His Work at Booz Allen Hamilton
As a Senior Advisor with Booz Allen Hamilton, an American government and military contractor specializing in intelligence, Mannina was embedded with the Joint Staff Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) During this five-year tenure, he advised on all matters related to modernizing the way the Department of Defense (DOD) employs Command and Control (C2) for warfighting, called the Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2)
Mannina’s strategic communications and international relations expertise supported the company’s mission to navigate complex global security challenges His team’s collaborative efforts at Booz Allen Hamilton significantly shaped policy frameworks and response strategies.
Special Agent, FBI
Before his role with Booz Allen Hamilton, Mannina was a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for two years. He led, managed, and participated in criminal investigations on Counter Cyber-Espionage and Chinese Counterintelligence and Technology Transfer case violations related to AI/ML and quantum information sciences. His role was pivotal in addressing intricate international issues.
Mannina also served as Mission Manager for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence for three years, where he closely coordinated, integrated, and analyzed foreign intelligence from the U S intelligence community focused on China and Russia This enabled a single voice to the President and senior policymakers, streamlined and guided collection and analytic activities, and provided essential support for all aspects of intelligence related to designated countries,
regions, topics, or functional issues collected throughout the U S intelligence community –especially cyber, financial crime, sanctions, and economic stability issues.
Before this, he was Senior Foreign Affairs Advisor at the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance, Office of Strategic Affairs. He directly supported the Bureau Assistant Secretary and the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security by providing strategic planning, compliance analysis, policy guidance, and recommendations to senior officials on a full range of WMD and cyber policy, including the Vice President and Secretary of State
Notable Career Milestone: Mannina’s Work on the U.S.-Russia New START Treaty
From 2009 to 2013, Jamie Mannina served as director of public affairs and Congressional outreach and special assistant to the assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance It was during this time he supported the negotiation, ratification, and implementation of the New START Treaty with Russia, nuclear deterrence policy, and the development of Department positions and recommendations for
future U S initiatives to further stability and deterrence, including arms control, transparency and confidence-building measures in bilateral and multilateral contexts in Europe and East Asia.
He authored responses on behalf of the Obama Administration regarding amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act. He closely coordinated with Defense, Joint Staff, or Combatant Command staff in response to requests for information, questions for the record, and briefings on the New START Treaty.
The New START Treaty was signed in Prague on April 8, 2010, and entered into force on February 5, 2011, upon exchange of the instruments of ratification.
Served as Defense & Foreign Policy Advisor for Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Campaign
Mannina directly supported Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, a Senate Armed Services Committee member, on cyber and technology policy matters, analyzed policy positions, advocated for economic reforms, executed legislative priorities, and effectively balanced competing interests of a demographically and ideologically diverse constituency
He also served as a staffer to Senator Hillary Clinton in the U S Senate from 2004 to 2008, including supporting her reelection campaign in 2006.
Recognition for His Accomplishments
Mannina has received several Department awards, including outstanding service in support of the 2010 Nuclear Posture Review and the successful negotiation and ratification of the New START Treaty (2011), the Benjamin Franklin Award for Diplomacy at the Department of State (2014), and the Presidential Management Fellow (2015).
A Tradition of Giving Back
Making the world a safer, healthier, and better is part of Mannina’s DNA He regularly donates to Catholic charities, the Leukemia Foundation, and various diabetes and heart disease charities. In addition, Mannina has supported Americorps, a federal agency for national service and volunteerism. AmeriCorps enables Americans of different backgrounds to serve their country, address the nation's most important issues, and better lives and communities
He has also supported the Montessori Schools in Manhattan
Mannina’s Rich Education
Jamie Mannina earned a bachelor of arts in Political Science from Le Moyne College, Syracuse, New York He received his master of arts degree in International Relations from George Washington University, Elliott School of International Affairs, Washington, D.C. Mannina has also studied at the U S Foreign Service Institute, Harvard University, and National Taiwan University
He speaks conversational Chinese (Mandarin) and basic French and Italian
Hobbies
When he isn’t working, Mannina enjoys all sports, including rugby His hobbies also include art and travel.
Mannina was born in New York in 1982
