Workshop Speakers

Below is a running list of participating guests that will be present at our program. Updates are made daily. Some guests are not listed due to security measures.

SESSION I

Laura J. Gross — Director, Office of Chemical and Biological Weapons Affairs, U.S. Department of State

Paul Watzlavick  —  Former Director Office of Analysis for Near East Affairs, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, United States Department of State 

Declan Walsh — Chief Africa Correspondent for The New York Times, based in Kenya.

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SESSION II

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David Hale — Former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs

Edward Alden  — Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Ross Distinguished Visiting Professor, Western Washington University

Elizabeth Horst — Minister-Counselor for Public Affairs, U.S. Embassy Berlin

Robert Eatinger — Former Deputy General Counsel for Operations, Central Intelligence Agency

Dean Thompson & Scott Sanford — Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

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SESSION III

Rachel M. Poynter — Deputy Assistant Secretary for Mexico and Canada, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs

Dana Houk — U.S. Department of State Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI)

Kelly Geoghegan — Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Embassy Santo Domingo

Hady Elneil — Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State

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James M. Acton — Co‑Director, Nuclear Policy Program; Jessica T. Mathews Chair, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

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SESSION IV

Robert J. Faucher — Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations

Kerri S. Hannan — Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Diplomacy, Policy, Planning, and Coordination

Roger Carstens — Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs (SPEHA), U.S. Department of State

Richard M. Mills — Deputy Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations

Justin Vogt — Executive Editor, Foreign Affairs Magazine

SESSION V

Hillary Batjer Johnson ‚ Deputy Coordinator for Homeland Security, Screening, and Designations; Bureau of Counterterrorism, U.S. Department of State

John Creamer — Former Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Mexico City

Elaine Lammert — Former Principal Deputy General Counsel, FBI Office of the General Counsel

Special Session: Victoria Nuland — Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs of the United States

SESSION VI

Jody Daniel — Director, Nuclear Risk Reduction Center

Lawrence Bartlett — Director of the Refugee Admissions Office of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration

William H. Moser — Director of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operation (OBO)

Silvana Koch-Merin — President and Founder of Women Political Leaders (WPL)

Annette Redmond — Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Intelligence Policy and Coordination (IPC) in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR)

SESSION VII

Ambassador Luis G. Moreno — Former Ambassador to Jamaica

Tracy Walder — Former Staff Operations Officer, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

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CAPSTONE PROJECT ADVISOR

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Alicia Ely Yamin — Lecturer, Harvard Law School

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