David Luna – VISS24
Founder and Executive Director, International Coalition Against Illicit Economies (ICAIE)
David M. Luna is Founder and Executive Director of the International Coalition Against Illicit Economies (ICAIE), and ICAIE’s Peace and Security Sustainability Foundation. A former US diplomat and national security official, David is a globally-recognized strategic thought leader, advocate for security of humanity, and a leading voice internationally on threat convergence, illicit trade, international affairs, geopolitical risks, changing character of war and peace, threat finance, and global illicit economies (“dark side of globalization”) that fuel greater insecurity and instability around the world. David is also President and CEO of Luna Global Networks & Convergence Strategies LLC.
David held numerous senior positions with the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), including directorships for national security, transnational crime, and anti-corruption and good governance; and advisor to the Secretary’s Coordinator for the Rule of Law. David also served as an Assistant Counsel to the President, Office of the Counsel to the President, The White House; and other positions with the U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Senate.
David is currently the Chair of the Business at OECD Anti-Illicit Trade Expert Group (AITEG); former Chair of the Anti-Illicit Trade Committee (AITC), United States Council for International Business (USCIB); Chair of the Peace & Security Committee, United Nations Association of the USA – National Capitol Area (UNA-NCA); Member of the Business Twenty (B20/G20) Integrity & Compliance Task Force; Advisory Council Member, Transparency International US; and previously served as the President of the OECD Task Force on Countering Illicit Trade; Vice Chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Illicit Trade and Organized Crime, Chair, APEC Anti-Corruption and Transparency (ACT) Working Group; co-Chair of the U.S.-China Anti-Corruption Working Group of the Joint Law Enforcement Liaison Group and in other leadership positions in the G7, and other diplomatic fora and public-private partnerships on anti-crime and global security. David was also Chair of a Summit for Democracy (S4D) Kleptocracy and Illicit Finance Working Group — a civil society-driven dialogue to fight strategic corruption and authoritarianism across hubs of democracy and in gray zones.
David is a Senior Fellow for National Security and co-Director of the Anti-Illicit Trade Institute at the Terrorism, Transnational Crime, and Corruption Center (TraCCC), Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University. David is a graduate (M.S.S.) of the U.S. Army War College, and received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, J.D. from The Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America, and awarded numerous certificates from the Harvard Business School (HBS).
David M. Luna is Founder and Executive Director of the International Coalition Against Illicit Economies (ICAIE), and ICAIE’s Peace and Security Sustainability Foundation. A former US diplomat and national security official, David is a globally-recognized strategic thought leader, advocate for security of humanity, and a leading voice internationally on threat convergence, illicit trade, international affairs, geopolitical risks, changing character of war and peace, threat finance, and global illicit economies (“dark side of globalization”) that fuel greater insecurity and instability around the world. David is also President and CEO of Luna Global Networks & Convergence Strategies LLC.
David held numerous senior positions with the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), including directorships for national security, transnational crime, and anti-corruption and good governance; and advisor to the Secretary’s Coordinator for the Rule of Law. David also served as an Assistant Counsel to the President, Office of the Counsel to the President, The White House; and other positions with the U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Senate.
David is currently the Chair of the Business at OECD Anti-Illicit Trade Expert Group (AITEG); former Chair of the Anti-Illicit Trade Committee (AITC), United States Council for International Business (USCIB); Chair of the Peace & Security Committee, United Nations Association of the USA – National Capitol Area (UNA-NCA); Member of the Business Twenty (B20/G20) Integrity & Compliance Task Force; Advisory Council Member, Transparency International US; and previously served as the President of the OECD Task Force on Countering Illicit Trade; Vice Chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Illicit Trade and Organized Crime, Chair, APEC Anti-Corruption and Transparency (ACT) Working Group; co-Chair of the U.S.-China Anti-Corruption Working Group of the Joint Law Enforcement Liaison Group and in other leadership positions in the G7, and other diplomatic fora and public-private partnerships on anti-crime and global security. David was also Chair of a Summit for Democracy (S4D) Kleptocracy and Illicit Finance Working Group — a civil society-driven dialogue to fight strategic corruption and authoritarianism across hubs of democracy and in gray zones.
David is a Senior Fellow for National Security and co-Director of the Anti-Illicit Trade Institute at the Terrorism, Transnational Crime, and Corruption Center (TraCCC), Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University. David is a graduate (M.S.S.) of the U.S. Army War College, and received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, J.D. from The Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America, and awarded numerous certificates from the Harvard Business School (HBS).
