Speakers

Dr. Gregory Bernard

Director, Center for Homeland Defense and Security

Vice Admiral Ann E. Rondeau

USN (Ret.), President Naval Postgraduate School

Elaine Jennings

CHDS Association Board President

Justin Fanelli

Chief Technology Officer (Acting), U.S. Navy

Owen West

Marine; (frmr) Asst. Sec Defense, Goldman Sachs Energy Trading Partner (ret.)

Alex Finley

Author, CIA officer (ret.)

Shruti Dhapodkar

Director, San Mateo Department of Emergency Management

Natalie Gutierrez

CHDS Board Treasurer

Gregory Bernard

Director, CHDS

Dan O’Connor

Field Operations Director, FEMA

Katelin Wright

Adjudication Officer, USCIS

Kristen Fletcher

Faculty Associate, Research, Naval Postgraduate School

Troy Christensen

External Affairs Officer, FEMA

Judy Boyd

US Coast Guard, Senior Fellow, The Arctic Institute

John Flynn

CHDS Board Vice President

Rodrigo Nieto-Gomez

Faculty, Naval Postgraduate School

Cathy Lanier

Senior Vice President Security, National Football League

Pat Miller

Instructor, Center for Homeland Defense and Security

Joe Pfeifer

Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School; Director of Crisis Leadership, Columbia University

GB Jones

Chief Safety and Security Officer, FIFA World Cup 2026

John Robb

Global Guerillas

Brock Long

Executive Chairman, Hagerty Consulting; Former FEMA Administrator

Jodi Stiles

Deputy Director, Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS)

Rodrigo Nieto-Gomez

NPS Faculty

Jacob Andry

CEO Talbot West

Ray Guidetti

Lt. Colonel, NJSP (Ret.)

Giacomo Sacca

Chief, City of Elizabeth PD

Kevin McMahan

Assistant Secretary of State - Washington Office of the Secretary of State

Joseph Nunn

Brennan Institute (invited)

Lisel Petis

R Street Institute

Natalie Gutierrez

Seth Jones

President of the Defense and Security Department and Harold Brown Chair at CSIS

Kieran Ramsey

Chief Investigative Officer, Global Reach

Chris Kuhn

Deputy Chief Border Agent, U.S. Border Patrol

Lisa Woodman

Rita Martess, TRM Labs

Vern Pierson

District Attorney, El Dorado County

Todd Bensman

Senior Adviser, White House Administration/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (invited)

Heather Hollingsworth

CHDS

Rosemary McDonnell

Justin Kates

Emily Peliccia, Emily Martuscello

Chris Hsiung

Undersheriff San Mateo and Co-founder with Simon Sinek, The Curve

Clint Osborn

Director, HSEMA

Phillip Osborn

USCIS Supervisory Special Agent, Chairman, World Customs Org. Electronic Crimes Experts Group (ret.)

Jeremy Roush

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