The Fifth Great Power Competition Conference offers an unparalleled lineup of luminaries from the highest echelons of the federal, military, law enforcement, and private sectors. This distinguished group of speakers provides a wealth of first-hand insight and a variety of perspectives for a critical examination of the issues facing our nation.
Speakers are listed alphabetically based on formal title and name.
ADM Craig Faller, USN, Retired, Former Commander, US SOUTHCOM
ADM James M. Loy, former Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
AMB Ryan Crocker, former US Ambassador to Iraq, Afghanistan
Dr. Eric Eisenberg, Dean, USF College of Arts & Sciences
Dr. Michael O’Hanlon, Director of Research – Foreign Policy, Brookings Institution
Dr. Ron Sanders, Staff Director, Cyber Florida: The Florida Center for Cybersecurity
Eric Silagy, CEO, Florida Power & Light (FPL)
Frank Cilluffo, former Special Assistant to President George W. Bush for Homeland Security
GEN Frank McKenzie (USMC-retired), former Commander, US CENTCOM
GEN Keith Alexander, USA, Retired; former Director, National Security Agency
Gen Michael Hayden, USAF, Retired, former Director, Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency
HON Ellen E. McCarthy, Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research
HON Fran Townsend, former Homeland Security Advisor
HON Janet Hale, former Under Secretary of Management, US Department of Homeland Security
HON Jen Easterly, Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security
HON John S. Pistole, former Deputy Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
HON Matthew G. Olsen, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, US Department of Justice
HON Michael Chertoff, former Secretary of Homeland Security
HON Michael E. Leiter, former Director of the US National Counterterrorism Center
HON Michael Rogers, former Chair, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
HON Michèle Flournoy, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, WestExec Advisors; former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
HON Mike McConnell, VADM, USN, Retired, Executive Director, Cyber Florida; former Director, US National Intelligence
HON Ronald S. Moultrie, Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security
John McLaughlin, former Acting Director of Central Intelligence
LGEN Charles W. Hooper, USA, Retired; former Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency
Maj. Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich, USAF, Director of Operations, US CENTCOM
Michael Allen, Managing Director & Partner, Beacon Global Strategies
Patrick Gorman, Executive Vice President for Cybersecurity, Booz Allen Hamilton; former CIO, US Intelligence Community
Peter Singer, New America Senior Fellow
Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, former Chair, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
USF Interim President Rhea Law
VADM Jan Tighe, USN, Retired, Former Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare and Director, Naval Intelligence
Vice Admiral Collin Green, Deputy Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command
