Former Interim Superintendent (3x) and Former Dean, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy; Deputy Associate Administrator & National Coordinator for Maritime Education and Training, MARAD, DOT
(Closing Keynote) Senior Political Analyst for CNN; Professor of Public Service and Director of the Center for Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School; Former White House Adviser to four U.S. presidents
Co-Director, Center for Public Leadership, Faculty Chair, Senior Executive Fellows Program, Harvard Kennedy School of Government; Former Dean of the Faculty, U.S. Air Force Academy
Co-Founder and Managing Director, WestExec Advisors; Former CEO and Co-Founder, Center for a New American Security (CNAS); Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
EVP & Secretary, AAFMAA; Visiting Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies, NDU; Adjunct Professor, Security Studies Program, Georgetown Univ.; Former Head, Department of Social Sciences, USMA
Director of Operations at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; First female of Hispanic descent to become a General Officer in the U.S. Air Force