Daniel Cogan, ’11, Bedford, TX, became the city’s youngest mayor in October 2023. Initially elected to Bedford’s City Council in 2018, Cogan won re-election in 2021 as the council member for Place 2 and stepped in as mayor pro tem in September 2023. In addition, Cogan continues to  serve the community as the sixth grade science and world cultures teacher at South Euless Elementary in Texas.

Christopher Johnson, ’96, Fredericksburg, VA, joined the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) as an adjunct research staff member in the System Evaluation Division of IDA’s Systems and Analyses Center.

Johnson earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Kent State in 1996. He earned two master’s degrees: one in strategic intelligence from the National Intelligence University (NIU) in 2006; the other in strategic studies from the U.S. Army War College in 2019. Johnson is a member of the NIU Alumni Association.