Jonathan Hopkins
Washington, DC
A native of Morton, Washington, Jonathan Hopkins graduated fourth in his class at West Point with a BS in International Relations. In 2003, he led his Italy-based platoon on a combat parachute jump into Northern Iraq during the initial invasion, after which his unit spent one year securing the city of Kirkuk, Iraq. Jonathan has also deployed to Zabul Province, Afghanistan, and Diyala Province, Iraq, and commanded two different Alaska-based companies before being honorably discharged from the Army under “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” in August of 2010. His awards include three Bronze Stars, including one for Valor.Having recently completed a Masters in Security Studies at Georgetown University, Jonathan is now the Director of Operations at Caerus Associates, a strategy and design firm focused on improving population security in conflict environments. Jonathan also serves on
the board of directors a for OutServe-SLDN, a 6,000-member nonprofit dedicated to supporting the interests of LGBT servicemembers in the U.S. military. In that role, he has appeared multiple times on MSNBC and CNN, and written for the New York Times’ “At War” blog discussing the impacts of military policies on LGBT personnelWashington, DC
A native of Morton, Washington, Jonathan Hopkins graduated fourth in his class at West Point with a BS in International Relations. In 2003, he led his Italy-based platoon on a combat parachute jump into Northern Iraq during the initial invasion, after which his unit spent one year securing the city of Kirkuk, Iraq. Jonathan has also deployed to Zabul Province, Afghanistan, and Diyala Province, Iraq, and commanded two different Alaska-based companies before being honorably discharged from the Army under “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” in August of 2010. His awards include three Bronze Stars, including one for Valor. Having recently completed a Masters in Security Studies at Georgetown University, Jonathan is now the Director of Operations at Caerus Associates, a strategy and design firm focused on improving population security in conflict environments. In his role as a board member of OutServe - and now OutServe-SLDN - he has appeared multiple times on MSNBC and CNN, and written for the New York Times “At War” blog discussing the impacts of military policies on LGBT personnel.
