About
Patricia (Tricia) DeGennaro is a Strategic Geopolitical Analyst and Political Military Consultant. She is currently a Senior Foreign Policy Analyst and Key Leader Engagement Advisor with the Cammander’s Action Group in the Joint Chief’s National Guard Bureau at the Pentagon. Previously, she was a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Balkans Next research initiative at Joint Special Operations University (JSOU) and a Senior Strategic Communications consultant for the United States Special Operations Command, the Central Command and the Indo-Pacific Command.
In past years, she was a Subject Matter Expert on the Middle East and Afghanistan for the US Army’s Training and Doctrine Command Operational for the head of Intelligence and the Environment Training Support Center, a Professor at New York University’s Department of International Affairs, and a Visiting Scholar at George Mason University’s School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution.
DeGennaro capitalizes on over twenty years of experience as an academic, military advisor and practitioner in international security policy. Much of her work focuses on geopolitical analysis, strategic communications, countering terrorism and violent extremism, and transitioning nations from war. She has spent considerable time in the Balkans, the Middle East and Afghanistan on information operations, security policy, civilian and military affairs, provincial governance, capacity building, and joint interagency, intergovernmental and multinational coordination.
DeGennaro holds an MBA in International Trade and Finance from George Washington University and an MA in International Security Policy and Conflict Resolution from Harvard University. She speaks fluent Albanian and knowledge of Italian, Arabic and Dari.
Areas of Specialization
- US Foreign Policy
- International Security
- Civil-Military Affairs
- Military Policy
- Wartime and Post-Conflict Transition
- Political Risk Analysis
Regions of Specialization
- Middle East
- South Asia
- The Balkans
Foreign Languages
- Fluent in Albanian
- Knows Arabic, Dari, Italian, and Spanish
Featured On
Patricia often appears as an expert in international security for events in Afghanistan, the Middle East, Iran, Pakistan, and the Balkans, as well as topics including homeland security, national intelligence, US foreign policy, terrorism, and civil-military affairs. She has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Al Jazeera, BBC, and various other media outlets and nationally syndicated radio shows. If you would like to book her for a media appearance, please email us at info@patriciadegennaro.com.
