Mike Herson

Michael H. Herson is President and Chief Executive Officer of American Defense International, Inc (ADI). Michael Herson was raised in New Jersey and has a Bachelor’s Degree in American Government from Georgetown University, a Juris Doctor from Rutgers University School of Law, and a Master’s Degree in National Security Studies from Georgetown University. While a student at Georgetown, Michael Herson was selected to be a White House Intern where he served in the Executive Office of President Ronald Reagan and in the speech writing office of Vice President George Bush. After returning to Washington in 1990, Herson was appointed as the Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management and Personnel. After leaving the Department of Defense, Michael Herson joined the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution as a Visiting Fellow for National Security Affairs from April 1993 to June 1993. On June 7, 1994, Michael Herson won the Republican primary election becoming his party’s nominee for the U.S. Congress in New Jersey’s Sixth District and received national recognition as one of the youngest candidates in the country. Herson serves on the board of many national security and defense-related organizations, as well as charitable organizations. He is a member of the American Security Project’s Consensus for American Security, a group of influential military and national security leaders who have come together to highlight growing support for a new, sustainable and comprehensive national security policy. He serves on the Board of Trustees at the Lexington Institute, a non-profit public-policy think tank that focuses on national security, education reform, and U.S. relations with Cuba, and he serves as the Washington, D.C. Chairman of the Board of Advisors at the Global Institute at Long Island University.