Senior Strategy Advisor
Defense Security Cooperation Agency
Alan Gorowitz serves as Senior Strategy Advisor, providing analysis and recommendations regarding the DoD security cooperation enterprise in the context of DoD strategy, future scenarios, and emerging trends. He serves as a Senior Leader, supporting the DSCA leadership team.
Mr. Gorowitz has served for over 20 years in the Department of Defense security cooperation community. He began his Department of Defense career in 2000 at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Germany, supporting partner defense reform and strategy development through advising, conferences and seminars, and national security professional networks. Returning to the U.S. in 2007, he served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (Policy) for over ten years providing policy advice and oversight including assignments as Director, Counterterrorism Partnerships; Chief of Staff and Director, Partnership Policy and Strategy; and Domestic Terrorism and Cyber Threat Information Sharing Coordinator. In 2017, he was detailed from Policy to DSCA to stand up a Planning and Program Design team.
He joined DSCA in 2018 as Assistant Director for Strategy, Plans, and Policy (SPP), facilitating strategic planning, leading security cooperation administration and execution policy, and promoting comprehensive security cooperation planning and program design.
Prior to Federal Service, Mr. Gorowitz served at the Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP), Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology.
Mr. Gorowitz is a graduate of the National War College. His awards include the Office of the Secretary of Defense Award for Exceptional Service (3), the OSD Achievement Award, and the Department of the Army Award for Superior Civilian Service.