Kaleb Retzer is the Deputy Director of Pennsylvania for the Task Force on National and Homeland Security 501(c)(3). He currently resides in western Pennsylvania where he works in the paper industry. Since joining the task force in 2020, he has written several papers on the subject and has participated as a guest on the Civil Defense Radio podcast.
He is a graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a B.A in political science while minoring in homeland security – specializing in intelligence and national security. After graduation, he then went to work obtaining experience in management and operations while pursuing graduate studies. Kaleb graduated from Adelphi University in August of 2022, receiving a M.S in emergency management while minoring in homeland security – specializing in national security and civil defense policy.
Kaleb’s focus points are geopolitical and armed-conflict analysis using open-source intelligence practices, assessing U.S vulnerabilities using emergency management theory, disaster analysis, dual-use civil defense policy, covert influence analysis, and profiling global terrorism. Additionally, he also studies theories on catastrophism and extinction events within the paleontological record.
