Strategic Advisory at the Intersection of National Security, Policy, and Risk

Lintzenich Advisory provides senior-level strategic counsel to leaders navigating complex geopolitical environments, defense and security challenges, and emerging economic risk. Based in Washington, D.C., operating at the convergence of public policy, national security, allied engagement, and executive decision-making.

Unique Background:

Founded by J.C. Lintzenich who is a former Senior Advisor to the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), National Security Advisor to a senior U.S. Senator, Defense Policy Director at the Pentagon, and retired Military Intelligence Officer who served in our nation's most elite military organizations.

Lintzenich Advisory brings more than three decades of experience across the Intelligence Community, the Department of Defense, NATO, Thought-Leadership space and the U.S. Congress. 

This experience offers a uniquely informed perspective shaped by both operational and leadership experience, policy development at the highest levels, and direct engagement with international leaders, ministers, ambassadors, and industry executives.

Experience which enables the ability to translate strategic uncertainty into structured insight, informed decisions, disciplined risk posture, and long-term positioning advantage.

Experience That Matters 

Experience grounded in real-world operational, legislative, and strategic experience.

Experience gained at the senior-most levels of national security and foreign policy, leading bipartisan senior staff engagement across the globe, and having supported executive branch and legislative decision processes involving defense posture, industrial resilience, energy security, and global competition.

This experience provides:

• Deep familiarity with Congressional dynamics, structure, and oversight

• Understanding of Executive Branch policy formation and decision making process.

• First-hand experience in global operations, diplomacy, and intelligence integration.

• Established relationships across networks both in Washington, D.C. and abroad.

• Credibility with government, industry, legislative, think tank and institutional leadership

Strategic Counsel for Complex Environments and Organizations

Lintzenich Advisory provides tailored advisory support to senior executives, boards, institutions, and companies seeking decision advantage. Engagements are structured to meet the needs of leadership operating in high-stakes environments.

Geopolitical and Strategic Risk Assessment
Clear evaluation of global trends, alliance dynamics, defense posture, and great-power competition to inform enterprise-level decisions.

Executive Decision Support
Structured briefings, scenario planning, and strategic memoranda designed to sharpen leadership judgment and clarify options in moments of uncertainty.

Transatlantic and Allied Security Strategy
Advisory support informed by direct engagement with NATO partners, European and Indo-Pacific officials, and cross-border policy leaders.

Economic Security and Industrial Base Resilience
Insight into supply chain vulnerability, defense-industrial policy, energy security, and emerging technology competition.

Strategic Communications & Policy Navigation
Guidance on positioning within Washington policy environments and allied capitals, informed by lived experience inside both military and legislative systems.