Rafael López

Deputy Director for Security Policy Studies, Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology

Bio

Rafael López is the Deputy Director for Security Policy Studies at the Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology (CMIST).

As a serial innovator, López has 30+ years of domestic and international experience supporting and leading diverse teams in ambiguous environments.

His research interests include military innovation, organizational adaptation, strategic planning, and implementation management.

López is a recently retired Colonel in the United States Army where he led organizations in peace and conflict supporting both domestic and international initiatives.

He holds a Ph. D. in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia and was a Goodpaster Scholar and U.S. Army Strategic Plans and Policy Fellow.  He also recently served as the Senior Military Fellow at the National Defense University Institute for National Strategic Studies.