Terry Wolff

LTG (Ret) Wolff was the Director of NESA from June 2014 to June 2023.

He returned to NESA in January 2025 after thirty-three months of service on the National Security Council as Special Advisor, Ukraine Security Assistance and for two and a half years as a Special Assistant to the President (Biden) and the Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa.

Terry retired from the U.S. Army in February 2014 after completing over 34 years of service commanding at every level from platoon to armored division. His final military assignment was as the Director of Strategic Plans and Policy, J-5 for the Joint Staff from September 2011 until December 2013.

He also worked military strategy and policy matters on the Joint Staff as a Colonel, at the NSC as a Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Iraq and Afghanistan (Bush 43), and for three years as the Deputy Special Presidential Envoy (DSPE) for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS.

Commissioned from the Military Academy in 1979 with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, he has master’s degrees from Catholic University, the School of Advanced Military Studies at Fort Leavenworth, and the Naval War College.