Charles Edward Gehrke

Gehrke holds a B.S. in Quantitative Economics from the U.S. Naval Academy, focusing on economic warfare and an M.A. in National Defense and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College, specializing in strategic decision-making, institutional cognition, and risk under uncertainty. Gehrke is formerly the Deputy Division Director of Wargame Design and Adjudication at the U.S. Naval War College, and is now a Sloan Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Experience

  • 2026–present
    MIT Sloan Fellow, MIT
  • 2024–2026
    Deputy Division Director, Wargame Design and Adjudication, USNWC

Education

  • 2024 
    US Naval War College, MA National Defense and Strategic Studies
  • 2012 
    U.S. Naval Academy, BS Quantitative Economics

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