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Guest Speakers

At each LeadAmerica conference, students meet and attend briefings with leaders in the field they are studying. Lectures, discussions and question-and-answer sessions bring leadership alive. Past speakers, meetings and briefings have included:

Political Leaders and Policy Experts

  • Dr. Madeline Albright, Former Secretary of State
  • Steven Bennett, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, The Brookings Institute
  • Elaine Chao, M.B.A., Former Secretary of Labor
  • Dr. Veronica DiConti, Associate Dean, Georgetown University for Continuing Studies
  • Stephen Bennett, Chief of Staff, The Brookings Institution
  • Bruce L. Braley, Congressman, Iowa, First District
  • Gary Crocker, Foreign Service Consultant, U.S. Department of State
  • Michael Dukakis, Former Governor of Massachusetts
  • Dr. Martin Dupuis, Assistant Dean, Burnett Honors College and Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Central Florida
  • Jeff Flake, Congressman, Arizona, Sixth District
  • Chuck Hagel, Former U.S. Senator from Nebraska
  • Felix Ortiz, New York State Assemblyman
  • Jamin Raskin, J.D., Maryland State Senator
  • Manuel Stefanakis, Former Director of Public Administration Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
  • Michael Tanner, Director, Health and Welfare Studies, The CATO Institute
  • Mary Beth Tinker, R.N., Tinker vs. Des Moines, 393 US 503, 1969
  • Robert Tobias, Director, Public Sector Executive Education, American University

National Security & Intelligence Officials

  • John Allison, M.S., Deputy Director for Human Capital, Defense Intelligence Agency
  • Joseph Billy, Jr., M.A., Assistant Director, Counter Terrorism Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Kenneth C. Brill, Director, National Counterproliferation Center; Former Ambassador to the Republic of Cyprus
  • Alan Capps, Principal Analyst & Editor in Chief, Journal of Homeland Security
  • Mike Hannesschlager, M.A., Analyst, Defense Intelligence Agency
  • Dr. Todd Hylton, The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Defense Sciences Office
  • Leslie Ireland, Iran Mission Manager, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
  • James Larner, U.S. Secret Service
  • Tracy Mustin, Director, Office of the Second Line of Defense, National Nuclear Security Administration
  • Robert Walpole, Principal Deputy Director, National Counterproliferation Center

Members of the International & Diplomatic Community

  • Tarik Allagany, Public Affairs Supervisor, Royal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Embassy
  • Dr. Ronald Bee, Director, Charles A. Hostler Institute on World Affairs
  • Dr. Brigitta Blaha, Consul General of the Republic of Austria, New York City
  • John W. Blaney, MSFS, Former U.S. Ambassador to Liberia
  • Gary Crocker, Foreign Service Consultant, U.S. Department of State
  • William K. Davis, Director, United Nations Information Center
  • Judith Fergin, Consul General, US Consulate, Sydney, Australia
  • Dr. Stephen Grabherr, Deputy Consul General, Consulate of the Federal Republic of Germany, New York City
  • Adam Harris, Deputy Early Engagement Director, AIPAC
  • Brian H. Hook, M.A., Former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations
  • Geoff Loane, Head of the Regional Delegation of the United States and Canada, International Committee of the Red Cross
  • Caryl Stern, President & CEO, US Fund to UNICEF
  • Francesco Maria Talo, Consul General of Italy, New York City

Members of the U.S. Military & Military Science Experts

  • Donald Rumsfeld, Former Secretary of Defense
  • Brig. Gen. Maria Britt, Commanding General, Georgia Army National Guard
  • Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Jim Hawkins, U.S. Air Force
  • Capt. (Ret.) Joseph Ludwikowski, U.S. Navy
  • Brig. Gen. (Ret.) John Mountcastle, Ph.D., U.S. Army
  • Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Wilma Vaught, U.S. Air Force
  • Dr. Brannon Wheeler, Director, Middle East and Islamic Studies, U.S. Naval Academy

Business Leaders and Academics

  • David Andrews, M.B.A., J.D., President, Gryphon Investors
  • Bruce Bachenheimer, Clinical Professor and Director of Entrepreneurship, Pace University
  • Paul Buckovich, MBA, Executive Vice President of Finance, Competitive Power Ventures
  • Laurence Franklin, Former CEO, Tumi Inc.
  • Mike Jackson, CEO, AutoNation
  • John Katzman, Founder, The Princeton Review
  • G. Edward Montero, Vice Chairman, Citigroup
  • Ed Rensi, Former CEO, McDonald’s
  • Jim Steeg, MBA, Executive Vice President & CEO, San Diego Chargers
  • Thomas Tauke, Esq., Executive Vice President, Verizon Communication Inc.
  • Solly Thomas, Associate Partner, Human Capital Management Services, IBM Global Business Services
  • Dr. David Walker, Former U.S. Comptroller General
  • Kimberly Wright-Violich, President & CEO, Schwab Charitable

Community Leaders, Leadership Experts and Academics

  • Marshall Bailly, II, Executive Director, Leadership Initiatives
  • Jean Berubi, Director, Day of Discovery, Gallaudet University
  • Dr. W. Warner Burke, Edward Thorndike Professor of Psychology & Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Ira Chaleff, Founder & Preside;nt, Executive Coaching & Consulting Associates
  • Dr. Brenda Graham, Associate Professor of Leadership, Department of Leadership, Concordia University
  • Christopher Irving, M.A., Executive Director, The Miller Institute of Leadership & Diversity
  • Catherine Meloy, M.A., President & CEO, Goodwill of Greater Washington
  • Jenne Myers, Executive Director, Working In The Schools
  • Rayona Sharpnack, Founder & CEO, Institute for Women’s Leadership

Criminal Justice & Forensic Science Experts

  • Robert Baier, M.A., Forensic Document Examiner
  • Honorable Frederick H. Bealefield, III, Police Commissioner, Baltimore Police Department
  • John L. Carey, Senior Investigator, New York State Police Department
  • Dr. Joseph Dizzino, Former Director, Crime Laboratory, Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Dr. John Giordano, Forensic Odontologist
  • Donald Hayes, Jr., M.F.S., Director,  Boston Police Department Crime Laboratory
  • Dr. Lawrence Kobilinsky, Professor and Chairperson, Department of Sciences, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
  • Thomas Lee, Deputy Superintendent, Boston Police Department
  • Don Mikko, Firearms Expert, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory
  • Michael Mines,  J.D., Deputy Assistant Director, Directorate of Intelligence, FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Nicole Nicklow, M.F.S., Federal Bureau of Investigation, Crime Laboratory
  • Paul Palumbo, Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Dr. Melissa Pasquale, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, New York City
  • Jim Trainum, Director of the Violent Crimes Apprehension Program, Cold Case Metropolitan Police Department

Lawyers, Judges and Legal Experts

  • Brian H. Hook, M.A., Former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations
  • Olegario D. Cantos VII, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice
  • Jamin Raskin, J.D., Maryland State Senator
  • Honorable Patricia Jessamy, J.D., State’s Attorney, State of Maryland
  • Honorable, Marla Miller, J.D., Judge, Superior Court of California – County of San Francisco
  • Dr. David Nersessian, Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law
  • Honorable Suzanne Ramos-Bolanos, J.D., Judge, Superior Court of California – County of San Francisco
  • Lee F. Satterfield, L.L.M., Chief Justice, Superior Court for the District of Columbia
  • Edward Stern, J.D., Assistant Dean for Pre-Law Advising, Boston University
  • John Torribio, L.L.M., Los Angeles Counter Superior Court Justice

Engineers & Scientists

  • Dr. Henry W. Brandhorst, Director, Space Research Institute
  • Dr. Martin Buehler, Director of Robotics, Boston Dynamics
  • Lt. Col. (Ret.) Charlie Dean, M.S., Senior Program Manager, Advanced Robotics, Foster-Miller, Inc. - QinetiQ North America
  • Deborah Duncan, P.E., Deputy for Programs and Project Management, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Dr. Peter G. Forth, Professor and Chairman, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University
  • Nicholas Fuhrman, Director, The Center of Innovation for Aerospace
  • Chris Gaughan, U.S. Army RDECOM Edgewood Chemical Biological Center
  • Dr. Steve S. Holt, Professor of Physics, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
  • Dr. Carol Livermore, Assistant Professor of Manufacturing, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT
  • MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team
  • Dr. Elise Morgan, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, Boston University
  • Robert Quinn, MBA, Foster-Miller Inc., QinetiQ North America
  • Dr. Leslie Robertson, AGIR Chartered Structural Engineer; Chief Engineer, World Trade Center
  • Dr. Lakshmi Sankar, Regents Professor and Associate Chair, School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Tech University
  • Dr. Mark L. Schattenburg, Senior Research Scientist, MIT Kavli Institute of Astrophysics and Space Research; Director, Space Nanotechnology Laboratory
  • Dr. Steve C. Wofsy, Abbott Lawrence Rotch Professor of Atmospheric and Environmental Science, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
  • Dr. Robert J. Wood, Assistant Professor, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
  • Dr. Yevgeniya Zastavker, Assistant Professor of Physics, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Physicians, Health and Health Policy Professionals

  • Cathleen Acres, R.N., M.A., Administrative Director, Division of Medical Ethics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
  • Dr. John A. Bogdan, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
  • Dr. Michael Cole, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University Medical Center
  • Catherine Dower, J.D., Associate Director, Health Law and Policy, University of California, San Francisco, Center for the Health Professions
  • Dr. Lee Goldman, Executive Vice President and Dean, Columbia University Medical Center
  • Dr. Jeanette J. Lancaster, R.N., Dean, University of Virginia School of Nursing
  • Nick Macchione, M.S., M.P.H., Director, San Diego Health and Human Services Agency
  • Stephanie M. Oberhaus, Ph.D., Boston University School of Medicine
  • Dr. Hansel J. Otero, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • Nancy Pratt, R.N., M.S.N., Senior Vice President of Clinical Effectiveness, Sharp Healthcare
  • Dr. Nabih M. Ramadan, Chief Medical Officer, Beatrice State Development Office
  • Rear Admiral David Rutstein, M.D., M.P.H., Chief Medical Officer, U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
  • Dr. Robert Sackstein, Associate Scientific Director, Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • Dr. Andrew A. Sama, New York Presbyterian Hospital
  • Dr. Shyrl Sistrunk, Associate Dean for Curriculum and Assessment, Georgetown University School of Medicine
  • Dr. John Swartzberg, Director, UCB-UCSF Joint Medical Program David Spitz, Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization
  • Dr. Ingrid Walker-Descartes, Attending Pediatrician, Maimonides Infant's and Children's Hospital of Brooklyn

Journalists and Media Professionals

  • Dr. Veronica DiConti, Associate Dean, Georgetown University for Continuing Studies
  • Barbara Feinman-Todd, Co-Director of the Pearl Project, Associate Dean of Journalism, Georgetown University School for Continuing Studies
  • Monique Fortune, Adjunct Professor, Fordham University Department of Communications & Media Studies
  • Dr. Samuel Freedman, Professor, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism; Former Pulitzer Prize Finalist
  • Mary Glick, M.A., Associate Director, American Press Institute Ronald Gordon, President, Telemundo Ronald Gordon, President/Founder, Telemundo Station Group/ZGS Communications
  • Dr. Beth Knobel, Professor, Fordham University Department of Communication and Media Studies
  • John J.Miller, President and COO, American Media Inc.
  • Dr. Arlene Morgan, Associate Dean, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism
  • Joel Mowbray, Syndicated Columnist
  • Srenath Sreenivasan,  Dean of Students; Professor of Professional Practice, The Journalism School of Columbia University
  •  Jon Wertheim, J.D., Senior Writer, Sports Illustrated

Theatre Arts Professionals

  • Michael Bobbit, Artistic Director, Adventure Theatre
  • Robert Brooks, Education Outreachc Director, The Julliard School
  • Andrea Ciannevei, Literary Manager, Labyrinth Theater Company
  • Jeffrey Dunn, American Music and Dramatic Academy
  • Joseph Gatto, The Tenderloins Comedy Troupe
  • Phillip Hickox, Director of Production, Wagner College
  • Melissa Houghton, Director, Women In Film And Video
  • Jack Newman, New York Film Academy
  • Frank Senger, Actor, Law & Order
  • Lisa Timmel, Artistic Director, Playwright Horizons
  • Scott Van Hoven, Van Hoven Studios
  • Jack Viertel, Artistic Director, Encores! Great American Musicals in Concert
  • Young Playwrights, Inc.
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