#NATSECGIRLSQUAD: THE CONFERENCE 11-12 December 2019 Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel Accessible & Aspirational Contents Rooms to Know Agenda Speakers List FAQ Partners Agenda Rooms to Know Agenda Speakers List FAQ #NSGSCon 2019 Partners Rooms To Know Plenary Room Marshall Ballroom Exhibits Marshall Foyers Lifestyle Lounge Marshall Atrium Media Room Hoover Green Room Jefferson Childcare Room Johnson Career Lounge Madison Breakout Rooms Taft; Taylor; Truman; Tyler Wednesday, December 11 2019 0800 Check-In/Coffee (Coffee provided by: American University School of Public Affairs) Marshall Foyer 0820 State of the Squad with Maggie Feldman-Piltch, #NSGS Founder Marshall Ballroom 0855 Introduction and #NatSecGirlSquad Tech Challenge Announcement John Saad, Guidehouse 0900 Fireside Chat Myths, Realities, Challenges, and Opportunities: The Real Story of Talent Acquisition and Human Capital Management in NatSec. Marshall Ballroom ● Terri Randall, Deputy Director of Talent Acquisition - CIA ● Erin G. Reitkopp, Human Capital Program Manager, Right Trusted Agile Workforce Initiative - ODNI ● John Kroger, Chief Learning Office - Navy ● Tish Tucker, Director at Office of Defense - NGA ● Moderator: Maggie Feldman-Piltch, #NatSecGirlSquad 1000 Administrative Overview Marshall Ballroom ● Paul Kearney, #NatSecGirlSquad and US Army 1010 Breakout Session One: 1a. Design Thinking/Problem Solving with MITRE Innovation Toolkit Team Jessica Yu and Jen Choi Tyler Room 1b. Personal Branding for Silent Professionals with John Sipher - CIA, DO retired; Joseph Gartin- Chief Learning Officer, CIA retired; Roynda Hartsfield, Digital Hiring Directorate, CIA retired Truman Room 1c. How to Brief Well with Phil Walter, Divergent Options and #NatSecGirlSquad Board Member Taylor Room 1d. Introduction to Model Diplomacy with CFR World 101 Taft Room All mainstage conversations are on the record. Breakout sessions are Chatham House Rule and conversations between members, at exhibition tables, in the career lounge, at Community Dinners, and other interactions with an expectation of privacy are off the record. 1120 Lunch Buffet Opens (Sponsored by Clements Center at UT) Marshall Foyer 1130 Member Spotlight with Alexandra Michael Vermooten, Clements Center for National Security Marshall Ballroom 1135 Lunch and Bombshell Podcast Live Recording Marshall Ballroom ● Dr. Erin Simpson - Northrop Grumman ● Dr. Radha Iyengar Plumb - Facebook ● Amb. Anne Patterson (ret.) – Yale Jackson Institute ● Dr. Kim Kagan – Institute for the Study of War ● Dr. Mara Karlin – Director, Strategic Studies Program at JHU SAIS 1235 Session Introduction with Oriana Pawlyk, Military.com Marshall Ballroom 1240 Panel One – Communicating National Security Marshall Ballroom ● Vera Bergengruen, TIME ● Jenna McLaughlin, Yahoo News ● Elmira Bayrasli, Foreign Policy Interrupted ● Vivienne Machi, Defense Daily Reporter ● Moderator: Mikhaila Fogel, Lawfare Blog 1355 Partner Spotlight/Coffee Break with Alexandria Di Cocco Marshall Ballroom 1400 Breakout Session Two 2a. Facilitating Decisions in Bureaucracy with COL Candice Frost Taft Room 2b. Publishing: Dos, Don’ts, Hows with Quinta Jurecic - Lawfare and Sasha O’Connell - American University; Board of Advisors #NatSecGirlSquad Taylor Room 2c. #NatSecGirlSquad: The Survey. Results Working Group with Maggie Feldman-Piltch and Guidehouse Truman Room 2d. Finding Your Professional Voice: Public and Semi-Public Speaking with Caitlin Hayden, BAE Systems Tyler Room All mainstage conversations are on the record. Breakout sessions are Chatham House Rule and conversations between members, at exhibition tables, in the career lounge, at Community Dinners, and other interactions with an expectation of privacy are off the record. 1510 Member Spotlight/Session Intro with Dana D’Amelio, Guidehouse Marshall Ballroom 1515 Panel Two – Interagency Toolbox Marshall Ballroom ● Alexandra Marten – Senior Advisor, FEMA - Dept. of Homeland Security ● Jamie Jones Miller - Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, Dept. of Defense ● Dr. Amy Grubb - Federal Bureau of Investigations ● Dr. Rachel Schiller - Chief of Staff, Political – Military Affairs Bureau ● Lesley Ziman - Deputy Director, Office of U.S. Foreign Assistance Resources - Dept. of State ● Moderator: Dr. Sasha Cohen O’Connell 1620 Member Spotlight - Paul Kearney, #NatSecGirlSquad and US Army Marshall Ballroom 1625 Fireside Chat Marshall Ballroom ● Dr. Kori Schake - Deputy Director, IISS; Board of Advisors #NatSecGirlSquad; ● Carrie Cordero – Robert M. Gates Fellow and General Counsel, Center for New American Security ● Moderator: Quinta Jurecic, Lawfare 1725 Closing Remarks and Presentation of Awards with Maggie Feldman-Piltch Marshall Ballroom Order of the Golden Hammer Induction: ● Dr. Sasha Cohen O’Connell ● Dr. Tamara Cofman Wittes GEM (Good Expletive Men) Award: ● Capt. Paul Kearney ● Robert J. Walker 1745 Guided Meditation Option 1900 Community Organized Dinner Options All mainstage conversations are on the record. Breakout sessions are Chatham House Rule and conversations between members, at exhibition tables, in the career lounge, at Community Dinners, and other interactions with an expectation of privacy are off the record. Thursday, December 12 2019 0745 Check-In/Coffee (Provided by Peraton) Marshall Foyer 0815 Opening Remarks with Liese Siegenthaler, Chevron formerly co-founder Unicorn Strategies Marshall Ballroom 0820 Fireside Chat: Authentic Leadership and Better National Security Decision Making Marshall Ballroom ● MG Tammy Smith, USA ● Kathy Suber, HPSCI, former Central Intelligence Agency 0915 Member Spotlight/Session Intro with Moriah Kairouz Batza, Bittrex Marshall Ballroom 0920 Panel Three – Technology, Partnerships, and Innovation Marshall Ballroom ● Dante Disparte, Head of Communication and Policy at Libra Association ● Mariya Filipova, VP at Anthem Innovation ● Dr. Rudra Kapila, Earth Scientist and Co-Chair, WCAPS Climate Security Working Group ● COL Val Jackson, USMC, Executive Director at The Krulak Center ● Moderator: Carrie Drake, Planet Federal 1030 Member Spotlight with Cori Fleser, Booz Allen Hamilton Marshall Ballroom 1035 Breakout Session Three 3a. SF-86 and Friends with ClearanceJobs and DCSA ft. Tyler Collins, Supervisory Agent-in-Charge, Northern Region, Field Operations; Lindsay Gengler, Senior Agency Liaison, Customer and Stakeholder Engagement Taft Room 3b. Salary Negotiation and Career Planning with Mike Bruni - Senior IC Recruiter and Tori Sanchez - FAO, DOD Taylor Room 3c. “You Interrupted Me” and More Things to Say with Confidence with Kate Bell, NFLPA Truman Room All mainstage conversations are on the record. Breakout sessions are Chatham House Rule and conversations between members, at exhibition tables, in the career lounge, at Community Dinners, and other interactions with an expectation of privacy are off the record. 3d. #NatSecGirlSquad Info Session with Maggie Feldman-Piltch Tyler Room 1200 Member Spotlight with Elizabeth Wright, #NatSecGirlSquad Ambassador Marshall Ballroom 1205 Lunch/Podcast Live Recording (Lunch provided by: Georgetown Security Studies Program) Marshall Ballroom ● Lawfare Podcast: Feminism and National Security ● Ben Wittes and Danielle Citron -Professor of Law at BU and VP of Cyber Civil Rights Initiative MacArthur Genius Grant Fellow 1300 Member Spotlight/Session Intro with Vivian Hagerty, Georgetown Student Marshall Ballroom 1305 Breakout Session Four 4a. Managing People and Projects with Jumaina Siddiqui, USIP and Dr. Amy Grubb, FBI Tyler Room 4b. Personal Style and Professional Life with MM LaFleur, Mx. Andre Jackson, Xavier Clark, DHS and Amy Levine, DOD Truman Room 4c. Unplanned Adventures: Navigating Industry Changes with Emily Horne, Brookings and Steve Warren Taylor Room 4d. Model Diplomacy Simulation with Council on Foreign Relations “Collapse in Venezuela” Taft Room 1420 Member Spotlight with Stephanie Bolduc Mikesell, #NatSecGirlSquad (Networking Break Provided by Facebook) Marshall Ballroom 1440 Panel Four: Best Friends Forever - Defense, Technology, and National Security Marshall Ballroom ● Jacqueline Barbieri, CEO - Whitespace Solutions ● Megan Jaffer, Partner – GeoSISU ● Heather Richman, Entrepreneur in Residence - BMNT Partners All mainstage conversations are on the record. Breakout sessions are Chatham House Rule and conversations between members, at exhibition tables, in the career lounge, at Community Dinners, and other interactions with an expectation of privacy are off the record. ● Moderator: Lisa Kaplan, CEO - Alethea Group 1555 Member Spotlight Melody Pleasure, Peraton Marshall Ballroom 1600 Giveaways and Closing Remarks with Maggie Feldman-Piltch, #NatSecGirlSquad Founder Marshall Ballroom 1630 Open Exhibition Marshall Ballroom Foyers 1700 Reception and Celebration (Provided by Whitespace Solutions) Marshall Atrium All mainstage conversations are on the record. Breakout sessions are Chatham House Rule and conversations between members, at exhibition tables, in the career lounge, at Community Dinners, and other interactions with an expectation of privacy are off the record. #NSGSCON 2019 SPEAKERS LIST CARA L. ABERCROMBIE President of the Defense Security Cooperation University (DSCU) and Principal Director for Workforce Development | Defense Security Cooperation Agency Ms. Abercrombie is responsible for overseeing the professional development and certification of the 20,000+ civilian and military members of the DoD security cooperation workforce who manage and execute DoD security cooperation programs