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DEREK J. HARVEY, Ph.D., Member, Board of County Commissioners (Republican)
Member, Board of County Commissioners, Washington County, December 6, 2022 to February 26, 2026. Resigned February 26, 2026.
Member, Board of Health, Washington County, 2022-26.
Senior Director for Middle East and North African Affairs, National Security Council, 2017.
Army Fellow, U.S. Department of State, 2002-03.
Arizona State University, Tempe, B.A.; University of Utah, M.A. (middle east studies), Ph.D. (near & middle eastern studies). Served in U.S. Army, 1999-2006 (intelligence chief, u.s. transportation command, 1999-2002; chief, commander's initiatives group & red team chief, multinational force iraq, 2003-04; colonel, deputy director & senior analyst, iraq task force, 2004-06). Director, Afghanistan/Pakistan Intelligence Center of Excellence, 2008-12. Director, Global Initiative for Civil Society and Conflict, University of South Florida, 2012-16. Professor, University of South Florida, 2013-16. Past adjunct professor, University of Maryland, College Park; Central Texas College. Fellow, Carnegie Mellon University. Member, Morris Frock American Legion Post no. 42, Hagerstown, Maryland. Married; three children.
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