Built for Connection in the National Security Community.
Frontier House DC is a private members club on Capitol Hill for people building, financing, serving, and supporting America's national security future.
- Not another conference. Not another reception.
- A place to come back to.
Washington, D.C. · Capitol Hill · 501(c)(7) Private Social Club
Washington has plenty of access.
What it lacks is continuity.
The national security community is remarkably connected—and remarkably fragmented.
People cross paths at conferences, meetings, hearings, receptions, and introductions. Then everyone moves on.
Frontier House gives them somewhere to return.
A permanent private clubhouse creates something one-off events cannot: repeated interaction. Familiar faces. Unplanned conversations. Trust built over time.
That is the idea behind Frontier House.
A clubhouse, not a conference venue.
Frontier House was designed to feel like a place you belong—not somewhere you check into.
Living rooms. Meeting rooms. Outdoor spaces. A recording studio. A table for lunch. A quiet place for a conversation. A room that can fill when the occasion calls for it.
The building matters because the setting changes the interaction.
From an idea to a living community.
In its first year, Frontier House became more than a physical space.
The House hosted an oath of office, Congressional Salons, private conversations, dinners, member gatherings, community support efforts, and countless informal meetings that never needed a name.
- The Patton Patio opened.
- Moon Landing Studio launched.
- Last Week in D.C. began recording from the House.
- FHDC established its first Board of Advisors and expanded the team responsible for operating the clubhouse.
Most importantly, people kept coming back.
Different institutions. Different experiences. One room.
People participating in the Frontier House community have backgrounds spanning government, military service, defense technology, investing, entrepreneurship, policy, nonprofits, and the broader national security ecosystem.
Individuals in the Frontier House community have been affiliated with organizations including Defense Innovation Unit, offices within the Department of Defense, Anzu Partners, Newlab, Rockwell Automation, HillVets, AUVSI, Defense Entrepreneurs Forum, Special Operations Warrior Foundation, Marine Raider Foundation, and others.
Affiliations are provided solely to illustrate backgrounds represented within the Frontier House community. Participation by an individual does not imply membership, sponsorship, endorsement, or affiliation by that individual's employer or organization.
The room gets better when the right people keep returning.
Membership is by application.