Anne Speckhard, Ph.D., is Director of the International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism (ICSVE) and  Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown University School of Medicine. Dr. Speckhard trains key stakeholders in law enforcement, intelligence, hostage negotiation teams, educators, and other professionals in countering violent extremism, locally and internationally.  She has worked with the FBI, U.S. Senate and House, U.S. Departments of State, NATO, OSCE, UNODC and other international organizations. Dr. Speckhard is the author of five books: Homegrown Hate: Inside the Minds of Domestic Violent Extremists, Talking to Terrorists, Bride of ISIS, Undercover Jihadi, and ISIS Defectors: Inside Stories of the Terrorist Caliphate.