Strategic Education International 

Jason J. Galui is a Professor of Practice in Executive Education with the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University.  Jason joined SMU Cox following more than 20 years of extensive experience and distinguished service to the United States of America during which he personally advised President Barack Obama and President Donald J. Trump in the Oval Office along with their respective National Security Advisors, Ambassador Susan Rice; Lieutenant General (retired) Michael Flynn; and Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster.  Jason’s military career was genuinely unique.  Not only did he lead soldiers in combat and teach economics to West Point cadets, he also directly advised the most senior U.S. leaders in two very different White Houses and in the Pentagon.  Jason served as a key point of national security continuity between the Obama and Trump Administrations.  Spanning nearly three years on the staff of the National Security Council (NSC), including the 2017 Presidential Transition, Jason served the NSC in three different capacities:  Chief of Staff, South Asia Affairs; NSC Deputy Executive Secretary; and Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to the National Security Advisor.During his second White House experience, Jason served as Senior Advisor for National Security to the (Acting) Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), and he led CEA’s team responsible for analyzing issues at the nexus of economics and national security.  Prior to his White House contributions, Jason personally advised General Martin E. Dempsey, the 18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS), on Indo-Pacific issues, Afghanistan, and on keeping faith with the military family.  Traveling the world with General Dempsey provided Jason with keen insight on the complementary relationships between diplomacy, economics, and military power.