Meet the Team

Jill Warren

Co-Founder & Managing Director
Attorney at Law

Jill Warren is an attorney, business advisor, government affairs professional, and fitness entrepreneur. 

Jill is Co-Founder and a Managing Director of The Passage Group, a business advisory firm that helps its clients build and grow their businesses using the levers of power in government. In Bloomberg’s 2024 review of advisory consulting firms, The Passage Group was named a “Top Performing Firm,” a “Standout Firm,” and the “3rd Fastest Growing Revenue Firm” in Washington, DC.

She is also the Managing Partner of Jill Warren & Associates, PLLC, a law firm devoted to prosecuting antitrust abuses in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. Jill was inspired to practice law by legendary Texas trial lawyer Joe Jamail, the original King of Torts, who generously mentored her while working at Jamail & Kolius in high school through law school. After clerking for the Texas First Court of Appeals, Jill practiced business litigation and appellate law at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and Brobeck Phleger & Harrison, and government affairs at Bracewell & Giuliani. When US Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) served as Texas Attorney General, he appointed Jill to be Deputy Attorney General for Policy and Special Assistant Attorney General for Litigation. As Deputy AG for Policy, Jill was a member of the Executive Management Team, shaped state and federal policy for the 800-employee state agency and was the liaison between the State of Texas and the National Association of Attorneys General. As Special Assistant Attorney General, she represented the State of Texas in litigation matters, including legislative and congressional redistricting, Public Information Act prosecutions, and enforcement of the multi-billion-dollar tobacco industry settlement.

Jill is the CEO, President, and sole shareholder of Bar JW, Incorporated that created the largest collection of franchised Barre3 exercise studios in the United States — on the Georgetown waterfront in Northwest DC; near Union Station in Northeast DC; near American University in the Northwest DC neighborhood of Spring Valley; in Market Common Clarendon, Virginia; and in the DC Navy Yard, one of the fastest growing neighborhoods in America.

Originally from historic Huntsville, Texas, Jill attended the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas and is a graduate of The University of Texas McCombs School of Business and The University of Texas School of Law. She has run thirteen marathons; has summited Mount Kilimanjaro and climbed to Mount Everest Base Camp; has drilled and repaired water wells in the war-torn region of Darfur, Sudan; and is an aspiring helicopter pilot. 

Jill now works and lives on Lake LBJ in Horseshoe Bay, Texas and in the US Capitol, Washington, DC.

Clinton Dorris

Mr. Dorris’ career is defined by an unrelenting drive to challenge convention, cut through bureaucratic barriers, and deliver disruptive solutions when failure is not an option.

Mr. Dorris is a proven disruptor in national security, intelligence, and space operations, delivering rare and transformative expertise at the intersection of government, industry, and warfighter needs. As a strategic consultant, he advises General Officers and C-suite executives on breaking through bureaucratic inertia to rapidly deliver critical capabilities at the Special Access Program level and below. His unique ability to fuse unconventional warfare, intelligence, advanced technology, corporate finance, and government contracting has enabled the development of paradigm-shifting solutions across the Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community, NASA, and the defense industrial base.

Most recently, as a Senior Executive Service/Highly Qualified Expert, Mr. Dorris was the Deputy Chief for Special Programs within the Chief Technology and Innovation Office (CTIO) of the United States Space Force (USSF), where he spearheaded the service’s most classified and technically complex efforts. He led hand selected teams to identify, integrate, and accelerate cutting-edge technologies to bolster U.S. space superiority and national security. His leadership helped reshape how the U.S. engages in contested domains, leveraging non-traditional financing and rapid acquisition methodologies to bypass red tape and outpace adversaries.

With a career spanning elite military operations, space exploration, advanced intelligence programs, and disruptive technological development, Mr. Dorris possesses a rare fluency in unconventional problem-solving. A former U.S. Army officer, he served on an elite Long Range Surveillance team member during Operation Desert Storm and later commanded an Apache Troop, demonstrating firsthand operational expertise that informs his innovative approach to modern warfighter support.

At Boeing, he drove award-winning advancements optimizing the International Space Station (ISS). As a VP at ARES Corporation, he led global counterterrorism vulnerability risk assessments. At NASA, he was instrumental in driving lunar exploration technology, directing the Altair Human Lunar Lander Program with an aggressive cost-reduction approach that redefined mission feasibility. His leadership as Director of the Special Programs Office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center positioned him as a trusted problem-solver for national security leaders, leading to his detail to the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, where he managed a $12 billion portfolio for ISR rapid acquisition and resources. Mr. Dorris continued to disrupt legacy paradigms as the Senior Director for Special Mission Aircraft at Sierra Nevada Corporation, he oversaw a $500M P&L and led the regeneration of the oldest USAF aircraft for modern combat applications. His visionary nonprofit, LUX Global, shattered entry barriers for emerging technologies to reach special operations and intelligence communities, ensuring asymmetric advantages against evolving threats. Armed with engineering degrees from Texas A&M University (B.S.) and The University of Texas (M.S.), Mr. Dorris is a force multiplier in high-stakes national security challenges. He resides in Aledo, Texas, with his wife, Courtney, and their four children.