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JULY 22 – 25, 2015 ASPEN, COLORADO

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INTRODUCTION 3 Welcome

5 Homeland Security Program

PROGRAM 6 Forum Agenda

SPEAKERS 14 Speakers & Moderators List

& MODERATORS 18 Speakers & Moderators Biographies

GENERAL 36 Aspen Security Forum 2016

INFORMATION 37 General Information

38 Aspen Map

40 Campus Map

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 42 Special Thanks

43 Forum Team

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Welcome to the sixth annual Aspen Security Forum. Each summer, the Forum brings to the Aspen Institute’s idyllic Aspen Meadows campus in Aspen, Colorado the nation’s most influential present and former government officials from all the key agencies—the White House; the Departments of Homeland Security, Defense, State, Justice, and Treasury; the intelligence community; and Congress—as well as top policy experts and nationally noted print and broadcast journalists to discuss and debate the major issues of the day in the field of national security.

As we gathered in Aspen this time last summer, there were crises in nearly every corner of the globe. There was a war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Russia had annexed Crimea and was threatening the rest of Ukraine. North Korea was issuing bellicose threats. A negotiated solution to the nuclear standoff with Iran appeared to be no better than a 50-50 proposition. And, ISIL, with a bloodlust that made even Al Qaeda blanch, was on the march in Iraq and Syria.

Well, it is an understatement to say that things have not gotten better since. In fact, they have gotten much worse. There is no hot war between Israel and the Palestinians this summer, at least not yet. But, given last year’s war and the way that Prime Minister Netanyahu won re-election, no serious person thinks that there is still a “peace process.” Not only does Russia remain in control of Crimea and continue to wreak havoc in the rest of Ukraine, but its warplanes and warships are testing NATO’s defenses nearly every day. In response, we are staging exercises in Europe on a scale not seen since the Cold War, and we are contemplating positioning more heavy weaponry. To counter that response, Russia is threatening to deploy more missiles. As I write, the prospect of a deal with Iran is remote. Even if one is concluded, it is far from clear that Congress would vote to authorize it. And, though we continue to find and kill key terrorist leaders, ISIL continues its march across what is left of Iraq and Syria, and it appears to have found a new safe haven in Libya. Yemen is in flames as the Saudis and Iranians engage in a proxy war in that Al Qaeda hotbed. Egypt under the command of President el-Sisi is more autocratic than ever, making the talk of an Arab Spring a few short years ago a distant memory. And, China is now determined to exercise hegemony over the South China Sea and its organs and operatives are increasingly bold in their theft of our most precious national security secrets and our most valuable intellectual property.

Generally, there is the feeling that, at best, America is managing chaos—that we are not even “leading from behind” anymore. We seem to be doing just enough in trouble spot after trouble spot to prevent catastrophe, but not enough to influence events in our favor anywhere.

The campaign of 2016 is just now getting underway, and so it is understandable that national security issues are not yet front and center. All the candidates make the ritualistic pledges to “be tough” or “stand tall” in the world, but none has yet made a central theme of what must be the overriding national security imperative in the next four years—restoring America’s leadership in the world. Over the course of its short history, the Forum has helped to shape the national security agenda. If, then, I have a hope for one overriding theme for this year’s Forum, it is that one.

Clark K. Ervin Director, Homeland Security Program The Aspen Institute

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THE ASPEN INSTITUTE HOMELAND SECURITY PROGRAM

OVERVIEWThrough public and invitation-only forums, roundtables, conferences, speeches, books, opinion editorials, social media outlets, and media interviews and appearances, the Aspen Institute’s Homeland Security Program works to heighten public awareness as to the nation’s continued vulnerability to terrorism and to persuade decision makers to take the necessary steps to close the gap between how secure we should be and how secure we actually are.

PUBLIC PROGRAMS

ASPEN SECURITY FORUMIn partnership with CNN, the Aspen Security Forum brings to our campus in Aspen each summer senior present and former government officials from all the relevant agencies—the White House; the Congress; the Departments of Homeland Security, Defense, State, Treasury, and Justice; and the intelligence community; a number of foreign officials; leading thinkers; and nationally noted print and broadcast journalists to discuss and debate the issues of the day in the fields of counterterrorism in particular and national security in general. We plan to debut a global version of the Aspen Security Forum, Aspen Security Forum: Global, in London in April of 2016. For more information about the Forum, please visit aspensecurityforum.org.

INVITATION-ONLY POLICY PROGRAMS

ASPEN INSTITUTE HOMELAND SECURITY GROUPModeled on the longstanding Aspen Strategy Group, a bipartisan group of foreign policy experts, the Aspen Institute Homeland Security Group is a bipartisan group of homeland security and counterterrorism experts whom the program periodically convenes in Washington, DC and at our Aspen campus to discuss issues in depth and make recommendations to the Secretary of Homeland Security and other policymakers. The Aspen Institute Homeland Security Group is co-chaired by former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff and former Congresswoman Jane Harman. For more information about the group, please visit www.aspeninstitute.org/policy-work/homeland-security/ahsg.

AMBASSADORS’ SECURITY ROUNDTABLEThe roundtable is a periodic convening of foreign ambassadors posted to Washington to discuss common and differing regional and international security concerns. Each convening focuses on a different region and is moderated by a prominent journalist with area-related expertise.

ROUNDTABLE ON HOW THE VENTURE CAPITAL INDUSTRY CAN HELP TO SECURE THE HOMELANDIn partnership with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Stanford University, and a Silicon Valley venture capital firm, Levensohn Venture Partners, the program convened Silicon Valley venture capitalists and key Washington decision makers in the homeland security and intelligence communities at Stanford in October 2009 to discuss how the venture capital industry can play a greater role in founding and funding homeland security-related technologies. A follow-up discussion took place in October 2010 in Cambridge, MA for Boston-area venture capitalists.

LUNCHEON ROUNDTABLESThe Program occasionally features government officials and other newsmakers for luncheon roundtable discussions about key homeland security, national security, and counterterrorism issues. Featured guests have included then Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, then National Counterterrorism Center Director Michael Leiter, and then Terrorist Screening Center Director Timothy Healy.

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 6:00 – 7:00 PM THE COMPLEXITY OF TODAY’S GLOBAL THREAT ENVIRONMENT

In this session, FBI Director Comey will assess the diverse range of threats to the U.S. homeland and share his strategy for countering them.

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JAMES COMEY Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation

MODERATOR WOLF BLITZER Anchor, “The Situation Room,” CNN

7:00 – 8:30 PM OPENING RECEPTIONDOERR-HOSIER CENTER

THURSDAY, JULY 23 8:30 – 9:00 AM CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

BARKSDALE LOBBY, DOERR-HOSIER CENTER

Full hot breakfast buffet will be available for all ASF attendees at the Aspen Meadows Restaurant in the Reception Building starting at 7:30 AM.

9:00 – 9:45 AM HOMELAND SECURITY IN THE AGE OF ISILJust when we thought that Al Qaeda was all but defeated, ISIL has risen to take its place. And, this terror organization is so brutal that even Al Qaeda has distanced itself from it. In this session, the Homeland Security Secretary will explain DHS’ role in combating ISIL in particular and terrorism in general.

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JEH JOHNSON Secretary of Homeland Security

MODERATOR RYAN LIZZA Washington Correspondent, The New Yorker

9:45 – 10:45 AM PIVOT TO EUROPE?With Russia’s annexation of Crimea and nearly daily testing of NATO’s strength, the Cold War is heating up. And, if that is not enough, the ISIL threat is at Europe’s doorstep. For all the talk of a pivot to Asia, this session will focus on the intensifying threats facing Europe and the need for a concerted and stronger response to them.


GÉRARD ARAUD Ambassador of France to the US

PAULA DOBRIANSKY Senior Fellow, JFK Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University; Former Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs

RAMON GIL-CASARES Ambassador of Spain to the US

MODERATOR KIM GHATTAS Correspondent, BBC; Author, The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power

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11:00 AM – 12:00 PM SPECIAL OPERATORS AND INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS: THE 21ST CENTURY’S LEAD WARRIORSHuge ground invasions and indefinite occupation forces are so last decade. Today’s wars, big and little, are being fought largely by the strategic deployment of limited special operators on the ground and intelligence analysts back stateside who dispatch them and drones to the world’s hot spots for quick “in and out” operations. Experts in this kind of 21st century warfare will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of this approach to global crises.


KATHLEEN HICKS Senior Vice President, Henry A. Kissinger Chair, and Director, International Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies

MICHAEL LUMPKIN Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict

MIKE VICKERS Former Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence

MODERATOR KIM DOZIER Contributing Writer, The Daily Beast; Global Analyst, CNN

12:00 – 12:45 PM LUNCHBARKSDALE LOBBY, DOERR-HOSIER CENTER

12:45 – 1:45 PM THE ROLE OF LAW AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IN SECURING THE NATIONTwo key federal actors at the Department of Justice and the Central Intelligence Agency discuss their differing roles in securing the homeland.


JOHN CARLIN Assistant Attorney General for National Security

CAROLINE KRASS General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency

MODERATOR KEN DILANIAN Intelligence Writer, The Associated Press

1:45 – 2:45 PM IRAQ/SYRIA: WORSE NOW THAN BEFORE?This panel will explore ISIL’s rout of security forces and the mess that Syria has now become, pondering the overarching question of whether the admittedly brutal stability of the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq and the pre-revolutionary Assad regime in Syria were more in line with American interests and whether, as a consequence, the best outcome now is as close to the status quo ante as possible.


JOHN ALLEN Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL; Former Commander International Security Assistance Force and US Forces Afghanistan

LUKMAN FAILY Ambassador of Iraq to the US

DANIEL GLASER Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing, Department of the Treasury

MODERATOR ERIC SCHMITT Senior Correspondent, The New York Times

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3:00 – 4:00 PM CYBER POLICY AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELSWhat are the “rules of the road” with respect to cyber space? Since cyber space knows no boundaries, whose government gets to decide? What is the prospect for an agreed upon multinational framework for defining threats and sanctioning responses, up to and including offensive action?


KEITH ALEXANDER CEO and Co-Founder, IronNet Cybersecurity; Former Director, National Security Agency; Former Commander, US Cyber Command

SUZANNE SPAULDING Under Secretary of Homeland Security for the National Protection and Programs Directorate

CHRIS YOUNG General Manager, Intel Security Group, Intel Corporation

MODERATOR JOHN MARKOFF Senior Writer, The New York Times

4:00 – 5:00 PM IRAN AND THE BOMBIs there still time to prevent Tehran from going nuclear? This panel will address the threat of a nuclear Iran along with other security threats of a similar game changing nature and how best to counter them.


ELLEN LAIPSON President and CEO, Stimson Center; Former Vice Chair, National Intelligence Council

JOHN MCLAUGHLIN Distinguished Practitioner-in-Residence, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies; Former Acting and Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency

MATTHEW SPENCE Senior Fellow, Jackson Institute for International Affairs, Yale University; Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East Policy

MODERATOR MICHAEL CROWLEY Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent, POLITICO

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5:15 – 6:15 PM BEYOND THE BUILD: LEVERAGING THE CYBER MISSION FORCEThe head of the National Security Agency and Cyber Command discusses cyber warfare, cyber terrorism, and cybercrime, and how we can best defend ourselves against what most experts believe will be the cyber equivalent someday soon of Pearl Harbor.

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MICHAEL ROGERS Director, National Security Agency; Commander, US Cyber Command

MODERATOR DAVID SANGER Chief Washington Correspondent, The New York Times

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9:00 – 9:45 AM A LOOK INTO SOCOMThe Commander of Special Operations Command discusses his unique band of warriors and how they are protecting America’s interests around the world.


JOSEPH VOTEL Commander, US Special Operations Command

MODERATOR CATHERINE HERRIDGE Chief Intelligence Correspondent, Fox News

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9:45 – 10:45 AM COUNTERTERRORISM AND COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISMFour experts compare notes on strategies for fighting terrorism at its roots by winning hearts and minds.


GILLES DE KERCHOVE Counterterrorism Coordinator, European Union

JANE HARMAN Director, President and CEO, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

RASHAD HUSSAIN Special Envoy and Coordinator for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications, Department of State

JULIETTE KAYYEM Founder, Kayyem Solutions LLC; Former Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Intergovernmental Affairs

MODERATOR CHRIS ISHAM Vice President and Washington Bureau Chief, CBS News

10:45 – 11:00 AM BREAK

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CHINESE ASSERTIVENESS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA: HARBINGER OF THINGS TO COME?In this session, a panel of experts inside and outside of government will examine China’s muscle flexing in the South China Sea and its plans to become a global maritime power, as well as the implications for America’s strategic primacy in that region and around the globe.


GORDON CHANG Contributor, Forbes.com; Author, The Coming Collapse of China and Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes on the World

BONNIE GLASER Senior Adviser for Asia, Freeman Chair in China Studies, and Senior Associate, Pacific Forum, Center for Strategic and International Studies

HARRY HARRIS Commander, US Pacific Command

MODERATOR MASSIMO CALABRESI Deputy Washington Bureau Chief and Senior Correspondent, Time Magazine


12:45 – 1:45 PM THE PROVERBIAL PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP: COOPERATION AND CONFLICT IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY IN CYBERSPACEThis session will discuss the role of the USG in protecting commercial industry in an era of expanding cyber threats, plus the challenges faced as many commercial firms characterize themselves as global entities and strategically distance their relationships with the USG in order to expand their consumer base. How does this distancing complicate the USG’s ability to act and protect? How does this distancing complicate the USG’s ability to be a consumer of goods and services of these firms?


ZOË BAIRD CEO and President, Markle Foundation

MICHAEL CHERTOFF Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, The Chertoff Group; Former Secretary of Homeland Security

MICHAEL LEITER Executive Vice President, Business Development, Leidos; Former Director, National Counterterrorism Center

TIM REARDON Vice President and General Manager, Defense and Intelligence Solutions, Lockheed Martin

MODERATOR SHAUN WATERMAN Editor, POLITICO Pro Cybersecurity

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1:45 – 2:45 PM A WORD FROM THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITYThree key intelligence agencies give us their perspectives on the security threats facing the nation.


ROBERT CARDILLO Director, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency

DAVID COHEN Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency

NICK RASMUSSEN Director, National Counterterrorism Center

MODERATOR BRIAN ROSS Chief Investigative Correspondent, ABC News

2:45 – 3:00 PM BREAK

3:00 – 4:00 PM WHITHER NATO—THE COLD WAR REDUX?Is the Cold War really over? This panel will explore the changing security landscape in Europe and the need to rethink old assumptions.


EVELYN FARKAS Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia

SERGEY KISLYAK Ambassador of Russia to the US

DOUG LUTE US Ambassador to NATO

PETER WITTIG Ambassador of Germany to the US

MODERATOR ELI LAKE Columnist, Bloomberg View

4:00 – 4:45 PM FLYING THE UNFRIENDLY SKIES: THE AIR FORCE’S ROLE IN NATIONAL SECURITYThe Secretary of the Air Force assesses the state of the service today and whether it’s up to the role assigned to it in protecting our nation.


DEBORAH JAMES Secretary, US Air Force

MODERATOR JENNIFER GRIFFIN National Security Correspondent, Fox News

4:45 – 5:00 PM BREAK

5:00 – 6:00 PM HERDING CATS: SYNTHESIZING THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITYMore than a decade after its creation, the Director of National Intelligence gives an accounting of ODNI’s progress to date and the work that remains to be done.

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JAMES CLAPPER Director of National Intelligence

MODERATOR ANDREA MITCHELL Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, NBC News

SATURDAY, JULY 25 8:45 – 9:15 AM CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST



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9:15 – 10:15 AM THE VIEW FROM CAPITOL HILLMembers of the House and Senate Homeland Security Committees assess the security of the homeland.


RON JOHNSON Chairman, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

MICHAEL MCCAUL Chairman, House Homeland Security Committee

MARTHA MCSALLY Member, House Homeland Security Committee and House Armed Services Committee

MODERATOR ANNE GEARAN National Politics Correspondent, The Washington Post

10:15 – 10:30 AM BREAK

10:30 – 11:30 AM HITTING THE SECURITY RESET BUTTON: TIME TO RETHINK OUR APPROACH?We’ve been fighting terrorists for a while now, and yet the threat not only remains but is intensifying. Are there new approaches and tools we should try?


MICHAEL HAYDEN Principal, The Chertoff Group; Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency; Former Director, National Security Agency

MATT OLSEN President and Co-Founder, IronNet Cybersecurity; Former Director, National Counterterrorism Center

JOHN PISTOLE President, Anderson University; Former Administrator, Transportation Security Administration; Former Deputy Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation

FRAN TOWNSEND Executive Vice President, Worldwide Government, Legal, and Business Affairs, MacAndrews and Forbes Inc.; Former Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism

MODERATOR NOAH SHACHTMAN Executive Editor, The Daily Beast

11:30 – 11:45 AM BREAK

11:45 AM – 12:30 PM THE VIEW FROM THE WHITE HOUSEThe President’s Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor tells us what keeps her up at night and how she is working to make us all safe.


LISA MONACO Deputy National Security Advisor and Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism

MODERATOR MICHAEL ISIKOFF Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News


1:30 – 2:15 PM THE CHAIRMAN SPEAKSSenate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain tells us what’s wrong with the Obama National Security Strategy.


JOHN MCCAIN Chairman, Senate Armed Services Committee

MODERATOR LESLEY STAHL Correspondent, “60 Minutes,” CBS News

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2:30 – 3:30 PM THE NSC, DHS, AND STATE: USING ALL THE INSTRUMENTS OF NATIONAL POWER TO COMBAT THREATSKey actors at these critical agencies will discuss their respective roles in responding to challenges to peace and security.


HUBAN GOWADIA Director, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, Department of Homeland Security

MARIE HARF Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Strategic Communications, Department of State; Former Deputy and Acting Spokesperson, Department of State

LAURA HOLGATE Senior Director, Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism and Threat Reduction, National Security Council

MODERATOR KEVIN BARON Executive Editor, Defense One

3:30 – 3:45 PM BREAK

3:45 – 4:45 PM THE MIDEAST CAULDRON: HOTTER THAN EVER NOW?This panel examines the multiple crises enveloping the Mideast today and what can be done to address them.


TAMARA COFMAN WITTES Director, Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution

FRANK LOWENSTEIN Acting Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

DANIELLE PLETKA Senior Vice President, Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute

ELISSA SLOTKIN Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs

MODERATOR MARGARET BRENNAN Foreign Affairs Correspondent, CBS News

4:45 – 5:00 PM BREAK

5:00 – 6:00 PM LAW AND ORDER: HOW WILL THE LYNCH JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CONFRONT THE TERROR THREAT?There’s a new Attorney General in town, and she has her own set of priorities for the Administration’s remaining time in office. In this session, Attorney General Lynch will outline those priorities, with a particular focus on what she sees as Justice’s role in the proverbial “war on terrorism.”

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LORETTA LYNCH US Attorney General

MODERATOR ANDREA MITCHELL Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, NBC News

6:00 – 7:30 PM CLOSING RECEPTIONMARBLE GARDEN

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Keith Alexander CEO and Co-Founder, IronNet Cybersecurity; Former Director, National Security Agency; Former Commander, US Cyber Command

John Allen Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL; Former Commander, International Security Assistance Force and US Forces Afghanistan

Gérard Araud Ambassador of France to the US

Zoë Baird CEO and President, Markle Foundation

Kevin Baron Executive Editor, Defense One

Wolf Blitzer Anchor, “The Situation Room,” CNN

Margaret Brennan Foreign Affairs Correspondent, CBS News

Massimo Calabresi Deputy Washington Bureau Chief and Senior Correspondent, Time Magazine

John Carlin Assistant Attorney General for National Security

Gordon Chang Contributor, Forbes.com; Author, The Coming Collapse of China and Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes on the World

Michael Chertof f Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, The Chertoff Group; Former Secretary of Homeland Security

James Clapper Director of National Intelligence

Tamara Cofman Wit tes Director, Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution

David Cohen Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency

James Comey Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Michael Crowley Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent, POLITICO

Gilles de Kerchove Counterterrorism Coordinator, European Union

Ken Dilanian Intelligence Writer, The Associated Press

Paula Dobriansky Senior Fellow, JFK Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University; Former Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs

Kim Dozier Contributing Writer, The Daily Beast; Global Analyst, CNN

Clark Ervin Director, Homeland Security Program, The Aspen Institute; Partner, Squire Patton Boggs

Lukman Faily Ambassador of Iraq to the US

Anne Gearan National Politics Correspondent, The Washington Post

Kim Ghattas Correspondent, BBC; Author, The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power

Ramón Gil-Casares Ambassador of Spain to the US

Bonnie Glaser Senior Adviser for Asia, Freeman Chair in China Studies, and Senior Associate, Pacific Forum, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Daniel Glaser Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing, Department of the Treasury

Huban Gowadia Director, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, Department of Homeland Security

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Jennifer Grif fin National Security Correspondent, Fox News

Marie Harf Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Strategic Communications, Department of State; Former Deputy and Acting Spokesperson, Department of State

Jane Harman Director, President and CEO, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Harry Harris Commander, US Pacific Command

Michael Hayden Principal, The Chertoff Group; Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency; Former Director, National Security Agency

Catherine Herridge Chief Intelligence Correspondent, Fox News

Kathleen Hicks Senior Vice President, Henry A. Kissinger Chair, and Director, International Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Laura Holgate Senior Director, Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism and Threat Reduction, National Security Council

Rashad Hussain Special Envoy and Coordinator for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications, Department of State

Chris Isham Vice President and Washington Bureau Chief, CBS News

Michael Isikoff Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News

Deborah James Secretary, US Air Force

Jeh Johnson Secretary of Homeland Security

Ron Johnson Chairman, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Juliet te Kayyem Founder, Kayyem Solutions LLC; Former Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Intergovernmental Affairs

Sergey Kislyak Ambassador of Russia to the US

Caroline Krass General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency

Ellen Laipson President and CEO, Stimson Center; Former Vice Chair, National Intelligence Council

Eli Lake Columnist, Bloomberg View

Michael Leiter Executive Vice President, Business Development, Leidos; Former Director, National Counterterrorism Center

Ryan Lizza Washington Correspondent, The New Yorker

Frank Lowenstein Acting Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

Michael Lumpkin Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low- Intensity Conflict

Douglas Lute US Ambassador to NATO

Loret ta Lynch US Attorney General

John Markoff Senior Writer, The New York Times

John McCain Chairman, Senate Armed Services Committee

Michael McCaul Chairman, House Homeland Security Committee

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John McLaughlin Distinguished Practitioner-in-Residence, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies; Former Acting and Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency

Martha McSally Member, House Homeland Security Committee and House Armed Services Committee

Andrea Mitchell Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, NBC News

Lisa Monaco Deputy National Security Advisor and Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism

Matt Olsen President and Co-Founder, IronNet Cybersecurity; Former Director, National Counterterrorism Center

John Pistole President, Anderson University; Former Administrator, Transportation Security Administration; Former Deputy Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Danielle Pletka Senior Vice President, Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute

Nicholas Rasmussen Director, National Counterterrorism Center

Tim Reardon Vice President and General Manager, Defense and Intelligence Solutions, Lockheed Martin

Michael Rogers Director, National Security Agency; Commander, US Cyber Command

Brian Ross Chief Investigative Correspondent, ABC News

David Sanger Chief Washington Correspondent, The New York Times

Noah Shachtman Executive Editor, The Daily Beast

Eric Schmit t Senior Correspondent, The New York Times

Elissa Slotkin Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs

Suzanne Spaulding Under Secretary of Homeland Security for the National Protection and Programs Directorate

Matthew Spence Senior Fellow, Jackson Institute for International Affairs, Yale University; Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East Policy

Lesley Stahl Correspondent, “60 Minutes,” CBS News

Fran Townsend Executive Vice President, Worldwide Government, Legal, and Business Affairs, MacAndrews and Forbes Inc.; Former Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism

Mike Vickers Former Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence

Joseph Votel Commander, US Special Operations Command

Shaun Waterman Editor, POLITICO Pro Cybersecurity

Peter Wit tig Ambassador of Germany to the US

Chris Young General Manager, Intel Security Group, Intel Corporation

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We’ve spent more than 28 years

on the front lines.

Since day one, we’ve fought tirelessly to keep individuals and organizations from becoming targets of malware and cybercrime. Fast-forward 28 years, stealthy targeted attacks are on the rise, and our defense experience has paid off. Intel Security solutions deliver exactly the kind of technology everyone needs to help defend against today’s targeted attacks. Learn more at intelsecurity.com.

Join Chris Young, SVP and GM, Intel Security, at the “Cyber Policy at National and International Levels” panel on Thursday, July 23rd.

Intel and the Intel and McAfee logos are trademarks of Intel Corporation or McAfee, Inc. in the US and/or other countries. Copyright © 2015 McAfee, Inc.

McAfee is now part of Intel Security.

KEITH ALEXANDER General Keith Alexander is CEO of IronNet Cybersecurity, providing strategic vision through a comprehensive cybersecurity solution. Previously, he was the first commander, U.S. Cyber Command from 2010-

2014, as well as the NSA director and CSS Chief from 2005-2014. Previous assignments include Deputy Chief of Staf f at U.S. Army Headquarters; Commanding General of U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, and Director of Intelligence at U.S. Central Command. Alexander holds a B.S. from the U.S. Military Academy, an MBA from Boston University and masters degrees in Systems Technology; Physics; and National Security Strategy.

JOHN ALLEN General John R. Allen is a retired four-star general who served as the Commander of the NATO International Security Assistance Force and the Commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan from 2011 to 2013. He is

the first Marine to command a theater of war, and is the longest serving commander in that conflict. Concluding a distinguished 38 year career in the spring of 2013, General Allen serves as Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL and has af filiations with the Brookings Institution, the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, the Atlantic Council, and Council on Foreign Relations.

GÉRARD ARAUD Gérard Araud was appointed Ambassador of France to the U.S. in September 2014. He previously held numerous positions within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including Director

for Strategic Affairs, Security and Disarmament (2000-2003), Ambassador of France to Israel (2003-2006), Director General for Political Affairs and Security (2006-2009) and Permanent Representative of France to the U.N. in New York (2009-2014). Ambassador Araud has developed specialized knowledge on the Middle East and strategic & security issues. He was the French negotiator on the Iranian nuclear issue (2006-2009), and has written numerous journal articles.

ZOË BAIRD Zoë Baird is CEO and President of Markle, which addresses the nation’s most challenging health, national security, and economic issues. She leads Rework America, a national initiative of

diverse leaders, who offer a bold vision for Americans in their collectively authored book, America’s Moment: Creating Opportunity in the Connected Age. Zoë previously served as Senior VP and General Counsel at Aetna; as Counselor and Staff Executive at GE; as partner at O’Melveny & Myers and as Associate Counsel to President Carter. She holds an A.B. Phi Beta Kappa and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.

KEVIN BARON Kevin Baron is Executive Editor of Defense One, the global security news, analysis, and ideas division of Atlantic Media. Baron has covered the military, Pentagon, Congress and politics for Foreign Policy,

National Journal, Stars and Stripes, and was an investigative reporter for The Boston Globe’s Washington bureau and the Center for Public Integrity. Baron is Vice President of the Pentagon Press Association. He is a two-time recipient of the George Polk Award, among others. Baron earned his M.A. at George Washington University and B.A. from the University of Richmond. Raised in Florida, he lives in Northern Virginia with his three sons.

BIOGRAPHIES

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WOLF BLITZER Wolf Blitzer is CNN’s lead political anchor and the anchor of “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer,” which airs weekdays at 5 PM ET, providing viewers with comprehensive reports about the political,

international and breaking news stories of the day. In addition, he anchors “Wolf,” airing at 1 PM ET. Blitzer is also known for his Middle East expertise and his in-depth reporting on international news from around the world. He has been with the network for more than two decades. Blitzer began his career in 1972 working for Reuters News Agency in Tel Aviv.

MARGARET BRENNAN As a foreign affairs correspondent, Brennan travels with Secretary of State John Kerry to cover national security issues. She was among the first to interview him about the nuclear agreement with Iran and

the chemical weapons deal with the Syrian regime. A Connecticut native, Brennan was part of the CBS News team that received a DuPont-Columbia Award for coverage of the Newtown tragedy. Prior to CBS News, Brennan was a financial news anchor at Bloomberg TV and a CNBC Correspondent. She graduated with highest distinction from the University of Virginia and studied Arabic at Yarmouk University in Jordan.

MASSIMO CALABRESI Massimo Calabresi is Deputy Washington Bureau Chief and Senior Correspondent for Time Magazine. He writes and edits feature and investigative pieces on foreign and domestic

policy. He joined the Washington bureau of Time in 1999 and has covered the CIA; the

U.S. Departments of State, Justice, Treasury; Congress; and the White House. He covered the wars in Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo as Time’s Central Europe Bureau Chief from 1995 to 1999 and the collapse of the Soviet Union as a freelancer in Moscow in 1991.

ROBERT CARDILLO Robert Cardillo is the sixth Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). Mr. Cardillo leads and directs NGA under the authorities of the Secretary of Defense and Director of National

Intelligence. Mr. Cardillo is the recipient of the Director of National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal, the Presidential Rank of Distinguished Executive, the Presidential Rank of Meritorious Executive, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staf f Joint Meritorious Civilian Service Award. Mr. Cardillo earned a Bachelor of Arts in Government from Cornell University in 1983 and a Master of Arts in National Security Studies from Georgetown University in 1988.

JOHN CARLIN John Carlin is the Assistant Attorney General for National Security. As AAG, Mr. Carlin oversees nearly 400 employees responsible for protecting the nation against terrorism, espionage, cyber and other

national security threats. Mr. Carlin joined NSD after serving as Chief of Staff and Senior Counsel to Robert S. Mueller, III, Director of the FBI. A career federal prosecutor, Mr. Carlin served as National Coordinator of DOJ’s Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property (CHIP) program, a cadre of prosecutors specially trained to prosecute cyber-crime and intellectual property cases. Mr. Carlin earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School and his B.A. from Williams College.

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GORDON CHANG Gordon Chang is the author of The Coming Collapse of China and Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes On the World. His writings have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, The

Daily Beast, The Weekly Standard, Commentary, and The National Interest, among other publications. Chang has given numerous briefings in Washington and other capitals and has frequently appeared on CNN, Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, Bloomberg, CNBC, and PBS. He is a contributor at Forbes.com and blogs at World Affairs Journal. He has served two terms as trustee of Cornell University.

MICHAEL CHERTOFF Michael Chertoff is Co- Founder and Executive Chairman of The Chertoff Group, a security and risk management firm, where he provides high-level strategic counsel to corporate and government

leaders on a broad range of security issues, from risk identification and prevention to preparedness, response and recovery. As the 2nd Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Mr. Chertoff strengthened our nation’s borders, provided intelligence analysis and infrastructure protection, increased the Department’s focus on preparedness ahead of disasters, and implemented enhanced security at airports and borders.

JAMES CLAPPER James Clapper was sworn in as the fourth Director of National Intelligence on August 9, 2010. As DNI, he leads the U.S. Intelligence Community and serves as the President’s principal intelligence advisor. His

military career began as a Marine Corps Reserve rifleman and culminated as Director of

the Defense Intelligence Agency, an Air Force lieutenant general. Starting September 2001, he served five years as the first civilian director of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, transforming it into the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. He then served three years in two Administrations as the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence.

TAMARA COFMAN WITTES Tamara Cofman Wittes is the Director of the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. She served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs from 2009 to 2012,

coordinating U.S. policy on democracy and human rights in the Middle East during the 2011 Arab Spring. Wittes also oversaw the Middle East Partnership Initiative and served as Deputy Special Coordinator for Middle East transitions. Dr. Wittes authored Freedom’s Unsteady March: America’s Role in Building Arab Democracy and edited How Israelis and Palestinians Negotiate. She holds degrees from Oberlin College and Georgetown University and serves on the board of the National Democratic Institute.

DAVID COHEN David Cohen was sworn in as Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency on February 9, 2015. Previously, Mr. Cohen served as Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and

Financial Intelligence, where he directed policies aimed at identifying and disrupting financial support to countries and other entities posing a threat to U.S. national security interests. Before joining the Treasury in 2009, Mr. Cohen practiced law in Washington, D.C., for nearly twenty years. Mr. Cohen received his law degree from Yale Law School in 1989 and his undergraduate degree from Cornell University in 1985.

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JAMES COMEY James Comey was sworn in as the seventh Director of the FBI on September 4, 2013. Comey graduated from the College of William & Mary and the University of Chicago Law School. Following law school,

Comey served as an assistant United States attorney for both the Southern District of New York and the Eastern District of Virginia. In 2003, he became the Deputy Attorney General at the Department of Justice (DOJ). Comey left DOJ in 2005 to serve as General Counsel and Senior Vice President at defense contractor Lockheed Martin. Five years later, he joined Bridgewater Associates, a Connecticut-based investment fund, as its General Counsel.

MICHAEL CROWLEY Michael Crowley is POLITICO’s Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent, covering foreign policy and national security from Washington. Prior to joining POLITICO in October 2014, Michael

was Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent for Time Magazine. He has reported from more than a dozen countries including Iraq, China, Israel, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Egypt, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Lebanon and Ukraine. From 2000 to 2008 Michael was a senior editor at The New Republic. He also has worked for The Boston Globe and has contributed to The New York Times Magazine, New York, GQ, and many other publications.

GILLES DE KERCHOVE Gilles de Kerchove was appointed E.U. Counterterrorism Coordinator on 19 September 2007. In this function, he coordinates the work of the E.U. in the field of counterterrorism,

maintains an overview of all the instruments at the E.U.’s disposal, closely monitors the

implementation of the E.U. counterterrorism strategy, and fosters better communication between the E.U. and third countries to ensure that the Union plays an active role in the fight against terrorism. He is also a European law professor at the Catholic University of Louvain, at the Free University and the Université Saint Louis-Brussels.

KEN DILANIAN Ken Dilanian covers U.S. intelligence agencies in the Washington bureau of the Associated Press. He previously wrote about national security for the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and The

Philadelphia Inquirer, where he spent three years as a Rome-based foreign correspondent making frequent trips to Iraq from 2003 to 2005 to cover the U.S. invasion and aftermath. A 1991 graduate of Williams College, he lives in Capitol Hill’s Eastern Market neighborhood with his wife and two young sons.

PAULA DOBRIANSKY Ambassador Paula Dobriansky, Senior Fellow at Harvard University’s JFK Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, has held high level government national security positions

including Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs, President’s Special Envoy to Northern Ireland, Director of European and Soviet Affairs at the National Security Council, and Deputy Head of the U.S. Delegation to the 1990 Copenhagen Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. She also served as Senior Vice President & Director of the Washington Office of the Council on Foreign Relations and was the Council’s f irst George F. Kennan Senior Fellow for Russian and Eurasian Studies.

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KIM DOZIER Kim Dozier joined The Daily Beast and CNN as a contributing writer/on-air analyst in 2014, after four years as AP’s intelligence writer with trips to Afghanistan and Pakistan, and 17 years as an award-winning

CBS News foreign and national security correspondent. She held the 2014-2015 General Omar Bradley Chair at the United States Army War College, Dickinson College, and the PSU/Dickinson School of Law and International Affairs. She authored Breathing the Fire, about a car bomb that hit her CBS News team in Iraq in 2006. She’s now researching stories of resilience in the special operations and intelligence world.

CLARK ERVIN Clark Ervin is the Director of the Aspen Institute’s Homeland Security Program. Ervin served as the Inspector General of the State Department and the first Inspector General of the Department of Homeland

Security during the Bush Administration. He served as the co-chair of the DHS Transition Team for the Obama Administration, and as a member of the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan. A graduate of Harvard and Oxford (as a Rhodes Scholar), Ervin is a partner at Squire Patton Boggs and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Commission.

LUKMAN FAILY Lukman Faily serves as Iraq’s Ambassador to the United States, a position he has held since July 2013. From June 2010 until May 2013, Mr. Faily served as Iraq’s Ambassador to Japan. Mr. Faily was an active leader

within the large Iraqi exile community in the UK and served as a trustee for several non-governmental Iraqi organizations. He also

played an active role in opposing Saddam’s dictatorship and advocated for democracy and rule of law in Iraq. Fluent in English, Arabic and Kurdish, Ambassador Faily was born in Baghdad in 1966.

EVELYN FARKAS Dr. Evelyn Farkas is Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia. She served previously as Senior Advisor to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe/Commander, U.S.

European Command, and as Special Advisor to the Secretary of Defense for the NATO Summit. In 2008-2009, she served as Executive Director of the congressionally-mandated bipartisan Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism. From 2001 to 2008, she served as a Professional Staf f Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and prior to that for four years as Associate Professor, U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College. Dr. Farkas obtained her MA and Ph.D. from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

ANNE GEARAN Anne Gearan is a national politics correspondent for The Washington Post, covering former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and foreign policy in the 2016 campaign. She was previously the State

Department correspondent, and has also covered the Pentagon and White House.

KIM GHATTAS Kim Ghattas covers international af fairs and the Hillary Clinton 2016 campaign for the BBC. She also writes a regular column for Foreign Policy. Based in Washington, she was the

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BBC’s State Department correspondent from 2008 until 2013. She is the author of the NYT best seller The Secretary - a Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power. Before 2008, she was a Middle East correspondent for the BBC and the Financial Times, based in Beirut, where she was born and raised. She covered the region extensively from Iraq to Saudi Arabia and Syria and was part of an Emmy-Award-winning BBC team covering the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel in 2006.

RAMÓN GIL-CASARES Between 1982 and 1996, Ambassador Gil-Casares worked in the Spanish Embassies of Equatorial Guinea and Uruguay, Spanish Consulates in Manila and New York, as well as in the Spanish Agency of

International Cooperation in Madrid. From 2005 until 2008, he was the Ambassador of Spain to South Africa, with multiple accreditations in the Kingdom of Lesotho and the Republics of Mauritius and Madagascar. Between 2008 and 2011, he worked as the Ambassador at Large at the Directorate General of Foreign Policy for Africa at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Madrid. As of 2012, he has been appointed as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain to the United States of America.

BONNIE GLASER Bonnie Glaser is a senior adviser for Asia in the Freeman Chair in China Studies, CSIS, where she works on issues related to Chinese security policy and the Asia-Pacif ic. She is concomitantly a senior

associate with CSIS Pacif ic Forum and a consultant for the U.S. government on East Asia. Prior to joining CSIS, she served as a consultant for various U.S. government of f ices, including the Departments of Defense and State. Ms. Glaser has served on the Defense Department’s Defense Policy China Panel. She is a member of CFR and the IISS. She received her M.A. from the

Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

DANIEL GLASER Daniel Glaser was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 27, 2011 to serve as Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing at the Department of the Treasury. As Assistant Secretary, Glaser is

responsible for developing policies to protect the U.S. and international financial systems from abuse related to money laundering, terrorist financing, and the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Glaser previously served as Treasury’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Head of the U.S. Delegation to the Financial Action Task Force. Glaser graduated from the University of Michigan and the Columbia University School of Law.

HUBAN GOWADIA Dr. Huban Gowadia is the Director of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Domestic Nuclear Detection Office. Under her leadership, the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office develops

nuclear detection capabilities, measures detector system performance, ensures ef fective response to detection alarms, conducts transformational research and development, and coordinates the improvement of technical nuclear forensics capabilities across the U.S. Government. Dr. Gowadia received a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Alabama and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University.

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JENNIFER GRIFFIN Since 2007, Jennifer Grif f in has reported daily from the Pentagon as a national security correspondent for Fox News Channel (FNC). She joined FNC in October 1999 as a Jerusalem-based correspondent, and

has previously reported from Moscow, Cyprus, Pakistan/Afghanistan, and South Africa. She is co-author with her husband, Greg Myre, of This Burning Land: New Lessons from the Frontlines of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. She is the recipient of the Tex McCreary journalism award from the Medal of Honor Foundation, and is the mother of three children.

MARIE HARF Marie Harf is Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications to Secretary of State John Kerry. She previously served as State Department Deputy Spokesperson and advisor to Chuck Hagel during his

Secretary of Defense confirmation. In 2012, Ms. Harf was Associate Policy Director responsible for all national security and foreign policy issues on President Obama’s re-election campaign. She began her career in 2006 at the Central Intelligence Agency as a Middle East analyst, and later served as its Media Spokesperson. Ms. Harf received her Master’s Degree in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia and Bachelor’s Degree with honors from Indiana University.

JANE HARMAN Jane Harman resigned from Congress in 2011 to join the Woodrow Wilson Center as its f irst female Director, President, and CEO. Representing the aerospace center of California during nine

terms in Congress, she served on all the major security committees. Harman is a member of the Defense Policy Board, the

State Department Foreign Policy Board, the Homeland Security Advisory Committee, the Presidential Debates Commission and the Iridium Board of Directors. She also serves on the Executive Committee of the Trilateral Commission and the Advisory Board of the Munich Security Conference, and is a Trustee of the Aspen Institute and the University of Southern California.

HARRY HARRIS Admiral Harris was born in Japan and reared in Tennessee and Florida. Following graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1978, he was designated as a naval f light of ficer. Harris commanded VP-46, Patrol

and Reconnaissance Wing 1, Joint Task Force-Guantanamo, the U.S. 6th Fleet, Striking and Support Forces NATO, U.S. Pacific Fleet, and in May 2015, assumed command of the U.S. Pacific Command. Harris has logged 4,400 flight hours, including more than 400 combat hours, in maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft. Harris’ graduate education includes Harvard’s Kennedy School, Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service, Oxford University and MIT Seminar 21.

MICHAEL HAYDEN As Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, General Hayden was responsible for overseeing the collection of information concerning the plans, intentions, and capabilities of America’s

adversaries. He also served as the country’s first Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence –the highest-ranking intelligence officer in the armed forces. Earlier, he was Director of the National Security Agency. He is now a principal at The Chertoff Group and a Distinguished Visiting Professor at George Mason University. In 2014 he was the inaugural Humanitas Visiting Professor in Intelligence Studies at Oxford University.

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CATHERINE HERRIDGE Catherine Herridge is an award-winning Chief Intelligence correspondent for the Fox News Channel. The first network correspondent assigned to the Homeland Security beat in 2001, Catherine

now covers intelligence, the Justice Department, as well as the Department of Homeland Security. A graduate of Harvard College and the Columbia Journalism School, Catherine began her career at ABC News. Her first book, published by Crown, The Next Wave: On the Hunt for al Qaeda’s American Recruits, reveals how social networking is the lifeblood of the digital jihad, as well as the profound influence of the first American on the CIA’s kill or capture list, Anwar al-Awlaki.

KATHLEEN HICKS Dr. Kathleen Hicks is Senior Vice President, Henry A. Kissinger Chair, and the Director of the International Security Program at CSIS. She previously served as Principal Deputy Under

Secretary of Defense for Policy where she was responsible for advising the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and the Secretary of Defense on issues pertaining to the development and execution of U.S. national defense policy and strategy. Dr. Hicks holds a Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an M.A. from the University of Maryland’s School of Public Affairs, and an A.B. from Mount Holyoke College.

LAURA HOLGATE Laura Holgate joined the National Security Council in 2009 as the Senior Director for Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism and Threat Reduction. In this role, she oversees and

coordinates the development of national policies and programs to reduce global threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons; detect, identify, secure and eliminate nuclear materials; prevent malicious use of biotechnology; and secure the civilian nuclear fuel cycle. She also serves as U.S. Sherpa to the Nuclear Security Summits and co-leads the ef fort to advance the President’s Global Health Security Agenda.

RASHAD HUSSAIN Rashad Hussain is United States Special Envoy and Coordinator for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications, where he works to expand international engagement and partnerships to

counter violent extremism and to develop strategic counterterrorism communications around the world. He previously served as United States Special Envoy to the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and as Deputy Associate Counsel to President Obama. He has also served as Director for Global Engagement at the National Security Council and as a Special Assistant United States Attorney in Washington, D.C. Mr. Hussain received his J.D. from Yale Law School and his Master’s degrees in Public Administration (Kennedy School of Government) and Arabic and Islamic Studies from Harvard University.

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CHRIS ISHAM Christopher Isham is Vice President and Washington Bureau Chief for CBS News. He oversees political coverage and the activity of that bureau, which is CBS News’ largest. Isham was formerly the Chief of

Investigative Projects for ABC News in New York, where he built a widely renowned investigative unit. Isham organized the first major network interview with Osama bin Laden in 1998 and broke numerous international terrorism stories. Isham has been recognized with numerous Emmys, two Columbia DuPont Awards, and a Peabody Award. He graduated from Yale College in 1976. He currently lives in Washington DC with his wife, Jennifer Maguire Isham.

MICHAEL ISIKOFF Michael Isikoff is an award-winning journalist and bestselling author who joined Yahoo News in 2014 as Chief Investigative Correspondent. He previously served as national investigative

correspondent for NBC News between 2010 and 2014 and for Newsweek between 1994 and 2010. Isikoff is the author of two New York Times best-selling books: Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War, co-written with David Corn, and Uncovering Clinton: A Reporter’s Story, which chronicled his own reporting of the Monica Lewinsky story.

DEBORAH JAMES Deborah James is the 23rd Secretary of the Air Force and is responsible for the af fairs of the Department of the Air Force, including the organizing, training, equipping and providing for the welfare of more

than 660,000 Airmen and an annual budget of more than $110 billion. Ms. James has over 30

years of industry, senior homeland, and national security experience. She served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs in the Clinton Administration as well as on the House Armed Services Committee professional staf f. Ms. James holds a B.A. from Duke and an M.A. from Columbia.

JEH JOHNSON Jeh Johnson was sworn in on December 23, 2013 as the fourth Secretary of Homeland Security. Prior to joining DHS, Secretary Johnson served as General Counsel for the Department of Defense.

As General Counsel of the Defense Department, Secretary Johnson oversaw the development of the legal aspects of many of our nation’s counterterrorism policies, spearheaded reforms to the military commissions system at Guantanamo Bay in 2009, and co-authored the 250-page report that paved the way for the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in 2010.

RON JOHNSON Before being elected to the Senate in 2010, Ron was the CEO of PACUR, a plastics manufacturing company in Oshkosh, WI for 31 years. He is a 1977 graduate of the University of Minnesota with a

degree in business and accounting. Ron serves on the Budget, Foreign Relations, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Small Business Committees, and is Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. He lives in Oshkosh, WI with his wife Jane and has three children – Carey, Jenna, and Ben.

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JULIETTE KAYYEM Juliette Kayyem is the founder of Kayyem Solutions, LLC, providing strategic advice to a range of companies in technology, risk management, mega-event planning, venture capital and more. A faculty

member at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Kayyem teaches new leaders in emergency management & homeland security. Most recently, Kayyem was President Obama’s Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs at DHS. She also served as former Governor of Massachusetts Deval Patrick’s Homeland Security Advisor. Kayyem currently serves as an on-air security analyst on CNN and hosts a podcast entitled “Security Mom” for WGBH News.

SERGEY KISLYAK Ambassador Sergey Kislyak graduated from the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute in 1973 and the USSR Academy of Foreign Trade in 1977. He has served the Foreign Ministry since 1977, and

was the Russian Ambassador to Belgium and Permanent Representative of Russia to NATO from 1998-2003. Prior to his appointment as Ambassador of Russia to the U.S. and Permanent Observer of Russia to the Organization of American States in 2008, Kislyak was Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2003-2008. He speaks English and French, and is married with one adult daughter.

CAROLINE KRASS Caroline Krass was confirmed as the General Counsel of the CIA in March 2014. She previously served as Acting Assistant Attorney General and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of

Legal Counsel at the Justice Department. She was President Obama’s Special Counsel for

National Security Affairs and Deputy Legal Adviser to the National Security Council. Ms. Krass has held national security positions in the D.C. U.S. Attorney’s Office and the State and Treasury Departments. Ms. Krass clerked for the Honorable Patricia M. Wald on the D.C. Circuit. She received a B.A. from Stanford and a J.D. from Yale.

ELLEN LAIPSON Ellen Laipson is President and CEO of Stimson. Laipson joined Stimson in 2002, after 25 years of government service. Her last post was Vice Chair of the National Intelligence Council (1997-2002). She

serves on the Advisory Councils of the International Institute of Strategic Studies, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy. She was a member of President Obama’s Intelligence Advisory Board from 2009-2013, and on the Secretary of State’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board 2011-2014. Laipson has an M.A. from Johns Hopkins’ School of Advanced International Studies and an AB from Cornell University.

ELI LAKE Eli Lake is a columnist for Bloomberg View who focuses on national security and foreign policy. Before joining Bloomberg, Lake was a staf f reporter for The Daily Beast, Newsweek, the New York

Sun, and a contributing editor between 2010 and 2013 for The New Republic. He has reported from Sudan, Somalia, Iraq, Iran and North Korea in his career.

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MICHAEL LEITER Michael Leiter serves as the Executive Vice President of Business Development and Strategy for Leidos, a Fortune 500 technology company. Before joining Leidos, Mike oversaw government and cyber

operations for Palantir Technologies. Mike was the Director of the National Counter-terrorism Center from 2007 until 2011 for both Presidents Bush and Obama. Previously he served in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, with the Robb-Silberman WMD Commission, as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, as a law clerk to Justice Stephen Breyer, and in the U.S. Navy flying EA-6B Prowlers. Mike received his J.D. from Harvard, where he was President of the Law Review, and his B.A. from Columbia.

RYAN LIZZA Ryan Lizza is the Washington Correspondent for The New Yorker. He covers the White House, Congress, and national politics. Lizza joined The New Yorker in 2007. He has also written for The New York Times,

TNR, GQ, New York, and The Atlantic. “The Consequentialist,” Lizza’s article about Barack Obama’s foreign policy, won the 2012 National Press Club's Hood Award for Diplomatic Correspondence. In 2013, Lizza was awarded the White House Correspondents' Association’s Aldo Beckman Memorial Award for journalistic excellence for a series of articles about Obama. Lizza is a political commentator for CNN and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University.

FRANK LOWENSTEIN Frank Lowenstein is Acting Special Envoy for Israeli Palestinian Negotiations and Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State. From 2005 to 2011, Mr. Lowenstein worked for

Senator John Kerry, including as Staff Director and Chief Counsel of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senior Foreign Policy Advisor on his Senate staff. He served as Director of National Security Policy on the Kerry-Edwards presidential campaign from 2003-2004. Prior to joining the campaign, he practiced law for six years in Boston. He also served as an advisor for Foreign Policy and Defense issues for Senator J. Robert Kerrey from 1990 to 1994.

MICHAEL LUMPKIN Michael Lumpkin is the current Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict, where he serves as the principal advisor to the Secretary of Defense on U.S. special operations

policy and counterterrorism, and provides oversight of United States Special Operations Command. Mr. Lumpkin also has signif icant private sector experience, previously serving as CEO of Industrial Security Alliance Partners and the Executive Director of Business Development at ATI. He also has over 20 years of active duty service as a U.S. Navy SEAL, during which time he participated in numerous campaigns and contingencies to include both Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.

DOUGLAS LUTE Douglas Lute was sworn in as Ambassador of the United States to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in August 2013. From 2007 to 2013, he served at the White House under Presidents Bush and

Obama, initially as Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan, and later focusing on South Asia. In 2010 Lute retired from the U.S. Army as a lieutenant general after 35 years of active duty. Prior to the White House, he served as the Director of Operations on the Joint Staff, overseeing U.S. military operations worldwide. He holds degrees from

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LORETTA LYNCH Loretta Lynch was sworn in as the 83rd Attorney General of the United States on April 27, 2015. Ms. Lynch joined the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York in 1990. In 1999,

President Clinton appointed her to lead the office as United States Attorney—a post she held until 2001. In 2010, President Obama asked Ms. Lynch to resume her leadership of the United States Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn. In 2002, she was a partner at Hogan & Hartson LLP where she performed extensive pro bono work for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, established to prosecute those responsible for human rights violations in the 1994 genocide in that country. Ms. Lynch received her J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1984.

JOHN MARKOFF John Markoff is a reporter in the science section of The New York Times. He was part of a group of reporters who won the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting in 2013, and has a forth-

coming book to be published this fall: Machines of Loving Grace: The Quest For Common Ground Between Humans and Machines.

JOHN MCCAIN John McCain entered the Naval Academy in June of 1954. He served in the United States Navy until 1981. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona in 1982 and elected to the United

States Senate in 1986. He was the Republican Party’s nominee for president in the 2008

election. He currently serves as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services.

MICHAEL MCCAUL Congressman Michael McCaul, who is currently serving his sixth term representing Texas’ 10th Congressional District, chairs the House Committee on Homeland Security. As Chairman,

McCaul has focused on the threat of international and domestic terrorism, border security, cyber security, airport security and fixing management problems within DHS in order to save taxpayer dollars. Prior to Congress, Chairman McCaul served as a federal counterterrorism prosecutor, led a Joint Terrorism Task Force and served as Texas Deputy Attorney General.

JOHN MCLAUGHLIN John McLaughlin is the Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He served as Acting Director of Central Intelligence from

July to September 2004 and as Deputy Director of Central Intelligence from October 2000 to July 2004. He was a U.S. Army Officer in the 1960s, with service in Vietnam. He is the recipient of the National Security Medal and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He serves on the Board of Trustees at the Noblis Corporation and on the CIA's External Advisory Board. He chairs the CIA Officers Memorial Foundation, which supports CIA families who have lost a parent in the line of duty. He writes a foreign af fairs column at www.ozy.com.

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MARTHA MCSALLY Congresswoman Martha McSally represents Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, where she serves on the Homeland Security and Armed

Services Committees. She is a Distinguished Graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and was the first woman in our nation’s history to pilot a fighter plane in combat and command a fighter squadron. During her 26-year military career, she served 6 deployments to the Middle East and Afghanistan—flying for 325 combat hours in the A-10—and led oversight of counter-terrorism operations in Africa. She retired in 2010 as a full Colonel.

ANDREA MITCHELL Andrea Mitchell, the veteran chief foreign affairs correspondent for NBC News, is also the host of “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” an hour of political and foreign policy news airing each day on MSNBC. As a lead political

correspondent for NBC and MSNBC over the decades, Mitchell has covered the White House during Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton’s presidencies, Capitol Hill, and the State Department since joining NBC News in 1978. She appears regularly on “Nightly News,” “Today” and “Meet the Press,” along with “Hardball”, “The Rachel Maddow Show” and “Morning Joe.”

LISA MONACO Lisa Monaco assumed the duties of the Assistant to President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism and Deputy National Security Advisor on March 8, 2013. She advises the President on all aspects of counter-

terrorism policy and strategy as well as the coordination of all homeland security-related activities throughout the Executive Branch.

Previously, Ms. Monaco served as the Assistant Attorney General for National Security from July 11, 2011 to March 8, 2013. Her previous assignment was as the Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General. Prior to joining the Deputy Attorney General’s office, Monaco was the chief of staff to FBI Director Robert Mueller. Monaco initially joined the FBI on detail from the U.S Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.

MATT OLSEN Matt Olsen has worked for over two decades on national security, intelligence and law enforcement issues. As the former Director of the National Counter-terrorism Center, Olsen led the government’s

ef forts to integrate and analyze terrorism information for the past three years. Prior to joining NCTC, Olsen was the General Counsel for the National Security Agency. Olsen also served at the Department of Justice in national security leadership positions and as a federal prosecutor. Olsen is a President and co-founder of IronNet Cybersecurity. In addition, Olsen is a lecturer at Harvard Law School and a national security analyst for ABC News.

DANIELLE PLETKA Danielle Pletka was a longtime U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations senior professional staff member for the Near East and South Asia. In that role, Pletka was the point person on Middle East,

Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan issues. As the senior vice president for foreign and defense policy studies at AEI, Pletka writes on national security matters with a focus on Iran, the Middle East, Syria, Israel, and the Arab Spring. Pletka’s most recent study, America vs. Iran: The competition for the future of the Middle East, was published by AEI in January 2014.

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JOHN PISTOLE After practicing law for two years, Pistole began his career with the FBI in 1983. He served in Minneapolis, New York, FBI Headquarters, Indianapolis, Boston and, after the attacks of September 11, 2001, as

head of the counter-terrorism division, and then head of national security. In 2004, Pistole was named Deputy Director for the FBI where he served for 5½ years. In 2010, he was confirmed by the Senate as Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, where he served for 4½ years, retiring in December 2014.

NICHOLAS RASMUSSEN Nicholas Rasmussen, Director of the National Counterterrorism Center began his career as a Presidential Management Intern in 1991. He served in the State Department, National Security Council,

and the National Counterterrorism Center as an analyst, policy advisor, and senior leader. At the NSC he was Director for Regional Affairs in the Office of Combating Terrorism, and returned as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism. He joined NCTC as a senior policy and planning officer; he returned to lead the Center as Deputy Director, Acting Director, and now Director. Mr. Rasmussen graduated from Wesleyan University and Princeton.

TIM REARDON Tim Reardon is Vice President & General Manager of Lockheed Martin’s Defense & Intelligence Solutions. Previously, Mr. Reardon served as President, Lockheed Martin Intelligence;

President, Lockheed Martin Global; and President, Lockheed Martin Enterprise Integration. Prior to joining Lockheed Martin, Mr. Reardon served as an officer with the CIA

for ten years. Mr. Reardon received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Virginia. He also holds a Master’s degree in Systems Engineering from George Washington University. Mr. Reardon currently serves on the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) Board of Directors.

MIKE ROGERS Admiral Rogers’ joint service both afloat and ashore has been extensive since his commissioning in 1981. He served as Director for Intelligence for both the Joint Chiefs of Staf f and U.S. Pacific Command and

Commander, U.S. TENTH Fleet. Adm. Rogers became Commander, USCC and Director, NSA/Chief, CSS in April 2014. Admiral Rogers is a distinguished graduate of both the National and Naval War Colleges, a MIT fellow, Harvard National Security alum, and holds a MS in National Security Strategy and a bachelor’s from Auburn University.

BRIAN ROSS Brian Ross is one of the country’s most honored and respected journalists. As ABC News Chief Investigative Correspondent, he reports for “World News with David Muir,” “Nightline,” “Good Morning America,”

“20/20,” as well as for ABC News Radio and ABCNEWS.com. His reports have exposed corruption at all levels of government, leading to changes domestically and abroad. Ross’ work has been honored with the most prestigious awards in journalism, including seven duPont Awards, six Peabody Awards, six Polk Awards, f ive awards from the Overseas Press Club, 16 Emmys, and four Edward R. Murrow Awards. Ross joined ABC News in July 1994.

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DAVID SANGER David E. Sanger is national security correspondent and senior writer at The New York Times and one of the country’s leading authorities on American foreign policy. He has been a member of two New York

Times teams that have won the Pultizer prize and is author of two bestsellers, The Inheritance, and Confront and Conceal: Obama’s Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power. He teaches national security policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He is a 1982 graduate of Harvard.

ERIC SCHMITT Eric Schmitt, 55, is a senior correspondent for The New York Times who covers terrorism and national security issues. He is co-author of Counterstrike: the Untold Story of America’s Secret

Campaign Against Al Qaeda. For more than two decades, he has covered military and national security af fairs for The Times, and has made two dozen reporting trips to Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and West Africa. He has a bachelor’s degree from Williams College and earned a Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanford University. Mr. Schmitt has shared two Pulitzer Prizes. He was reared in the San Francisco Bay area and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

NOAH SHACHTMAN Noah Shachtman is the Executive Editor of The Daily Beast. He previously served as Executive Editor for news at Foreign Policy. A former non-resident fellow at The Brookings Institution, Shachtman has reported

from Afghanistan, Israel, Iraq, Qatar, Russia, Kuwait, and elsewhere. But he is perhaps best known as the founder and editor of Wired magazine’s national security site, Danger Room,

which won a National Magazine Award for reporting in digital media and an Online Journalism Award for best beat reporting.

ELISSA SLOTKIN Elissa Slotkin is currently the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. She is the principal advisor to the Under Secretary of Defense and Secretary of Defense on security strategy and

policy issues related to the nations and international organizations of Europe (including the North Atlantic Treaty Organization), Russia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Western Hemisphere. She also has oversight for security cooperation programs, including foreign military sales in these regions. Raised in Michigan, Ms. Slotkin was educated at Cornell and Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.

SUZANNE SPAULDING Suzanne Spaulding serves as Under Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate at the Department of Homeland Security. Ms. Spaulding has spent nearly 25 years working

on national security issues for both Republican and Democratic Administrations and on both sides of the aisle in Congress. She held leadership positions in the House and Senate intelligence committees and spent six years at the Central Intelligence Agency. As an attorney in private practice, she also served as Security Counsel for the Business Roundtable and worked with trade associations and other critical infrastructure companies on security related issues. Ms. Spaulding earned both her law degree and undergraduate degree at the University of Virginia.

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MATTHEW SPENCE Dr. Matthew Spence is a Senior Fellow at Yale University’s Jackson Institute for International Affairs. From 2012 -2015, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East

Policy. Prior to that, he served on the National Security Council staff as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for International Economic Affairs and as Senior Advisor to two National Security Advisors. He also served on the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team. Dr. Spence is the co-founder of the Truman National Security Project. He received his doctorate from Oxford University; J.D. from Yale Law School; and B.A. and M.A. from Stanford University.

LESLEY STAHL Lesley Stahl has been a “60 Minutes” correspondent since March 1991. Stahl’s 2013 series on Guantanamo Bay was honored with an Edward R. Murrow award, and her feature "Gospel for Teens" was recognized

with two Emmy Awards in 2012. Stahl’s two reports in 2010, “Unfinished Business” and “City of David” received Overseas Press Club Awards for Best Interpretation on International Affairs. In 1996 Stahl was awarded the Fred Friendly First Amendment Award in recognition of her journalistic achievements. She received an Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence in Television for a “60 Minutes” report.

FRAN TOWNSEND Frances Townsend is an Executive Vice President for Worldwide Government, Legal and Business Affairs at MacAndrews and Forbes Incorporated. From 2004 to 2008, Ms. Townsend served as

Assistant to President George W. Bush for

Homeland Security and Counterterrorism and chaired the Homeland Security Council. She also served as Deputy National Security Advisor for Combatting Terrorism from May 2003 to May 2004. Ms. Townsend spent 13 years at the U.S. Department of Justice under the administrations of President George H. W. Bush, President Bill Clinton, and President George W. Bush

MIKE VICKERS Mike Vickers was until May 2015 the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, the CEO of the $80B, 180,000 person defense intelligence enterprise. Previously he served as the Assistant Secretary of

Defense for Special Operations, Low-Intensity Conflict and Interdependent Capabilities, as a CIA Operations Officer and as a Special Forces Officer and Non-Commissioned Officer. He consults to a number of private sector organizations and serves on a number of boards.

JOSEPH VOTEL General Joseph Votel is the tenth commander of the United States Special Operations Command. He is responsible for U.S. Special Operations Forces worldwide. General Votel’s previous assignments

include Commanding General of Joint Special Operations Command, Deputy Commanding General for CJTF-82 in Operation Enduring Freedom, Deputy Director of the Joint IED Defeat Organization established under the Deputy of the Secretary of Defense, Commander of 75th Ranger Regiment, and Commander of a Light Infantry Battalion. General Votel is a graduate of the Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, United States Army Command and General Staf f College, and the United States Army War College.

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SHAUN WATERMAN Shaun Waterman is the editor of POLITICO Pro Cybersecurity. He is an award-winning journalist who has worked for the BBC and United Press International, and an expert on cybersecurity

who has presented at leading conferences such as Hacker Halted. As UPI’s Homeland and National Security Editor from shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, he covered the Department of Homeland Security from its standup in 2003 and twice won the “Dateline Washington” award from the Society of Professional Journalists. In 2009-10 Waterman produced a major report on cybersecurity for critical infrastructure at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

PETER WITTIG Peter Wittig has served as German Ambassador to the United States since April 2014. He was previously Ambassador to the United Nations in New York and represented Germany during its tenure in the UN Security Council.

Wittig has previously served in Madrid, as the private secretary to the Foreign Minister, and as Ambassador both in Lebanon and in Cyprus. He studied history, political science, and law at Bonn, Freiburg, Canterbury, and Oxford universities and taught as an assistant professor at the University of Freiburg. His wife Huberta von Voss-Wittig has worked as both a journalist and a writer. They have four children.

CHRIS YOUNG Christopher Young is General Manager of the Intel Security Group at Intel Corporation. Young leads Intel’s security business across hardware and software platforms, including McAfee and Intel’s other security

assets, generating revenue exceeding $3 billion. Young previously served as Senior Vice President at Cisco’s Security Business Group, where he was responsible for strategy, engineering and product development for the company’s global security business. Before that, Young served as Senior Vice President and General Manager at VMware. Young holds a bachelor’s degree, cum laude, from Princeton University and an MBA with distinction from the Harvard Business School.

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