David W. Woodworth

David Woodworth is a Captain at a major U.S. airline and a PhD candidate in Air & Space Law at Leiden University. He is also an associate international and defense research analyst at RAND, where his focus is on Russian military theory, cyber, and air and space policy. Mr. Woodworth has written on dispute resolution under the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation and is the co-author of several RAND reports on U.S. defense policy and adversary capability. Previously, Mr. Woodworth served on active duty in the Air National Guard, where he retired as a Colonel. He has more than 12,000 hours as a pilot in military and commercial aircraft. Mr. Woodworth's military assignments include strategic planner at U.S. European Command and the Office of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Associate Professor of Strategic Studies at the School for Advanced Air and Space Studies (SAASS), and Chief of Research for the Russia Strategic Initiative.

Mr. Woodworth has a BA in History and Russian from the University of Pennsylvania, an MA in Russian Area Studies from Georgetown University, and a JD and LLM from the George Washington University Law School. He is also a graduate of and holds degrees from the Marine Corps Command and Staff College, Air War College, and the National Defense University’s College of Information and Cyberspace. Mr. Woodworth's legal research interests are in public international air law and national security law. He is a member of the New York and DC Bar associations.