1. James Jay Carafano was born on May 8,1955 and is the director of the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies and vice president of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies at The Heritage Foundation.
James Carafano was born in New York City, and raised in East Meadow, New York.
James Carafano served 25 years in the Army in Europe, South Korea, and the US, and he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel.
James Carafano has taught at Mount Saint Mary College in New York and served as a fleet professor at the US Naval War College.
James Carafano has been an assistant professor at the US Military Academy at West Point, and, as of 2011, he serves as a visiting professor at the National Defense University at Fort Lesley McNair in Washington and at Georgetown.
James Carafano joined The Institute of World Politics in Washington, DC, in 2013 as an adjunct professor.
James Carafano is a member of the National Academies Board on Army Science and Technology, the Department of the Army Historical Advisory Committee, and is a senior fellow at the George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute.
James Carafano is an advisory board member of Spirit of America, a 501 organization that supports the safety and success of Americans serving abroad and the local people and partners they seek to help.
James Carafano co-authored the homeland security report, Homeland Security 3.0: Building a National Enterprise to Keep America Safe, Free, and Prosperous.
James Carafano co-wrote A New Strategy For Real Immigration Reform.
James Carafano has testified before the US Congress as an expert of defense, intelligence, and homeland security issues.
In 2013, James Carafano co-produced a short documentary, Veteran Nation, about the experiences of veterans of the United States Armed Forces.
James Carafano is a contributing editor to the online national security publication 1945.
Politico reported in 2016 that James Carafano was the primary aide to the US State Department for the Trump administration's transition team.
James Carafano insisted he was not hosting the event on behalf of the president-elect.