Jacob Pritchett is the Director of Outreach for Students for Self-Defense (S4SD), an organization dedicated to advocating for students’ right to protect themselves from bodily harm and connecting them with resources and training to help them stay safe on campus. He grew up in northwest Washington and moved to Arizona for school at the age of eighteen. Jacob has worked on a number of political campaigns and has served as a State Chair for Young Americans for Liberty.

S4SD: Students For Self Defense at ASU

Drew Berquist is the Editor-in-Chief for OpsLens.com and the host of CRTV‘s Experience Matters with Drew Berquist. Previously, he served as a counterterrorism officer for the United States Intelligence Community, where he performed more than thirty deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.

Drew served as a counterterrorism officer and senior intelligence consultant for the United States Intelligence Community, where he performed more than thirty deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan to conduct operations.  He received specialized training from multiple intelligence agencies, including the CIA, DIA and NSA.

Berquist speaks to audiences and comments on national security and political matters.  He has been a guest on FOX and Friends, Lou Dobbs, Dennis Miller and a number of other shows throughout the country. Follow Drew and his staff of Veteran contributors on Facebook at Facebook.com/OpsLens or on Twitter at @OpsLens.

OpsLens.com provides daily print and video commentary on the world’s most trending and critical stories related to national security, public policy and other matters of state through the lens of experience.

The OpsLens staff of contributors is comprised of former intelligence, law enforcement and military operators that have more than 100 deployments to both conventional and hostile areas around the globe performing counterterrorism, counterdrug, counterintelligence, traditional espionage and other unique operations.  Our team brings experience from the CIA, DIA, FBI, NSA and the United States military, to include Army Rangers, Army Special Forces, Navy Seals and Marines to name a few. Additionally, the OpsLens staff includes former diplomats, politicians and industry leaders who understand the inner-workings of some of the world’s most difficult problems.