Lobo Institute advises, consults, and teaches on current and future conflicts, how to end conflicts and prevent their recurrence, and how to help those most affected.
According to the legend, the Spartan law was written by the great lawmaker Lycurgus. Plutarch mentions that Lycurgus (literally “wolf-worker”) wrote the laws in order to make the city-state of Sparta invincible, the Spartans fearless and law-abiding. It was a law-package with politico-military, economic and social reforms. Although many historians dispute that Lycurgus ever actually existed as a human being, at Sparta he was worshiped as a demigod. Painting by Laurie Pace (https://lauriepace.blogspot.com/2011/05/return-of-wolf-pack-abstract-wildlife.html)
Painting by Brian Ray Hoke, a Navy SEAL and CIA Paramilitary Officer, killed in action on October 21, 2016, fighting side-by-side with Nathaniel Patrick Delemarre, a Marine and CIA Paramilitary Officer. Brian was awarded the Intelligence Star and Nate was awarded the Intelligence Cross for their respective actions. These are the two highest awards for valor in the CIA. Both are honored with a star on the CIA Memorial Wall and are buried next to one another at Arlington National Cemetery.
SERVICES
Advising
We advise government and non-government leaders on national security policy. We illuminate conflicts to a broader audience through documentaries. We conduct research on the development and evolution of international conflicts and the concepts that have proven effective. We advise national and international media through objective analysis in the areas of our expertise.
Consulting
We advise policymakers, think tanks, and political candidates (on a nonpartisan basis) on how to resolve conflicts, prevent their return and assist those who have been most adversely affected. We do so through our team’s expertise and our repository of interviews on best practices.
Teaching
We invest in the leaders of our future by teaching remotely, through on-campus lectures, and in-person seminars and conferences at your location or in Whitefish, Montana. Classes and symposiums are centered on international and U.S. government policy. We conduct training courses to better prepare journalists and non-governmental organization personnel working in areas of conflict.
TEAM
The co-founders are former members of special operations units and understand the value of individual strength and the power of the team. This balance is what the wolf’s survival depends on, hence Lobo (Spanish for wolf) was chosen as the name. The founders have decades of experience at the senior levels of national security policy and irregular warfare. They pair this background with diplomats, humanitarian aid workers, journalists and others to develop methods to reduce the human costs in current conflicts and better prepare for the future.
Eric “Olly” Oehlerich is a retired twenty-year U.S. Navy SEAL Officer who concluded his career as Commanding Officer of Tactical Development Squadron 2 (Naval Special Warfare Development Group), a 130-person Tier-1 SOF unit providing crisis-response capabilities to the Secretary of Defense and the President of the United States. Across fourteen multi-month deployments on four continents, he led organizations of up to 1,500 personnel and 30+ aircraft and intelligence-collection assets, and planned and led multi-country capture/kill operations against globally indicted war-crimes violators.
Eric is co-founder and Principal of the Lobo Institute and Chief Operating Officer of Fogbow, where he has overseen the delivery of nearly 5,000 tons of humanitarian aid into the hardest-to-access combat environments — including the Cyprus–Gaza maritime corridor, Sudan, and South Sudan — and negotiated humanitarian access directly with the head of Israel COGAT and the Foreign Ministers of the UAE and Cyprus.
He is an ABC News Contributor for National Security, co-founder and Co-President of End Child Soldiering, and a member of the Middle East Institute. He holds a Master of Science in Defense Analysis from the Naval Postgraduate School and a Bachelor of Science in Oceanography from the U.S. Naval Academy. For his publications, please visit the Lobo Institute publications page.
Michael “Mick” Patrick Mulroy is the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East under Secretaries James Mattis and Mark Esper, a retired CIA Paramilitary Operations Officer from the Special Activities Center, and a retired United States Marine. As Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, he led DoD policy and interagency representation for fifteen Middle East countries and the implementation of the 2018 National Defense Strategy in the region.
Mick is co-founder and Principal of the Lobo Institute and President of Fogbow, where he designed the Cyprus–Gaza maritime aid corridor and directed the delivery of more than 1,100 metric tons across the U.S. military pier into Gaza, 1,185 tons into Sudan’s Kordofan region, and 600 tons airdropped into South Sudan.
He is an ABC News National Security and Defense Analyst, a Senior Fellow at Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, a Distinguished Military Fellow at the Middle East Institute, a member of the Atlantic Council Counterterrorism Study Group, and a member of the Boards of Advisors of the Vandenberg Coalition, Plato’s Academy Centre, and the Aurelius Foundation. He is co-founder and Co-President of End Child Soldiering, co-host of the Stoicism podcast Pub and Porch: Applied Stoicism, and recipient of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service and the CIA Intelligence Star. He holds a Juris Doctor from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University and a Bachelor of Arts from Augusta University. For his publications, please visit the Lobo Institute publications page.
Scott is an International operations leader and successful entrepreneur with a strong focus on high-risk security, trainer and developer of peak human performance, and influencer of relationships and stakeholders with more than 18 years’ experience gained as a veteran of the United States Army special operations representing the top 0.016% of eligible US service members. Breadth of experience conducting high risk operations in a time constrained environment requiring sound decision making and response to ever-changing conditions. Leadership responsibilities routinely included strategic level messaging to executive level officials, including U.S. Senators, Generals, foreign dignitaries, and congressional delegations resulting in vital understanding of the mission and operational capabilities.
Zack Baddorf is a national security and foreign policy practitioner with more than 18 years experience on the frontlines of the world’s conflicts, including Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central African Republic, Crimea, Kashmir and the West Bank.
He has led and executed projects for U.S. Special Operations Command, U.S. Central Command, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Peace Corps, as well as various non-governmental organizations and private companies.
As a foreign correspondent, his research and analysis has been published in the New York Times, Washington Post, Associated Press, and many other publications.
Zack has received multiple awards for his strategic initiatives, creative problem solving, and ability to manage crises.
