A Conversation with Facilitated by Dr. Marc LiVecche

Wednesday, May 19th – 4:00-6:00 PM EST Zoom Link: https://bit.ly/2RH36gS

(Note: Only the speaker and moderator will be on-screen for this session. This conversation will be off-the-record and will not be recorded. Please submit questions via the Q&A function.)

A private conversation with a renowned leader well-versed across some of the highest ranks of the U.S. government, military and more, this off-the-record discussion will focus on takeaways from General Mattis’ distinguished career and will offer his seasoned perspectives on dedication to service, how to succeed in a role in high command and more. With extensive experience in strategic and forward-thinking leadership roles, attendees will benefit from hearing the General’s thoughts on how our nation might address key current and future challenges. General Jim Mattis U.S. Marines (ret) and 26th U.S. Secretary of Defense

Gen. Jim Mattis was raised in Southeastern and graduated from Central Washington State College. He served over 40 years in the Marine Corps as an infantry officer, plus duty in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, as NATO Supreme Allied Commander, and as Commander of U.S. Central Command comprised of 250,000 U.S. and allied troops in combat across the Middle East and South Asia. Retiring in 2013, he was a Davies Family Scholar at Stanford University's . Subsequently he served as the 26th Secretary of Defense from January 2017 through December 2018.

In the News: CNBC article, “General Mattis’ Extraordinary Reading Habits” ; Gen. Mattis’ keynote remarks at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, “Learning to Lead”

Moderator: Dr. Marc LiVecche – Graduate Fellow, University of Chicago (2011-12)

Marc LiVecche is a research fellow at the Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership at the U.S. Naval Academy and the executive editor of Providence: A Journal of Christianity & American Foreign Policy.

His first book, The Good Kill: Just War & Moral Injury, will be published next month by Oxford University Press. He is also co-editor of Responsibility and Restraint: James Turner Johnson and the Just War Tradition. Currently, he is finalizing Moral Horror: A Moral Defense of the bombing of Hiroshima.

He lives in Annapolis with his wife and children.

“The statesman’s duty is to bridge the gap between his nation’s experience and his vision. If he gets too far ahead of his people, he will lose his mandate; if he confines himself to the conventional, he will lose control over events.” – Dr. , Rumsfeld’s Rules

“Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.” – Adlai Stevenson, Rumsfeld’s Rules