Tom Z. Collina

Tom Z. Collina "joined 2020 Vision on July 1, 2003. He has 20 years of experience in the energy and security community, most recently as Director of the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. Before that he was Executive Director of the Institute for Science and International Security and Senior Research Analyst at the Federation of American Scientists. Tom has led community-wide campaigns on halting US nuclear testing in 1992, gaining UN approval of the CTBT in 1996, extending the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1995, and on convincing President Clinton to delay deployment of national missile defense in 2000. He has published over 50 articles in major magazines and journals and has appeared frequently in the national media (print, radio and TV), including the New York Times, CNN, and NPR. Tom has briefed congressional staff on numerous occasions and testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on energy security in 2005. Tom has a degree in International Relations from Cornell University and serves on the Boards of Directors of the Scoville Peace Fellowship and the Janelia Foundation. He lives in Takoma Park, MD with his wife and three children."