Judy is a human performance scientist. She holds a doctorate in education, specializing in learning and performance technologies. Judy develops evidence-based strategies, plans, and interventions to evaluate and optimize workforce performance. She draws on social science research to create and implement reliable methods for exploring decision-making processes. Judy’s experience includes senior leadership positions at Booz Allen Hamilton and the RAND corporation.

​Dr. Rob Johnston, a computational social scientist, is our Chief Scientist.  He is a lecturer in AI, national security, and research methods at Johns Hopkins University and distinguished visiting scholar at North Carolina State University. His research has focused on the intersection of technology, social science, and group performance in high-risk decision-making. At the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), he was the deputy director of globalization and modernization, chief of the business process improvement group, founder and chief of the lessons learned program, and the director of the lessons learned office at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. He is a recipient of CIA’s Sherman Kent Award. He holds a doctorate from the University of Houston, and he has conducted fieldwork in North and Central America, China, Europe, the Caucasus, East and South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. He has published over 50 articles, book chapters, and books, and has been a guest speaker at over 200 national and international conferences and special events.

Dr. Elizabeth Tencza is a senior associate at Johnston Analytics.  She brings 20 years of expertise in military history and intelligence analysis to bear in the development of analytic methods, development and delivery of training and evaluation in risk analysis.  Elizabeth is our go-to person for sourcing methods and source verification.  Her experience working in and with government intelligence agencies and her experience as a political scientist at the RAND corporation is invaluable to JA, as it enriches our understanding of government clients, performing in the military intelligence community, and supporting policy development through research. Elizabeth holds a BA in history from Bryn Mawr College, as well as a PhD in military history from George Washington University, where she studied under Dr. Ronald Spector. She has spent much of her career as an intelligence analyst for the Missile Defense Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and in support of the Marine Corps Intelligence Agency. She was a military historian for the RAND Corporation, where she published a history of US Army force structure from World War II through the Vietnam War, and has taught at George Washington University and the United States Naval War College.  Elizabeth's publications include: The Evolution of U.S. Military Policy from the Constitution to the Present, Volume III: Another World War and Cold War,      RAND Corporation, 2020. Co-authored. RR-1995/3-A Enhancing U.S. Coast Guard Metrics, RAND Corporation, 2015. Co-authored. RR-1173-USCG DoD’s Mission Assurance Strategy: An Assessment of Processes and Risk Frameworks, RAND Corporation, 2015 (restricted). The Valley and the Agency: A History of In-Q-Tel, Center for the Study of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency (restricted). Strategic Planning in the Intelligence Community: Lessons Learned from Recent Experience, RAND Corporation, 2013 (restricted). Co-authored.

Johnston Analytics is very fortunate to have a distinguished network of experts who are available to contribute their valuable skills and experience to projects, depending on the topic.