About our leadership team

The U.S. Strategic Perspective Institute is headed up by a diverse group of leaders with strong backgrounds in technology, nonprofit management, and policy.

David Gewirtz

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Member of Board of Directors
David Gewirtz is America’s leading Presidential scholar specializing in the area of White House email. He has written more than 700 articles about technology, competitiveness, and national security policy.

David is a CNN Contributor and the Editor-in-Chief of the ZATZ technology magazines. He is the recipient of the Sigma Xi Research Award in Engineering and was a candidate for the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in Letters.

Jason Perlow

thumb-jason Senior Advisor
Member of Board of Directors
Jason Perlow is a Partner Technology Advisor for Microsoft and a leading technology columnist and Linux expert. He is considered one of the top 100 technology experts on Twitter.

In his spare time, Jason is an avid amateur chef and food writer. His work reviewing New Jersey restaurants has appeared in The New York Times.

Joyce Burkard

thumb-joyce Senior Advisor
Member of Board of Directors
Joyce Burkard was the Executive Director of the Independent Computer Consultants Association (ICCA). She is an experienced non-profit leader with 15+ years experience guiding non-profits and helping small business owners.

She has a strong background doing accounting and business management more than 30 years.

Denise Amrich, RN

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Denise Amrich is a licensed, registered nurse in the state of Florida and is a mentor for the Virtual Campus at Brevard Community College.

Denise has also been the managing editor for the ZATZ magazines since 1997 and was previously the managing editor for a number of Ziff-Davis technology publications.