Eric Fanning

Eric Fanning is the Deputy Director of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism. He joined the commission staff from CMG, a strategic communications firm, where he was managing director. From 2001 to 2006, he was Senior Vice President for Strategic Development at Business Executives for National Security (BENS), a Washington, DC-based think tank. At BENS, he was in charge of international programs and all regional office operations in six cities across the country. During his time at BENS, he traveled to more than 30 countries, including Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria. Prior to joining BENS, he was at Robinson, Lerer & Montgomery (RLM), a strategic communications firm based in New York City. From 1997 to 1998, he worked on the national and foreign assignment desks at CBS National News in New York. Prior to CBS, he spent five years working in various political positions in Washington, D.C.: he was a research assistant with the House Armed Services Committee, a special assistant in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and associate director of political affairs at the White House. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College.