Dr. Evan A. Feigenbaum is one of America’s leading diplomats on Asia. He is the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia (2007-09), Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Central Asia (2006-07) and Member of the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff responsible for East Asia (2001-06).
Feigenbaum is currently vice chairman of the Paulson Institute, established by former Treasury secretary and Goldman Sachs CEO Henry M. Paulson, Jr. His diverse career with Asia has spanned government service as a US diplomat, think tanks, the private sector, and major regions of Asia.
Scott Gottlieb, MD is a practicing physician and Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a nonpartisan, not-for-profit institution dedicated to research and education on issues of government, politics, and economics.
A top CNN news anchor and the foreign affairs correspondent for CNN, Jill Dougherty provides an unparalleled perspective on international issues and U.S. foreign policy. She has reported from more than 50 countries, including Afghanistan, Iraq and North Korea.
Lauded as one the most influential American Latinos under 40 and as among the top Latinas in Government and Politics, Maria Teresa (Petersen) Kumar is the founding Executive Director of Voto Latino, a leading national civic engagement organization targeting acculturated American Latino youth.
A fierce advocate of conservative values, strong education, and public service, Allen West is the third of four generations of military servicemen in his family. His parents instilled in him a very basic principle, love of God and Country.
The youngest political talk show host in history, Tomi Lahren is not afraid to tell it like it is. She ignited a media firestorm with her "Red, White, Blue & Unfiltered Final Thoughts" on the Chattanooga terrorist attack that killed four Marines and one Sailor. Now, she's ready to light up your weeknights with her self-titled one-hour show, "Tomi" on Glenn Beck’s TheBlaze TV at 8pmET. Her commentary segments, Final Thoughts with Tomi Lahren, are also featured on TheBlaze.com
With over 25 years experience as the CIA’s operations officer and as the President and Co-Founder of Diligence LLC, Michael Baker uses his experience in intelligence, counter-terrorism, counter-narcotic and counterinsurgency operations to speak to audiences about how they can maximize their use of intelligence to minimize risk and maximize opportunities globally.
A political science major with an emphasis on international affairs, Broaddus won a Fulbright Fellowship and studied in France for a year, earning a graduate degree from the Center for Advanced European Studies at the University of Strasbourg. Mr. Broaddus went on to serve as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond from 1993 to 2004, where he confronted the challenge of change within the banking industry.
He is also a member of the advisory board of the Massey Cancer Center at the VCU Medical Center. He is a past trustee of the Virginia Historical Society and the Richmond Memorial Health Foundation, and a former chairman of the board of United Way of Greater Richmond. He has been interviewed a number of times on Bloomberg Television and CNBC.
Publications from Fast Company to the Harvard Business Review have called it one of the most remarkable examples of organizational transformation: Mike Abrashoff took command of the worst-performing Navy ship in the Pacific Fleet and made it #1 in twelve months – using the very same crew. In many ways, the ship was actually an extreme example of the same problems facing many organizations today.
