Danny Sebright

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Biography

Danny Sebright served as Senior Advisor at The Cohen Group. He joined The Cohen Group in February, 2002, serving until recently as Vice President responsible for pursuing many of the firm's international activities. Mr. Sebright now leads The Cohen Group efforts in the Middle East and serves concurrently as the President of the US-UAE Business Council. Previously, Mr. Sebright served as the Defense Department's Director of the Policy Executive Secretariat for the global war on terrorism from September 2001 until January of 2002, leading a team responsible for tracking Defense Department and military actions related to the war on terrorism. He oversaw in large part Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in Afghanistan and Operation NOBLE EAGLE, the defense of the US homeland in that capacity and was awarded the Defense Exceptional Civilian Service Award for his services during this time. Mr. Sebright also served in the Office of the Under Secretary for Policy at DoD from 1995-2001, representing Department of Defense positions with other executive-branch policy offices. He conducted bilateral negotiations with foreign officials, including providing the Defense Department policy perspective on the Middle East Peace Process, regional arms sales, and counter-proliferation initiatives.