Experts on the CTBT

For Journalists and Editors: the following experts are available to speak to reporters about any topic related to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. To contact one of them, please call the Project for the CTBT at (202) 463-8270, extension 114 or extension 107.

 

  • Daryl G. Kimball, Executive Director, Arms Control Association. Since 1991, Kimball has led NGO efforts to win Congressional approval of the 1992 test moratorium, U.S. support for a "zero-yield" test ban treaty, and the UN's endorsement of the CTBT in 1996. He also currently serves as director of the Project for the CTBT. Kimball has written extensively on the CTBT. Email: dkimball [at] armscontrol.org
  • Tom Z. Collina, Research Director, Arms Control Association. Collina has over 20 years of professional experience in global security issues, holding leadership positions at the Union of Concerned Scientists, the Institute for Science and International Security and the Federation of American Scientists, among others. He was actively involved in national efforts to end U.S. nuclear testing in 1992 and international efforts to conclude the CTBT in 1996. Email: tcollina [at] armscontrol.org
  • Charles Ferguson, President, Federation of American Scientists. While working as a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Ferguson served as the director for the "Independent Task Force on U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy," chaired by William Perry and Brent Scowcroft. He has held senior positions with the Monterey Institute's Center for Nonproliferation Studies, served as a foreign affairs officer in the Bureau of Nonproliferation of the U.S. Department of State, and as an officer on a ballistic missile submarine during the Cold War.
  • Ambassador James Goodby, Research Fellow, Hoover Institution. Goodby was Deputy to the Special Advisor to the the President and Secretary of State for the CTBT, General John Shalikashvili, from 2000-2001. He has held several senior government positions on nuclear arms control and nonproliferation, including: Special Representative of President Bill Clinton for the security and dismantlement of nuclear weapons from 1995-1996; chief negotiator for nuclear threat reduction agreements from 1993-1994, and vice-chair of the U.S. delegation to the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty talks from 1982-1983.