Guest
Speakers
At each Lead America
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:
Madeline
Albright, Former Secretary of
State
George W. Bush, President
Laura Bush, First Lady
Andrew Card, White House Chief
of Staff
Jimmy Carter, Former President
Dick Cheney, Vice President
Elaine Chow, Secretary of Labor
Bill Clinton, Former President
Arie Fleischer, Former White House
Press Secretary
Al Gore, Former Vice President
Stephen Lineberry, Deputy Associate
Director, Office of Public Liaison
Rod Paige, Secretary of Education
Janet Reno, Former Attorney General
Donald Rumsfeld , Secretary of Defense
Lawyers,
Judges and Legal Experts
Maryam Ahranjani, Professor, American
University Washington College of
Law
Olegario Cantos, Office of the
Attorney General
Michele
Coleman-Mayes, Senior Vice President & General
Counsel, Pitney Bowes, Inc.
David Cross,
Associate, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Toby Heytens, Law Clerk to Supreme
Court Justice Ginsberg
Brian Hook, White House Policy
Counsel
Robert Khuzami, Former Assistant
U.S. Attorney, New York City, New
York
Karen McKenna, Deputy Director,
Victim/Witness Assistance Unit Program
Michael Melloy, Judge, 8 th Circuit
Court of Appeals
Gilbert Morris, Ph.D., Barrister
Paul Palumbo, Special Agent, Federal
Bureau of Investigation
Jamin Raskin, Professor, American
University Washington College of
Law
Brian Sandoval, Attorney General,
Nevada
Susan Sloane, Attorney
Edward Stern,
Assistant Dean for Pre-Law Advising,
Boston University
Thomas Tauke, Esq., Former Congressman,
E.V.P., Public Affairs and Communications,
Verizon
David Vinikoor, Attorney
Felicia Walker , Director, MLK
Forensics Speech and Mock Trial Teams,
Howard University
Steve Wermiel, Professor, American
University Washington College of
Law
Jack Wertzberger, Assistant Director
of Development, Georgetown University
Law Center
Business
Leaders and Academics
Ryan Allis, CEO, Broadwick Corporation
Page Arnof-Fenn,
CEO, Mavens & Moguls
Lynn Baker, Director of Product
Development, Illinois Coalition
Robert Bennett, Senator, Vice Chairman,
Joint Economic Committee
Theresa
Boyce, President & Partner,
Hodak Value Advisors, LLC
Paul Buckovich, Vice President
of Finance, Competitive Power Ventures
Julie Coker, General Manager, Hyatt
Lodge Oak Brook
James Dickenson,
Writer & Media
Consultant
J.J. Gilmartin, Account Director,
Euro RSCG 4D
Aaron Greenspan, CEO, Think Computer
Patrick Gregory, Director, Hughey
Center for Financial Services,
Bentley College
Artis Hampshire-Cowan,
Vice President & Secretary,
Howard University
Shawn He, CEO, iNetworks 128
John Katzman,
Founder & CEO,
The Princeton Review
Allyson Knox, Harvard Graduate
School of Education
Marty Kress, President, SCORE Boston
Randall Lucas, CEO, Super Survey
John Magee, Director of Marketing
Technology, Euro RSCG 4D
Bob Mauro, Former COO, CBS
Steve McCoy, Former Assistant Program
Director, Old Dominion University,
Model United Nations Society
Bob McHardy, President, The PLUS
Corporation, Canada
Rob McHardy, Account Manager, The
Plus Corporation, Canada
Jerry Mitchell, President, Midwest
Entrepreneurs Forum
Barry Moltz, Co-Founder, Prairie
Angels
Gordon Reichard, Partner, Northern
Illinois Angels LLC
David Sabin, Chairman, Salton Inc.
Andy Schlessinger,
Principal, Andy & Associates
Gaurav Shah, Director, Center for
Marketing Technology, Bentley College
Kathy Shea, CFO, Capital Thinking
Michael Simmons, CEO, Success Manifesto
Celia Szelwach, President, Creative
Collaborations Consulting, Inc.
Nancy Van
Milligan, President & CEO,
Community Foundation of Greater
Dubuque, IA
Marc Vial, MIT Ph.D. Programmer
Jocelyn Vigreux, CEO, TomTom USA
John Werner, Executive Director,
Citizen Schools
Physicians
and Health Professionals
Arturo Bendixin, AIDS Foundation
of Chicago
John Bogdan, M.D., Scientific Review
Administrator, National Institute
of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,
National Institutes of Health
Marcis Braunfelds, M.D.
Louis Cohen , M.D., Rheumatologist
Ryan D'Souza, M.D.
Byron Eisenstein, M.D., Otolaryngologist
Craig Ferris, Ph.D., Director,
Center for Comparative NeuroImaging
, University of Massachusetts Medical
School
John Finerty, M.D., Department
Head, Micro-Immunology, National
Institutes of Health
Mike Gilboe, Lake Forest College
Hilary Godwin, Ph.D., Professor
of Chemistry Northwestern University,
Institute for Nanotechnology
Susie Graw, Accelerated Rehab Specialist
Bruce Harris, M.D., Emergency Medicine
Beverly
Hubble Tauke, Therapist & Author,
Cornerstone Family Counseling
Kathy Kopnisky,
M.D., Chief, Secondary Cellular & Molecular
Mechanisms of Neuropathogenesis,
National Institute of Mental Health
Sam Mbulaiteye, M.D., Principal
Investigator, National Cancer Institute,
National Institutes of Health
Sarah Meier, Lake Forest Hospital
Karen Middleton, ABCCPR, Inc.
Kenneth Robertson, M.D.
M. Rosenblatt, M.D., Gastroenterologist
Aziza Shad,
M.D., Director, Division of Pediatric
Hemotology & Oncology,
Georgetown University Hospital
Jan Sikorsky, Ph.D., Associate
Director of Academics, LeadAmerica
Sue Sirota, M.D., Pediatrics
David Spitz, Public Information
Officer, Pan American Health Organization,
Regional Office, World Health Organization
Karen Stec, Executive Vice President,
Advanced Life Sciences
Megan Steinbeck, Highland Park
Hospital
Cam Trout , R.N.
Angela Wakhweya, M.D., Center for
International Health, Boston University
Robert Witzberg, M.D., Associate
Dean, Boston University School of
Medicine
Criminology and Forensic
Science Speakers
Bradley Adams, M.D., Forensic Anthropologist,
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner,
New York City, New York
Michael Byrnes, Special Agent,
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Frank Cornetta, Sergeant, Broward
County Florida Bomb Squad
Joi Dickerson, Senior Forensic
Specialist, Culver City Police Department
Lisa Ference, Special Agent, Federal
Bureau of Investigation
John Giordano, D.D.S., Forensic
Odontologist
Erin Gould, Criminalist, San Diego
County California Sheriff's Office,
Regional Crime Laboratory
Madeline Hinkes, Forensic Anthropologist,
San Diego County California Medical
Examiner's Office
Vici Inlow , U.S. Secret Service
Lori Jensen , Special Agent, Federal
Bureau of Investigation
Tin Nguyen, 2nd
Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps
Amy Solen, Special Agent, Federal
Bureau of Investigation
Norman Sperber, Chief Forensic
Odontologist, Reserve Deputy Sheriff,
Homicide Unit, San Diego and Imperial
Counties, California
Barry Vecchioni, Special Agent,
Federal Bureau of Investigation
William B. Allen, Professor of
Political Science, Michigan State
University
Charles F. Brower, Brigadier General,
Virginia Military Institute
Nathaniel H. Brown, Lieutenant,
U.S. Navy, Virginia Military Institute
Steve Brozak, Lieutenant Colonel,
Ret., U.S. Marine Corps
Randy Cheek, Department of Defense
Chae Chels, Lieutenant Colonel,
U.S. Army
Wesley Clark, General
Daniel Colfax , Lieutenant Colonel,
U.S. Marine Corps
Stephen P. Colvin, Captain, U.S.
Air Force
Dan Connely, Major, U.S. Marine
Corps
Dean M. Danas, Major, U.S. Air
Force
Jose A. DeVarona, Major, U.S. Air
Force
Sherman
L. Fleek, Program Manager for Interpretation & Education,
Shenandoah Valley Battlefields
Foundation, New Market Battlefield
Tommy Franks, General, Ret., U.S.
Army
David Griffith, Lieutenant Colonel,
U.S. Army, National War College
Clifford D. Harmon, Instructor
of History, Virginia Military Institute
James B. Hickey, Colonel, U.S.
Army
Stewart W. Husted, Professor of
Business, Virginia Military Institute
Joseph M. Irby, II, Lieutenant
Colonel, U.S. Army
John D. Johnson, Colonel, Pentagon
Stuart Jolly, Lieutenant Colonel,
U.S. Army, Professor of Military
Science, Central Oklahoma University
Chad A. Joyce, Instructor, Virginia
Military Institute
Daryl J. Laninga, Major, U.S. Marine
Corps
Frank Lever, Command Sergeant Major,
U.S. Army National Guard
Robert C. Lynn, Colonel, U.S. Air
Force
Stewart A. MacInnis, Lieutenant
Colonel, U.S. Army
Alex Major, Captain, U.S. Air Force,
Defense Intelligence Agency
David B.
Mann, Author, "Battle
of Zig Zag Pass"
David McCaffree, Jr., Manpower
and Reserve Affairs, CMC, U.S. Marine
Corps
Philip McChesney, Lieutenant Colonel,
Ret., U.S. Army
Turk M. McCleskey, Professor of
History, Virginia Military Institute
Timothy S. McElhannon, Commander,
U.S. Navy, Virginia Military Institute
John W. Mountcastle, Brigadier
General, Ret., U.S. Army
Malcolm Muir, Jr., Professor of
History, Virginia Military Institute
Brian L. Quisenberry, Captain,
U.S. Navy, Virginia Military Institute
Frank Reynolds, Lieutenant Colonel,
U.S. Army
James S. Romasz, Major, U.S. Army
Bill Shugrue, Colonel, U.S. Army
Fred Winton Smith, Commander, U.S.
Navy, Pentagon
Robert J. Smullen, Major, U.S.
Marine Corps, White House Fellow
Robert Spidel, Sergeant Major,
U.S. Army National Guard
Thomas W. Stevenson, Assistant
Instructor, Virginia Military Institute
Wilma Vaught, Brigadier General,
Ret., U.S. Air Force and President,
Women in Military Service Memorial,
American Memorial Foundation, Inc.
John D. Willis, Major, U.S. Air
Force
John J. Wranek, Major, U.S. Army
Intelligence,
National Security and Defense Officials
Marcus Bembenisa, Defense Intelligence
Agency
Steve Berry, Federal Bureau of
Investigation
Joe Biden, Senator, Committee on
Foreign Relations
Kit Bond, Senator, Select Committee
on Intelligence
Alan Capps, Editor-in-Chief, Journal
of Homeland Security, Anser Institute
for Homeland Security
Saxby Chambliss, Senator, Armed
Services Committee
Hillary Clinton, Senator, Armed
Services Committee
Elizabeth Dole, Senator, Armed
Services Committee
Michael Duffy, Nuclear Information
Officer
Bob Etheridge, Representative,
Homeland Security Committee
Ken Gerhardt, Defense Intelligence
Agency
Erika Green, Defense Intelligence
Agency
Enrique Gonzalez, Hiring Official,
Central Intelligence Agency
Lindsey Graham, Senator, Armed
Services Committee
Chuck Hagel, Senator, Select Committee
on Intelligence
Orrin Hatch, Senator, Chairman,
Select Committee on Intelligence
James Inhofe, Senator, Armed Services
Committee
Ted Kennedy, Senator, Armed Services
Committee
Debra Lake, Hiring Official, Central
Intelligence Agency
Michael Levin, Intelligence Official,
National Security Agency
Joe Lieberman, Senator, Armed Services
Committee
Richard Marshall, Former Deputy
Director of Critical Infrastructure
Assurance Office, U.S. Department
of Defense
Paul Palumbo, Federal Bureau of
Investigation
Jeff Sessions, Senator, Armed Services
Committee
John Schuhart, Central Intelligence
Agency
John Warner, Senator, Chairman,
Armed Services Committee
Warren Wofford, Master Sergeant,
USAF, National Security Agency
John Wolfarth, Anser Institute
for Homeland Security
Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of the
City of New York
Howard Dean, Former Governor of
Vermont
Rudy Giuliani, Former Mayor of
the City of New York
Jennifer Granholm, Governor of
Michigan
Kerry Healey, Lieutenant Governor
of Massachusetts
Bernard Kerik, Former Police Commissioner
New York, New York
Linda Lingle, Governor of Hawaii
Thomas Menino, Mayor of Boston
Janet Napolitano, Governor of Arizona
Martin O'Malley, Mayor of Baltimore
George Pataki, Governor of New
York
Ed Rendell, Governor of Pennsylvania
Bill Richardson, Governor of New
Mexico
Mitt Romney, Governor of Massachusetts
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor
of California
Marc Racicot, Former Governor of
Montana
Michael Steele, Lieutenant Governor
of Maryland
Carolyn Stennett, Chief Administrative
Officer, Washington D.C. Department
of Youth Rehabilitation Services
Bob Taft, Governor of Ohio
Regena Thomas, Secretary of State,
New Jersey
Mike Van Milligan, City Manager,
City of Dubuque, Iowa
Christie Vilsack, First Lady of
Iowa
Mark Warner, Governor of Virginia
Carina Armenta, Legislative Director,
Office of Representative Hilda
Solis
Ward Baker, Republican Political
Director, State of Mississippi
Sara Gear Boyd, Secretary of the
Republican National Convention
Carol Mosely Braun, Former Senator
and Democratic Primary Candidate
Donna Brazile, Al Gore Campaign
Manager
Marilyn Byers, President, National
Conference of Republican County
Officials
Chuck Cunningham, Director of Federal
Affairs, National Rifle Association
Michael Davis, Senior Deputy and
Voting Supervisor
Susan Davis, President, Irish-American
Republicans
Bonnie Garcia, Assistant Secretary
of the Republican National Convention
Kevin Gentry, Campaign Consultant
Ed Gillespie, Former Republican
National Party Chairman
Christine Hanson, Deputy Press
Secretary, Senator Bill Nelson
Bill Harris, CEO, 2004 Republican
National Convention
Eric Hoplin, President, College
Republicans
Reverend Jesse Jackson, President,
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
Christine Kocher, Program Assistance,
Global Education Center, The Academy
for Educational Development
Dennis Kucinich , Democratic Party
Candidate
Michael Mack, Young Republicans
President
Fernando Mateo, President, Hispanics
Across America
Kenneth Maxey II, Democratic National
Convention GAIN Director of Grass
Roots Campaigns
Terry McAuliffe, Former Democratic
Party Chairman
Pat McCrory, President, Republican
Mayors and Local Officials
Jane Norton, Assistant Secretary
of the Republican National Convention
Dario Payo, Congressional Leader,
Independent Democratic Union
Tim Phillips,
Founder & Vice
President, Century Strategy
Ralph Reed,
Founder & President,
Century Strategy
Al Sharpton, Presidential Candidate
and Political Activist
John Sweeney, President, AFL-CIO
Joe Trippi, Chair , Howard Dean
Campaign
Ann Wagner, Co-Chairman, Republican
National Convention
Michael Williams, Assistant Convention
Secretary
Grant Woodward, National President,
Young Democrats
Members
of the Diplomatic Community
Nawaf Al Ahamad, Second Secretary,
Embassy of Kuwait
Zainab Al-Suwaij, Executive Director,
American Islamic Congress
Steve Atkins, Press Advisor, Embassy
of Britain
Catherine Bertini, Under Secretary
General for Management, United
Nations
Gary Crocker, U.S. Department of
State
Stephanie Dejarric, Associate Spokesperson,
United Nations
George Dragnich, Deputy U.S. Coordinator,
U.S. State Department
Scott Harris, U.S. Department of
State
Kevin Kennedy, Branch Chief, United
Nations
Jean David Levitt, Ambassador,
Embassy of France
Juliana Lindsey, Coordinator, Humanitarian
Response Unit, UNICEF
Katsuo Nagai, Deputy Press Secretary,
Embassy of Japan
Mary Pensabene, Team Leader of
Washington Programs, U.S. Department
of State
Carina Perelli, Department Director,
United Nations
Elisabeth Reuss, Embassy of Austria
Anna Schwan, Public Diplomacy Specialist,
Embassy of Germany
Members
of the Media
James Carville,
Host of CNN's "Crossfire"
Ben Ferguson, Radio Talk Show Host
and Author
Arianna Huffington, Syndicated
Political Columnist
Rich Lowery, Senior Editor, National
Review
Ron Reagan, Host, MSNBC
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