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# The Critical Mass
- URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/the-critical-mass/
- Published: 1999-01-03T00:56:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-01-04T02:02:22.000Z
- Author: Liam Sturgess
- Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization

**The Critical Mass LLC (TCM)** is an American security and defense consulting firm based in Alexandria, Virginia.

## Organization

| Name                      | Position                                                              | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| ------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Jordan Wilhelm            | Founder and Chief Executive Officer[\[1\]](#fn1)                      | [United States Department of State](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/United-States-Department-of-State), United States Army, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, MOAA Foundation                                                           |
| Anne Teppel               | Chief Operating Officer[\[2\]](#fn2)                                  | Danish Ministry of Defence (FMN), Danish Armed Forces, Danish Special Operations Command (SOKOM), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)                                                                                            |
| Mariya Chukhnova          | International Security Specialist and Operations Manager[\[3\]](#fn3) | World Federation of Ukrainian Women's Organizations (WFUWO), Harriman Institute                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Scott Eshom               | Director of Programs (former)[\[4\]](#fn4)                            | Goldman Sachs, United States Army, United States Army Special Forces, MOAA Foundation, The Station Foundation, ACT for Alexandria                                                                                                                                |
| Ethiana Hasch             | Junior Project Coordinator[\[5\]](#fn5)                               | National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Tinatin Japaridze         | Vice President of Business Development (former)[\[6\]](#fn6)          | NYC Census 2020, NYC Health + Hospitals, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, Girl Security, European Leadership Network (ELN), Younger Generation Leaders Network on Euro-Atlantic Security (YGLN), Eurasia Democratic Security Network (EDSN) |
| Kevin Kavanaugh           | Electronic Technician[\[7\]](#fn7)                                    | K&L Microwave, Wor-Wic Community College                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Arielle Mattes            | Program Design and Research Manager (former)[\[8\]](#fn8)             | Sandia National Laboratories, Santa Fe Council on International Relations, Global & National Security Policy Institute (GNSPI)                                                                                                                                   |
| Shakib Noori              | Senior Business Development Manager[\[9\]](#fn9)                      | AMS, M-Paisa, Independent Evaluation Group (IEG), Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington, D.C., Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA), Adam Smith International                                                                                             |
| Nidal Abu Sammour         | EXBS External Liaison (former)[\[10\]](#fn10)                         | CRDF Global, dot.jo, International Training & Consultancy Centre (ITCC), Doctors Without Borders (MSF)                                                                                                                                                           |
| Neil Singh                | Research Analyst[\[11\]](#fn11)                                       | Strategic Sentinel, Grey Dynamics                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Alan Spandone             | Lead Program Manager (former)[\[12\]](#fn12)                          | Phi Beta Kappa, *Journal of International Affairs*, United States Mission to NATO, [United States Department of State](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/United-States-Department-of-State)                                                                  |
| Chris Stotts              | Training and Development Manager and Senior CBRNE SME[\[13\]](#fn13)  | United States Army                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Republic Registered Agent | Agent[\[14\]](#fn14)                                                  | \-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |

### Partners

TCM's partners include:[\[15\]](#fn15)[\[16\]](#fn16)[\[17\]](#fn17)

- Al-Nahrain Center for Strategic Studies
- Biological Threat Reduction Program (BTRP)
- Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN)
- Center for Analytical Studies and Countering Hybrid Threats
- Centre for Strategic Communication and Information Security (SPRAVDI)
- Chemical Security and Elimination Program (CSE)
- CID Gallup
- Control Risks
- Cooperative Threat Reduction Directorate (CTR)
- CRDF Global
- Culmen International
- [Defense Threat Reduction Agency](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Defense-Threat-Reduction-Agency) (DTRA)
- [Evrima](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Evrima)
- Export Control and Related Border Security Program (EXBS)
- Federal Resources
- Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies
- Georgian Opinion Research Business International (GORBI)
- Global Nuclear Security Program (GNS)
- Harriman Institute
- Health Security Partners (HSP)
- Info Sapiens (IS)
- Institute of General Energy of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
- Iraqi CBRN Team
- LOOQME
- [Media Development Foundation](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Media-Development-Foundation) (MDF)[\[18\]](#fn18)
- Ministry of Commerce and Industries of Panama
- Myth Detector
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC)
- NATO Public Diplomacy Division (PDD)
- NCBRT/Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education (LSU NCBRT/ACE)
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
- Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR)
- Office of Export Control Cooperation (ECC)
- Office of Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism (WMDT)
- Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
- Peraton
- Proliferation Prevention Program (PPP)
- Raytheon
- Richard Lugar Center for Public Health Research
- Sandia National Laboratories
- Tlingit Haida Tribal Business Corporation (THTBC)\[19\]
- UN Women
- [United States Department of Defense](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/United-States-Department-of-Defense) (DOD)
- [United States Department of State](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/United-States-Department-of-State) (DOS)
- University of Babylon (UOB)
- Veteran Institute for Procurement (VIP)
- [World Health Organization](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/World-Health-Organization) (WHO)

## External links

- [OpenCorporates](https://opencorporates.com/companies/us%5Fva/S7673603)
- [Website](https://www.thecriticalmass.com/)

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1. *Jordan Wilhelm.* The Critical Mass. Retrieved December 8, 2024, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20241208011243/https://www.thecriticalmass.com/jordan-wilhelm> [↩︎](#fnref1)
2. *Anne Teppel.* The Critical Mass. Retrieved December 8, 2024, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20241208011236/https://www.thecriticalmass.com/anne-teppel> [↩︎](#fnref2)
3. *Mariya Chukhnova.* The Critical Mass. Retrieved December 8, 2024, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20241208011214/https://www.thecriticalmass.com/mariya-chukhnova> [↩︎](#fnref3)
4. *Scott Eshom.* The Critical Mass. Retrieved May 16, 2022, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20220516180351/https://www.thecriticalmass.com/scott-eshom> [↩︎](#fnref4)
5. *Ethiana Hacsh.* The Critical Mass. Retrieved December 8, 2024, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20241208011158/https://www.thecriticalmass.com/ethianahacsh> [↩︎](#fnref5)
6. *Tinatin Japaridze.* The Critical Mass. Retrieved May 16, 2022, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20220516191220/https://www.thecriticalmass.com/tinatin-japaridze> [↩︎](#fnref6)
7. *Kevin Kavanaugh.* The Critical Mass. Retrieved December 8, 2024, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20241208011212/https://www.thecriticalmass.com/kevin-kavanaugh> [↩︎](#fnref7)
8. *Arielle Mattes.* The Critical Mass. Retrieved May 16, 2022, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20220516180045/https://www.thecriticalmass.com/arielle-mattes> [↩︎](#fnref8)
9. *Shakib Noori.* The Critical Mass. Retrieved December 8, 2024, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20241208011217/https://www.thecriticalmass.com/shakib-noori> [↩︎](#fnref9)
10. *Nidal Abu Sammour.* The Critical Mass. Retrieved May 16, 2022, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20220516180133/https://www.thecriticalmass.com/nidal-abu-sammour> [↩︎](#fnref10)
11. *Neil Singh.* The Critical Mass. Retrieved December 8, 2024, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20241208011228/https://www.thecriticalmass.com/copy-of-jordan-wilhelm> [↩︎](#fnref11)
12. *Alan Spandone.* The Critical Mass. Retrieved May 16, 2022, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20220516181409/https://www.thecriticalmass.com/alan-spadone> [↩︎](#fnref12)
13. *Chris Stotts.* The Critical Mass. Retrieved December 8, 2024, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20241208011319/https://www.thecriticalmass.com/chris-stotts> [↩︎](#fnref13)
14. State Corporation Commission. (2024, December 2). *The Critical Mass LLC.* OpenCorporates. <https://opencorporates.com/companies/us%5Fva/S7673603> [↩︎](#fnref14)
15. *Home.* The Critical Mass. Retrieved December 7, 2024, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20241207233430/https://www.thecriticalmass.com/> [↩︎](#fnref15)
16. *Home.* The Critical Mass. Retrieved August 15, 2020, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20200815154849/https://www.thecriticalmass.com/> [↩︎](#fnref16)
17. *What We Do.* The Critical Mass. Retrieved December 8, 2024, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20241208011226/https://www.thecriticalmass.com/what-we-do> [↩︎](#fnref17)
18. Kintsurashvili, T. (2023). *Annual Report 2022.* Media Development Foundation. [https://web.archive.org/web/20240804131519/https://mdfgeorgia.ge/uploads//Annual Report-2022-ENG.pdf](https://web.archive.org/web/20240804131519/https://mdfgeorgia.ge/uploads//Annual%20Report-2022-ENG.pdf) [↩︎](#fnref18)