Wor-Wic Community College
Arielle Mattes Program Design and Research Manager (former)[8] Sandia National Laboratories, Santa Fe Council on International Relations, Global & National Security Policy Institute (GNSPI)
Shakib Noori Senior Business Development Manager[9] AMS, M-Paisa, Independent Evaluation Group (IEG), Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington, D.C., Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA), Adam Smith International
Nidal Abu Sammour EXBS External Liaison (former)[10] CRDF Global, dot.jo, International Training & Consultancy Centre (ITCC), Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
Neil Singh Research Analyst[11] Strategic Sentinel, Grey Dynamics
Alan Spandone Lead Program Manager (former)[12] Phi Beta Kappa, Journal of International Affairs, United States Mission to NATO, United States Department of State
Chris Stotts Training and Development Manager and Senior CBRNE SME[13] United States Army
Republic Registered Agent Agent[14] -

Partners

TCM's partners include:[15][16][17]

  • Al-Nahrain Center for Strategic Studies
  • Biological Threat Reduction Program (BTRP)
  • Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN)
  • Center for Analytical Studies and Countering Hybrid Threats
  • Centre for Strategic Communication and Information Security (SPRAVDI)
  • Chemical Security and Elimination Program (CSE)
  • CID Gallup
  • Control Risks
  • Cooperative Threat Reduction Directorate (CTR)
  • CRDF Global
  • Culmen International
  • Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
  • Evrima
  • Export Control and Related Border Security Program (EXBS)
  • Federal Resources
  • Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies
  • Georgian Opinion Research Business International (GORBI)
  • Global Nuclear Security Program (GNS)
  • Harriman Institute
  • Health Security Partners (HSP)
  • Info Sapiens (IS)
  • Institute of General Energy of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
  • Iraqi CBRN Team
  • LOOQME
  • Media Development Foundation (MDF)[18]
  • Ministry of Commerce and Industries of Panama
  • Myth Detector
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
  • National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC)
  • NATO Public Diplomacy Division (PDD)
  • NCBRT/Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education (LSU NCBRT/ACE)
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
  • Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR)
  • Office of Export Control Cooperation (ECC)
  • Office of Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism (WMDT)
  • Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs
  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
  • Peraton
  • Proliferation Prevention Program (PPP)
  • Raytheon
  • Richard Lugar Center for Public Health Research
  • Sandia National Laboratories
  • Tlingit Haida Tribal Business Corporation (THTBC)[19]
  • UN Women
  • United States Department of Defense (DOD)
  • United States Department of State (DOS)
  • University of Babylon (UOB)
  • Veteran Institute for Procurement (VIP)
  • World Health Organization (WHO)

  1. Jordan Wilhelm. The Critical Mass. Retrieved December 8, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241208011243/https://www.thecriticalmass.com/jordan-wilhelm ↩︎

  2. Anne Teppel. The Critical Mass. Retrieved December 8, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241208011236/https://www.thecriticalmass.com/anne-teppel ↩︎

  3. Mariya Chukhnova. The Critical Mass. Retrieved December 8, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241208011214/https://www.thecriticalmass.com/mariya-chukhnova ↩︎

  4. Scott Eshom. The Critical Mass. Retrieved May 16, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220516180351/https://www.thecriticalmass.com/scott-eshom ↩︎

  5. Ethiana Hacsh. The Critical Mass. Retrieved December 8, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241208011158/https://www.thecriticalmass.com/ethianahacsh ↩︎

  6. Tinatin Japaridze. The Critical Mass. Retrieved May 16, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220516191220/https://www.thecriticalmass.com/tinatin-japaridze ↩︎

  7. Kevin Kavanaugh. The Critical Mass. Retrieved December 8, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241208011212/https://www.thecriticalmass.com/kevin-kavanaugh ↩︎

  8. Arielle Mattes. The Critical Mass. Retrieved May 16, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220516180045/https://www.thecriticalmass.com/arielle-mattes ↩︎

  9. Shakib Noori. The Critical Mass. Retrieved December 8, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241208011217/https://www.thecriticalmass.com/shakib-noori ↩︎

  10. Nidal Abu Sammour. The Critical Mass. Retrieved May 16, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220516180133/https://www.thecriticalmass.com/nidal-abu-sammour ↩︎

  11. Neil Singh. The Critical Mass. Retrieved December 8, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241208011228/https://www.thecriticalmass.com/copy-of-jordan-wilhelm ↩︎

  12. Alan Spandone. The Critical Mass. Retrieved May 16, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220516181409/https://www.thecriticalmass.com/alan-spadone ↩︎

  13. Chris Stotts. The Critical Mass. Retrieved December 8, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241208011319/https://www.thecriticalmass.com/chris-stotts ↩︎

  14. State Corporation Commission. (2024, December 2). The Critical Mass LLC. OpenCorporates. https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_va/S7673603 ↩︎

  15. Home. The Critical Mass. Retrieved December 7, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241207233430/https://www.thecriticalmass.com/ ↩︎

  16. Home. The Critical Mass. Retrieved August 15, 2020, from https://web.archive.org/web/20200815154849/https://www.thecriticalmass.com/ ↩︎

  17. What We Do. The Critical Mass. Retrieved December 8, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241208011226/https://www.thecriticalmass.com/what-we-do ↩︎

  18. Kintsurashvili, T. (2023). Annual Report 2022. Media Development Foundation. https://web.archive.org/web/20240804131519/https://mdfgeorgia.ge/uploads//Annual Report-2022-ENG.pdf ↩︎