Robert K. Knake - Principal

Robert K. Knake is a Principal at Good Harbor where he specializes in homeland security and critical infrastructure protection. He serves domestic and foreign clients in the areas of maritime security, emergency preparedness, risk assessment and strategic planning. He also supports Good Harbor's clients on aspects of cyber security including business development and strategic investment.

Mr. Knake joined Good Harbor after completing a master's degree in international security studies at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. While at the Kennedy School he served as a course assistant to Richard Clarke and Rand Beers and as a research assistant at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs on the Homeland Security Partnerships Initiative. During 2004, he worked at Boston Emergency Medical Services where he authored the Medical Consequence Management Plan for the 2004 Democratic National Convention in addition to other duties.

Prior to his graduate studies, Mr. Knake was a research associate in national security studies at the Council on Foreign Relations where he worked with Stephen Flynn and led research for the Task Force on Homeland Security known as Hart-Rudman II. Mr. Knake received a B.A. in History and Government from Connecticut College in 2001. He has written on security issues for The Boston Herald, The New London Day, The San Antonio-Express News, CSO and terrorismanswers.org. In 2006, he directed, with Steven Simon, the Century Foundation Task Force report "The Forgotten Homeland."

Mr. Knake is currently on a leave of absence from Good Harbor as an International Affairs Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations where he is studying cyber war.