Admiral James O. ELLIS Jr. (Ret.)
Co-Chairman, National Security Task Force, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, USA
Co-Chair, Project on Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific Region, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, USA
Annenberg Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, USA
• 2013: Elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering, USA
• 2006-2009: President’s Intelligence Advisory Board
• 2004-2012: President and Chief Executive Officer of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
• Retired 4-star Admiral
• 2004: Admiral Ellis completed a distinguished 39-year Navy career. His final assignment was Commander of the United States Strategic Command.
• Admiral Ellis’ shore assignments included numerous senior military staff tours; he once participated in Persian Gulf War and Operation Desert Storm. Senior command positions included Commander in Chief, USA Naval Forces, Europe and Commander in Chief, Allied Forces, Southern Europe during a time of historic NATO expansion. He led United States and NATO forces in combat and humanitarian operations during the 1999 Kosovo Crisis.
• 1996: After selection to Rear Admiral, he served as a Carrier Battle Group Commander leading Contingency Response Operations in the Taiwan Straits.
• 1991: In terms of Asia Pacific defense, he assumed Command of the USS Abraham Lincoln, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.