William McRaven
Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command (2011-2014) and of U.S. Joint Special Operations Command (2008-2011); Chancellor of the University of Texas System (2015-2018); Best-selling Author
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Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command (2011-2014) and of U.S. Joint Special Operations Command (2008-2011); Chancellor of the University of Texas System (2015-2018); Best-selling Author
World-Renowned, Award-Winning Photographer; Founder, The People's Portfolio
16th Supreme Allied Commander, NATO; Vice Chair, Global Affairs and Managing Director of The Carlyle Group; New York Times Bestselling Author
The Rt. Hon. Theresa May MP, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2016-2019)
CIA Director (2013–2017); Senior Intelligence and National Security Analyst at NBC and MSNBC
The Rt Hon David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2010-2016)
Director, CIA (2011-2012); Commander of U.S. and International Security Assistance Forces-Afghanistan (2010-2011); Partner, KKR
Transformational Leader; Secretary of Defense (2006-2011); Bestselling Author
The Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (2007-2010) and Chancellor of the Exchequer (1997-2007)
President and Chief Executive Officer, Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) (2008-2021); Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors, U.S. Federal Reserve System (1999-2006)
U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation (2012-2014); Stanford Professor and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow; Washington Post Columnist; NBC News Analyst
U.S. Secretary of Defense (2013–2015); U.S. Senator (1997–2009); Co-founder, Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.
U.S. Secretary of Defense (2011-2013), Director, Central Intelligence Agency (2009-2011), Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton (1994-1997), Director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget (1993-1994) and Co-founder, Panetta Institute for Public Policy
Author, The Room Where It Happened; National Security Advisor (2018-2019); U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (2005-2006)
Secretary General of NATO (2009-2014) and Prime Minister of Denmark (2001-2009)
U.S. Secretary of Energy (2009-2013), Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist and Professor, Stanford University
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