Core Organizing team
Ray Jefferson - summit chair - USMA '88
You can find Ray's full bio HERE.
ROB GORDON - SENIOR advisor - USMA '79
Chief Growth Officer, SBG Technology Solutions. Rob's full bio can be found HERE.
Don Nelson - COO
Former USNA & USAFA Professor, former USNA Assistant Director of Admissions
LUIS CORZO - CFO - USMMA '00
Deputy Program Manager - Autonomous & Unmanned Programs, Gibbs & Cox, Inc.
CDR KATE HIGGINS-BLOOM - USCGA '00
Kate is currently serving as the Coast Guard's Federal Executive Fellow at the Brookings Institution.
CDR JACK SOUDERS - USCGA ‘02
Commander Souders currently serves in the Senate Liaison Office.
Ms. Laila Linares - USMMA ’06
Laila is a Program Manager at the U.S. Maritime Administration and sitting President of the Kings Point Alumni Chapter of Washington, D.C.
FREDERICK LATRASH - USNA '87
Fred is the Vice President, Defense Sales & Programs at Arconic where he handles Strategy, Marketing, and Sales for Arconic Titanium and Engineered Product’s North American defense customers.
LtCol Matt Van Echo (USMMA ’00)
Matt is the Operational Planning Course Director at the Marine Corps School of Advanced Warfighting and the current President of the Kings Point Club of Washington, D.C.