George Hawkins
George Hawkins serves as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and General Manager of the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water), was named to the post in a unanimous vote September 3, 2009 by the board of directors. With an operating and capital budget of nearly $1 billion, DC Water provides drinking water […]
Dr. Frederick W. Kagan
Frederick W. Kagan, author of the 2007 report Choosing Victory: A Plan for Success in Iraq, is one of the intellectual architects of the successful “surge” strategy in Iraq. He is the director of AEI’s Critical Threats Project and a former professor of military history at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Research Areas: Defense […]
Dr. Kimberly Kagan
Kimberly Kagan is the founder and president of the Institute for the Study of War. She is a military historian who has taught at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Yale, Georgetown, and American University. She is the author of The Eye of Command (2006) and The Surge: a Military History (2009), and editor […]
R. Brad Lane
R. Brad Lane is the Chief Executive Officer of RIDGE-LANE LP, a corporate advisory firm he co-founded with The Hon. Thomas J. Ridge, former Governor of Pennsylvania and first Secretary of U.S. Department of Homeland Security – with a team of General Partners, Venture Partners and Senior Advisors who have served at the highest levels […]
Nitzia Logothetis
Nitzia Logothetis, MSc, MA, is a trained psychotherapist, as well as the founder and executive chairwoman of the Seleni Institute, a non-profit dedicated to providing the care, research and information central to maternal and reproductive mental health. Mrs Logothetis has a professional interest in maternal mental health, mood and anxiety disorders, eating disorders, personality disorders […]
Dr. Darian McBain
Darian McBain is an engineer, scientist and science communicator. She is a globally recognised expert, speaker and author on sustainable supply chains. Darian has spent her career working with business, government and non-government organisations on measuring and managing the environmental and social impacts and risks of business activities and contributing to a more sustainable society. […]
Nate Morris
Nate Morris is an American Entrepreneur and serves as Chairman & CEO of Morris Industries, a privately held conglomerate headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 2010, Morris Industries leverages the power of business to solve some of America’s biggest challenges including conservation and national security. In addition to Morris Industries, Nate Morris founded Rubicon Technologies, […]
H.E. Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino
As Havana archbishop for over two decades, Ortega oversaw the visits of three popes to the island and the slow rebuilding of the church, which lost much of its influence after Fidel Castro took power.Following Castro’s 1959 revolution, Ortega, then a young priest, was jailed in a government work camp for suspected opponents. Decades later, […]
Beatriz Perez
As Coca-Cola’s first Chief Sustainability Officer, Bea Perez advances a global sustainability strategy designed to help grow the business while making a lasting, positive difference for consumers, communities and the environment. Bea is leading a global effort to embed sustainability into operations. Under her direction, the Coca-Cola system is making progress toward a comprehensive set […]
Hon. Sean Reyes JD
Sean D. Reyes has served as Utah’s 21st Attorney General and the state’s top law enforcement officer since 2013. He graduated summa cum laude from Brigham Young University and earned his law degree with honors from U.C. Berkeley. Attorney General Reyes litigated and tried cases for nearly 14 years at a prominent Utah law firm, […]
Hon. Thomas J. Ridge
Thomas J. Ridge is Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of RIDGE-LANE Limited Partners, a merchant-bank founded with R. Brad Lane, which sponsors Public-Private Partnerships to improve the nation’s infrastructure, Economic Development programs to spur growth in key U.S. cities, and corporate development for private companies with defense, homeland security and commercial application. Following the tragic events […]