Mike Beidler

A retired U.S. Navy commander and former civilian Deputy Director for International Affairs for the Department of the Navy, Mike resides in the Washington DC Metro Area and currently works as a Department of Defense contractor.  Mike holds an MS in Global Leadership (University of San Diego), a BA in Political Science (University of Michigan), and an AA in Persian-Farsi (U.S. Army’s Defense Language Institute).  Mike—a registered tribal citizen of Cherokee Nation, which has its own beautiful creation stories!—is President of the Washington DC chapter of the American Scientific Affiliation (ASA), a lifetime member of the National Center for Science Education (NCSE), a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and a Fellow of the C. S. Lewis Institute.