DETERRENCE SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS

Commander
United States Strategic Command
General Anthony J. Cotton is the Commander, United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), Offutt Air...(read more)
Former Acting Under Secretary of Defense
Sasha Baker is the Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. She was sworn in on February 14, 20...(read more)
Senior Fellow
Hudson Institute
Mr. Billingslea is a former Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing at the United States Departm...(read more)
Global Operations
Northrop Grumman
Bromberg is corporate vice president of Global Operations for Northrop Grumman, a technology company...(read more)
Chairman
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. is the 21st Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the nation’s highest-r...(read more)
Director of Plans & Policy
United States Strategic Command
Rear Adm. Thomas R. “TR” Buchanan grew up in a Navy family. He is a native of Vallejo, California an...(read more)

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Dr. Kimberly S. Budil sets the strategic vision for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and exerc...(read more)
President
Chilton & Associates, LLC
General Kevin Chilton is currently President of Chilton & Associates, LLC, and serves as a Director ...(read more)
Strategic Posture Commission, Chair
The Honorable Madelyn Creedon had a long career in federal service; she served most recently as Prin...(read more)
President and CEO
The Commonwealth Club
Gloria Duffy has been president and CEO of The Commonwealth Club of California since 1996. She ov...(read more)
President and Chief Executive Officer
Aerospace Industries Association
Eric Fanning is President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Aerospace Industries Association ...(read more)
Vice President and General Manager, Connected Battlespace and Emerging Capabilities of Mission Systems
Collins Aerospace
Elaine Bitonti leads Connected Battlespace & Emerging Capabilities for Mission Systems at Collins Ae...(read more)
Committee on Armed Services
United States Congress
Congressman Garamendi represents California’s Eighth Congressional District, which includes much of ...(read more)
Strategic Posture Commission, Commissioner
The Honorable Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty was the first woman to have served as Administrator of the Nati...(read more)
Strategic Posture Commission, Commissioner
The Honorable Rose Gottemoeller is a Lecturer at Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for ...(read more)
Assistant Leader
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Raul Harnasch is an assistant leader in the Artificial Intelligence Technology and Systems Group at ...(read more)
Strategic Posture Commission, Commissioner
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs is a senior fellow at Hudson Institute and the director of its Keystone Defens...(read more)

Institute for Defense Analysis
Gen. (Ret) Charles H. Jacoby, Jr. is the Senior Vice Chairman for Capitol Peak Asset Management Comp...(read more)
Senior Fellow, International Security Program; and Director, Missile Defense Project
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Thomas Karako is a senior fellow with the International Security Program and the director of the Mis...(read more)
Former White House Chief of Staff
Secretary Kelly was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in 197...(read more)
Vice President and Senior Director
Atlantic Council
Dr. Matthew Kroenig is vice president and senior director of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center...(read more)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jung Jae Kwon is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science and Security Studies Progr...(read more)
Political Scientist
RAND
Dr. Shanshan Mei is a political scientist at RAND. Previously she served as a special assistant to t...(read more)
Assistant Director for Policy and Analysis
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Dr. James N. Miller is Assistant Director for Policy and Analysis at the Johns Hopkins University Ap...(read more)
Principal
The Scowcroft Group
The Honorable Franklin Miller is a principal at the Scowcroft Group in Washington, DC. He dealt ...(read more)
Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy
Dr. Vipin Narang is the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy, a portfolio that inc...(read more)
President and Chief Executive Officer
National Defense Industrial Association
The Honorable David L. Norquist is President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Defense Ind...(read more)
Vice President and Director
RAND National Security Research Division
Barry Pavel is a RAND vice president, and director of the RAND National Security Research Division (...(read more)
U.S. Air Force
United States Strategic Command
Major David Phillips (Jobs) is a Nuclear and Missile Operations Officer in the United States Air For...(read more)
Governor of Nebraska
Governor Jim Pillen was sworn in as Nebraska’s 41st Governor on January 5, 2023. He enters office...(read more)
Head of Nuclear Policy
UK
Joe Pitt-Rashid is the Strategy and Policy Director for Defence Nuclear in the Ministry of Defence. ...(read more)
Permanent Military Professor
U.S. Naval War College
Commander Daniel Post, U.S. Navy, Ph.D is a Permanent Military Professor assigned to the U.S. Naval ...(read more)
Associate Research Professor
University of California, Berkeley
Andrew W. Reddie is an Associate Research Professor at the University of California, Berkeley’s Gold...(read more)
Director of the Center for Global Security Research
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Dr. Brad Roberts has served as director of the Center for Global Security Research at Lawrence Liver...(read more)
Acting Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
Ms. Deborah G. Rosenblum currently serves as the Acting Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquis...(read more)
Board of Trustees, Chair
Aerospace Corporation
Retired Air Force Gen. Paul J. Selva was named chair of The Aerospace Corporation’s Board of Trustee...(read more)
Professor
Department of Psychology University of Oregon
PAUL SLOVIC received his B.A. degree from Stanford University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in psy...(read more)
PhD Candidate and International Security Studies Fellow
Tufts University
Michael Sparks is currently a PhD Candidate and International Security Studies Fellow at The Fletche...(read more)
Assistant Secretary
Bureau of Arms Control, Deterrence, and Stability
Mallory Stewart is the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Arms Control, Deterrence, and Stability...(read more)
Associate
German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Elisabeth I-Mi (Betty) Suh is an associate at the German Institute for International and Security Af...(read more)
Strategic Posture Commission, Commissioner
Leonor Tomero is currently a guest lecturer at Princeton University. Recently, she served as the Dep...(read more)

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