
Martin Dempsey
Board of Directors Chairman, USA Basketball; Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (2011-2015)
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Board of Directors Chairman, USA Basketball; Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (2011-2015)

President, Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation; 20th President of the University of California (2013-2020); Secretary of Homeland Security (2009-2013); Governor of Arizona (2003-2009)

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security (2013-2017)

Legendary Anchor, ABC News Nightline; Senior Contributor, CBS Sunday Morning Show; Contributing Columnist, Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal

Former Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor to the President of the United States; Expert in Global Risk, National Security & Crisis Leadership

President and CEO, Intrusion, Inc.; Former Senior Advisor, Squire Patton Boggs; Board Member, Baldrige Foundation; Former U.S. Chief Information Officer

U.S. Secretary of Defense (2013–2015); U.S. Senator (1997–2009); Co-founder, Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.

First Secretary of U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Former Governor of Pennsylvania; Chairman, Ridge Global

Vice Chairman, Brunswick Group; Former CEO, Brunswick Group; Deputy Secretary of the Treasury (2009–2013)

U.S. Senator (1981-2011) and Senior Counsel, Arnold and Porter

Distinguished Statesman, Secretary of Defense (1997-2001) and CEO, The Cohen Group

The Honorable James A. Baker, III, 61st U.S. Secretary of State

Director of National Intelligence (2017– 2019); Ambassador; Politician

CIA Director (1997-2004)

Former National Security Senior Fellow, Senior Fellow for Global Risks at the Center for the National Interest; State Department Diplomacy Consultant (2006-2023); Expert on Geopolitical Risk, Global Affairs, and American Politics

U.S. Senator (2007-2018)

National Political Reporter, Axios

Senior National Political Correspondent, NPR

12th Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)

Renowned cyber-crime and fraud prevention expert; Bestselling author, Catch Me if You Can

America’s 1st Female Combat Fighter Pilot; U.S. Senator and Representative (2015-2020); Author

Founding Director, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University; Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs

Dr. Andy Baker, Deputy National Security Advisor (2025-26) and National Security Advisor to JD Vance (2023-2026)

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense (2021-2025)
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