The Intelligence Review | volume 1 | issue 2 |

Biographical Notes on Contributors
RYAN HAAG, from Frederick, Maryland, is a recent graduate of Coastal Carolina University,
where he majored in Intelligence and National Security Studies and minored in Geographic
Information Systems. His interests include geospatial intelligence, human intelligence, and
psychological operations. Ryan served as the Chanticleer Intelligence Brief’s Quality Assurance
Officer and headed the organization’s Asia and Africa Division in the spring of 2016.
BLAKE GUTBERLET is a senior from Hickory, NC, majoring in Intelligence and National Security
Studies and minoring in Psychology at Coastal Carolina University. He focuses on interrogation
techniques, military weapons capabilities, and counterinsurgency with a regional focus on Africa.
Blake served as the Chanticleer Intelligence Brief’s Executive Director from 2016 to 2017 and
as head of the organization’s Europe Division in the spring of 2016.
VICTORIA JAMES, from Biloxi, Mississippi, is a senior at Coastal Carolina University. She studies
Islamist militant groups, focusing on their weapons of mass destruction capabilities. Victoria
served as the Communications officer of the Chanticleer Intelligence Brief Executive Team from
2016 to of 2017. In the fall of 2016, she headed the organization’s Middle East Division. Victoria
was also the Treasurer for the National Security Club in the fall of 2016, and President of
Women in Intelligence and National Security in the spring of 2017.
MICHAEL JONES, from North Charleston, South Carolina, is a senior at Coastal Carolina University
majoring in History with a minor in Military Science and a minor in Intelligence and National
Security Studies. His research focuses on international terrorism organizations with an emphasis
on Central Asia and the Middle East. In the fall of 2016, he served as an Officer Without Portfolio
in the Chanticleer Intelligence Brief, while also serving as head of the organization’s Asia/Eurasia
Division. In the spring of 2017, Michael served as the Chanticleer Intelligence Brief’s Quality
Assurance Officer.
CONNOR KILGORE, from Reading, Pennsylvania, is in his junior year at Coastal Carolina
University, where he is majoring in Intelligence and National Security Studies with a minor in
Global Studies. He specializes in energy security and international relations. He has served the
Chanticleer Intelligence Brief as the organization’s Recruitment Officer, and as head of the
Africa Division (fall 2016) and Asia Division (spring 2017). In February of 2017, Connor participated
in the International Student Festival in Trondheim, Norway. He will be studying in the Republic
of Georgia in the summer of 2017.
ETHAN LEYSHON from Morganton, North Carolina, is a senior at Coastal Carolina University,
majoring in Intelligence and National Security Studies and minoring in Middle Eastern Studies.
His interest on Kurdish nationalism and the societies of greater Mesopotamia was inspired by
his deployment in the region as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, from 2007 to 2009. During
his deployment, he served as the Non-Commissioned Officer in charge of his Troop's intelligence
support team, working closely with the ethnically diverse population of Northern Iraq to
combat the ongoing insurgency. Since joining Coastal Carolina University, he has been actively
involved in numerous student organizations, including the Chanticleer Intelligence Brief, the
National Security Club, and Women in Intelligence and National Security.
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