David Perry - President & CEO
Kelly J. Ogle - Managing Director
Colin Robertson - Senior Advisor
Charlotte Duval-Lantoine - Vice President, Ottawa Operations
Joe Calnan - Vice President, Energy and Calgary Operations
Jordyn Carroll - Communications and Events Officer
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David Perry
President & CEO
Dr. David Perry is the President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, host of the institute’s Defence Deconstructed Podcast and a co-director of the Triple Helix MINDs Collaborate Network. He is the author of multiple publications related to defence budgeting, transformation and procurement and a columnist for the Canadian Naval Review. He received his PhD in political science from Carleton University where his dissertation examined the link between defence budgeting and defence procurement. He is an adjunct professor at the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies at the University of Calgary and a research fellow of the Centre for the Study of Security and Development at Dalhousie University. He was previously the Senior Security and Defence Analyst of the Conference of Defence Associations Institute and Deputy Director of Dalhousie University’s Centre for Foreign Policy Studies. Embassy Magazine and The Hill Times has named him one of the "Top 100 Influencing Canadian Foreign Policy.”
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Kelly J. Ogle
Managing Director
Kelly J. Ogle is the Managing Director of the CGAI. He also manages the Energy Security Forum and is the host of Energy Security Cubed, a weekly podcast discussing all facets of energy security. Mr. Ogle is a serial entrepreneur, scholar, and published author. He has served as a board member of several companies, public, private and not for profit, including the board of the Humboldt Broncos hockey club, where is a proud alumnus. Mr. Ogle received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Saskatchewan, a Master of Strategic Studies from the University of Calgary and holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Canadian Directors.
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Colin Robertson
Senior Advisor
A former Canadian diplomat, Colin Robertson is a Senior Advisor and Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and hosts its regular Global Exchange podcast. He is an Executive Fellow at the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy and a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University. A member of the Department of National Defence’s Defence Advisory Board, Robertson is an Honorary Captain (Royal Canadian Navy) assigned to the Strategic Communications Directorate. Robertson sits on the advisory councils of the Alphen Group, Johnson-Shoyama School of Public Policy, North American Research Partnership, the Sir Winston Churchill Society of Ottawa and the Conference of Defence Associations Institute. During his foreign service career, he served as first Head of the Advocacy Secretariat and Minister at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, Consul General in Los Angeles, as Consul in Hong Kong, and in New York at the UN and Consulate General. A member of the teams that negotiated the Canada-US FTA and then the NAFTA, he is a member of the Deputy Minister of International Trade’s Trade Advisory Council and the North American Forum. He writes on foreign affairs for the Globe and Mail and he is a frequent contributor to other media. The Hill Times has named him as one of those that influence Canadian foreign policy.
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Charlotte Duval-Lantoine
Vice President, Ottawa Operations
Charlotte is the Vice President, Ottawa Operations and a Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, and Executive Director and Gender Advisor of our MINDS Collaborative Network Triple Helix. An extensively published researcher (including her 2022 book The Ones We Let Down), Charlotte studies military culture, leadership, and personnel issues. In parallel to her work at CGAI and Triple Helix, she is a PhD student at Deakin University where she is examining the influence of the Canadian army's culture on the killings during Canada's Operation Deliverance. Charlotte has received multiple awards for her work: she was recognized as a 2022 Women in Defence and Security Emerging Leader and one of the twenty in their 20s in 2025, her book was amongst The Hill Times' Best Books of 2022, and she received the CDA Institute Capt Nichola Goddard Award for 2024. She has given talks and lecture to Royal Military College and West Point cadets, the National Security Program at the Canadian Forces College, and the Australian War College.
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Joe Calnan
Vice President, Energy and Calgary Operations
Joe Calnan is Vice President, Energy and Calgary Operations at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. Prior to joining CGAI, Joe held positions focused on public affairs and energy analysis at Sustainable Development Technology Canada and Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. Joe graduated from the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy with a Master's Degree in Public Policy in 2020. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Western Society and Culture from Concordia University in Montreal in 2019.
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Jordyn Carroll
Communications and Events Officer
Jordyn is the Communications and Events Officer at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. She graduated from Western University with a Honours Double Major in Communications and Health Sciences. Prior to CGAI, Jordyn researched, authored, and developed resources for post-secondary students surrounding mental health and addictions, whilst managing internal and external communications for them, at the Knowledge Institute of Child and Youth Mental Health and Addictions at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. Jordyn has international experience throughout her childhood in Australia and the United Arab Emirates, before moving to Canada in 2018.
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