Dr. Brooke Taylor

Dr. Brooke Taylor is a doctoral scholar and distinguished faculty member whose national security expertise was built not in the classroom alone, but through direct experience on Capitol Hill, at U.S. Strategic Command, and in the nonprofit and advisory community that contributes to American defense policy.

Brooke served on Capitol Hill as a George Washington University Nuclear Security Fellow, an appointment centered on congressional appropriations work. In that role she led three major funding portfolios in the federal budget: Defense, Energy and Water Development, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs. She simultaneously managed the U.S. Congressional Nuclear Security Working Group, a cross-partisan body that coordinates congressional engagement on nuclear security policy, and served as Military Liaison Assistant to U.S. Strategic Command, the combatant command responsible for America's nuclear deterrent, space operations, cyberspace, and global strike capabilities.

Each of these roles demands its own expertise. Appropriations work at the subcommittee level requires sustained immersion in the budget process. STRATCOM liaison work requires fluency in military operational requirements. Managing the nuclear security working group requires the policy depth and credibility to convene Members and staff around the nation's central deterrence questions. Brooke did all three simultaneously, building a specialized understanding of how defense funding, nuclear policy, and military operational requirements intersect.

Brooke is the Founder and CEO of Defending Our Country (DOC), LLC, and a former congressional candidate in Virginia's competitive 10th District. She serves on the Board of Directors for Meadowkirk at Delta Farm, Evergreen Christian School, and the Middleburg Community Center, and on the Board of Regents for the Strategic Deterrence Coalition. As a distinguished faculty member at Missouri State University's School of Defense and Strategic Studies, she teaches the next generation of national security professionals.

She holds a Doctorate of Strategic Leadership and a Master of Arts in Government from Regent University, credentials that ground her operational experience in the analytical frameworks of national security scholarship.