Executive Director of SeaLight, Stanford University

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Col (Ret.) Ray Powell is the Executive Director of SeaLight, a maritime transparency project of the Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation at Stanford University, California. He is also the co-host of the “Why Should We Care About the Indo-Pacific?” podcast. Ray served 35 years in the Air Force, including posts in the Philippines, Japan, Germany, and Qatar, as well as combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Commander from 2009-11, and later served as the U.S. Air Attaché to Vietnam and the U.S. Defense Attaché to Australia.