2017-Rndf-Brochure.Pdf
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
“For Ronald Reagan, the belief that the future would indeed belong to free markets and free peoples was at the core of his understanding of what a peaceful and prosperous world would be.” - The Honorable Condoleezza Rice 66th United States Secretary of State Honorary Steering Committee Congressman Mac Thornberry Honorary Chairman The Honorable Ash Carter The Honorable Sam Nunn The Honorable Robert Gates The Honorable Leon Panetta The Honorable Chuck Hagel Senator Jack Reed The Honorable Duncan L. Hunter The Honorable Frederick J. Ryan, Jr. Reagan Foundation & Institute Chairman Senator James M. Inhofe The Honorable George Shultz The Honorable Ann McLaughlin Korologos Reagan Foundation & Institute Trustee Reagan Foundation & Institute Trustee The Honorable John Warner Senator John McCain The Honorable Pete Wilson The Honorable Howard P. “Buck” McKeon Reagan Foundation & Institute Trustee The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute Board of Trustees The Honorable Frederick J. Ryan, Jr. Mr. Rick J. Caruso Mr. K. Rupert Murdoch Chairman Mr. Michael P. Castine Ms. Peggy Noonan Mrs. Catherine G. Busch Secretary Mr. Lodwrick Cook The Honorable Theodore B. Olson The Honorable John F.W. Rogers Mr. Steve Forbes Mr. Gerald L. Parsky Treasurer Mr. Bradford M. Freeman Mr. Jim Pattison The Honorable Rudolph W. Giuliani Mr. A. Jerrold Perenchio Mr. Robert M. Higdon, Jr. Mr. T. Boone Pickens The Honorable Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. The Honorable George P. Shultz Mr. John D. Heubusch Executive Director Mr. Jeffrey R. Immelt Mr. Ben C. Sutton, Jr. The Honorable Ann McLaughlin Korologos The Honorable Robert H. Tuttle Mr. Andrew J. Littlefair The Honorable Pete Wilson Defense Leaders - Industry Insiders - National Security Reporters 2017 Agenda “We’ve got the leadership and the brain power of The 2017 Reagan National Defense Forum begins with a Welcome Reception on Friday, December 1st followed by the America’s national security Saturday, December 2nd Breakfast, morning and afternoon here in this room...” Panel Sessions, Keynote Luncheon, and special Closing Remarks from a Department of Defense official. - Congressman Mac Thornberry Chairman, House Armed Services Committee Friday, December 1 5:15 pm Welcome Reception 7:00 pm Policy Breakout Dinners* (By Invitation Only) Saturday, December 2 7:30 am - 8:45 am Breakfast and Panel 1 9:00 am - 10:15 am Panel 2 and Panel 3 10:15 am - 10:45 am Break 10:45 am - 12:00 pm Panel 4 and Panel 5 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Keynote Luncheon 1:45 pm - 3:00 pm Panel 6 and Panel 7 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Break 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm Panel 8 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm Closing Session Keynote 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Peace Through Strength Reception* (By Invitation Only) 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Peace Through Strength Dinner* (By Invitation Only) Attendees Attendees and speakers are from the key communities that shape our national defense, which include Members of Congress, the civilian and military leadership of the Department of Defense, former officials, scholars, defense industry representatives, and members of the press. All RNDF sessions from 7:30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. are open to the press. Tickets and Registration Tickets to attend RNDF are by invitation-only. For more information, please visit www.reaganfoundation.org/defense or contact Shahla Seaborn at [email protected]. Previous RNDF Program Participants and Distinguished Guests *Partial Listing - Organization and Title reflect status at time of their RNDF attendance. H Mr. Julian Barnes H Admiral Jonathan W. Greenert H Ms. Kelly O’Donnell The Wall Street Journal Former Chief of Naval Operations, USN NBC News H Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn H Ms. Jennifer Griffin H The Honorable Leon Panetta Vice Chairman, Energy & Commerce Committee, FOX News Former Secretary of Defense; Former Director of the CIA; Tennessee *Peace Through Strength Award Recipient H The Honorable Stephen Hadley H Senator Roy Blunt Former National Security Advisor H General David Petraeus U.S. Senate, Missouri Former Director, CIA; H The Honorable Chuck Hagel Former Commander (ISAF & USFOR-A) H Mr. William M. Brown Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Chairman, President & CEO Harris Corporation H Mr. Mike Petters H Admiral Harry B. Harris, Jr. President and CEO, Huntington Ingalls Ind. H Mr. Wes Bush Commander, U.S. Pacific Command Chairman, President & CEO Northrop Grumman H H Dr. Ng Eng Hen Major General Arnold Punaro (Ret.) Former Chairman, National Defense Industrial Association H General Philip M. Breedlove Minister of Defence of Singapore Commander, U.S. European Command H H General Paul Hester (Ret.) Senator Jack Reed SASC Member, Rhode Island H Mr. Doug Cameron Associate Vice President, GE Aviation The Wall Street Journal H H Ms. Marillyn A. Hewson The Honorable Condoleezza Rice 66th Secretary of State; Former National Security Advisor; H The Honorable Eric Cantor Chairman, President and CEO, *Peace Through Strength Award Recipient Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Lockheed Martin Corp. Moelis & Co.; Former House Majority Leader H H The Honorable Joe Hockey Admiral John Richardson Chief of Naval Operations, USN H Congressman Joaquin Castro Australian Ambassador to the U.S. HASC Member, Texas H H The Honorable Deborah Lee James Admiral Michael S. Rogers Director, National Security Agency Chief; H The Honorable Ash Carter Secretary, U.S. Air Force Central Security Services Commander, Secretary, U.S. Department of Defense; H U.S. Cyber Command, USN *Peace Through Strength Award Recipient The Honorable Jeh Johnson Secretary, Department of Homeland Security H The Honorable Frederick J. Ryan, Jr. H Ms. Leanne Caret H Former Chief of Staff to President Ronald Reagan; Executive VP, The Boeing Company; General John F. Kelly Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Ronald Reagan President & CEO, Defense, Space & Security Commander, U.S. Southern Command, U.S. Marine Corps Presidential Foundation & Institute H The Honorable Richard B. Cheney H The Honorable Frank Kendall H Mr. Charlie Savage Former Vice President of the United States; Under Secretary of Defense for (AT&L) The New York Times *Peace Through Strength Award Recipient H Dr. Thomas Kennedy H Congressman Adam Schiff H The Honorable J.D. Crouch Chairman and CEO, Raytheon Company House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Former CEO, Qinetiq NA; California Former National Security Advisor H Dr. William A. LaPlante H Senator Jeff Sessions H Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition) Mr. Chris Davenport SASC Member, Alabama The Washington Post H General Joseph L. Lengyel H Mr. Thom Shanker H Chief of the National Guard Bureau Congresswoman Susan Davis The New York Times U.S. House of Representatives, California H The Honorable Marcel Lettre H Ms. Gwynne Shotwell H Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence General Martin E. Dempsey President and COO, SpaceX Former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff H The Honorable Carl Levin Former U.S. Senator, Michigan; H Mr. Gary Sinise H Mr. Jerry DeMuro *Peace Through Strength Award Recipient Gary Sinise Foundation President and CEO, BAE Systems, Inc. H The Honorable William J. Lynn, III H Congressman Adam Smith H General Joseph Dunford CEO, DRS Technologies & Finmeccanica NA Ranking Member HASC, Washington; Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff *Peace Through Strength Award Recipient H Senator John McCain H The Honorable Eric Edelman SASC Chairman, Arizona; H The Honorable Ine Eriksen Søreide Former Ambassador to Finland & Turkey; *Peace Through Strength Award Recipient Norwegian Minister of Defence Former Undersecretary of Defense (Policy) H Congressman Michael McCaul H Ms. Barbara Starr H Senator Joni Ernst Chairman, House Committee on Homeland CNN U.S. Senate, Iowa Security, Texas H Mr. Michael Strianese H The Right Honourable Michael Fallon MP H The Honorable John McHugh Chairman, CEO and President, L-3 British Secretary of Defence Former Secretary of the U.S. Army H The Honorable Jim Talent H The Honorable Eric Fanning H The Honorable Howard P. “Buck” McKeon Former Senator, Missouri; Secretary of the Army Former HASC Chairman, California Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute H Mr. David Feith H Admiral William H. McRaven H Congressman Mac Thornberry Editorial Writer, The Wall Street Journal Asia Former Commander, U.S. Special Operations HASC Chairman, Texas H The Honorable Michele Flournoy Command, USN H Congressman Mike Turner CEO, CNAS; Former Undersecretary of Defense H General Mark A. Milley U.S. House of Representatives, Ohio (Policy) Chief of Staff for the U.S. Army H The Honorable Michael Vickers H The Honorable Robert Gates H Senator Jerry Moran Under Secretary of Defense (Intelligence) Former Secretary of Defense; U.S. Senate, Kansas Former Director of the CIA; H The Honorable Robert O. Work *Peace Through Strength Award Recipient H Congressman Seth Moulton Deputy Secretary of Defense U.S. House of Representatives, Massachusetts H Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta H The Honorable Dov Zakheim Medal of Honor Recipient H General Robert B. Neller Former Under Secretary of Defense (CFO) Commandant of the Marine Corps H General David Goldfein H Admiral Paul F. Zukunft Air Force Chief of Staff H Ms. Peggy Noonan Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard Columnist, The Wall Street Journal; H Senator Lindsey Graham Trustee, Reagan Foundation & Institute; U.S. Senate, South Carolina Former Speechwriter to President Reagan Previous RNDF Panel Sessions On the Pentagon “In the end, if we fail to make the right investments... and we H Reforming how the Pentagon does Business: What does it take to roll back the red tape? fail to make the adaptations H necessary to be competitive, From the Situation Room: A view of defense from the White House. our competitive advantage is H Managing the Pentagon in War Time and During going to continue to erode, as Sequestration: Are there lessons learned for reforming DoD? will our ability to lead. And H Congress, Industry and the Pentagon: Assessing the in the end, I don’t think we’ll relationship.