Speakers

The U.S. Citizen-Soldier, Protector of the Homeland: 
A Retrospective Look and the Road Ahead

18 & 19 September 2009
Marshall Hall - Center for Leadership and Ethics - Virginia Military Institute – Lexington, Virginia

• LTG H. Steven Blum, Deputy Commander, United States Northern Command
• Dr. James Jay Carafano, Senior Research Fellow, Heritage Foundation
• RADM Steven E. Day, Jr., USCG, Deputy Commander for Mobilization and Reserve Affairs, Atlantic Area
• MG Michael W. Davidson, U.S. Army (Retired), former National Guard Advisor to the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Dr. Michael Doubler, author of Civilian in Peace, Solider in War 
• MG Huntington B. Downer Jr, U.S. Army, Assistant Adjutant General - Army, Louisiana National Guard
• Brig. Gen. Donald P. Dunbar, USAF, Adjutant General, State of Wisconsin and Governor's Homeland Security Advisor
• BG David L. Grange, U.S. Army (Retired), Chief Executive Officer of PPD, Inc
• LTC Russel L. Honoré, U.S. Army (Retired), Former Commander, Joint Task Force Katrina
• Renee Hylton, National Guard Bureau
• MG Robert J. Kasulke, USAR, National Surgeon, Reserve Officers Association
• Maj. Gen. Thomas P. Maguire, Jr., USAF (Retired) former Adjutant General, State of New York (2001 - 2005)
• John T. Nelsen II, Booz Allen Hamilton
• Maj. Gen. Robert B. Newman, USAF, Adjutant General, Commonwealth of Virginia
• General J.H. Binford Peay III, U.S. Army (Retired), Superintendent, Virginia Military Institute
• Maj. Gen. Arnold L. Punaro, USMC (Retired), Executive Vice President, SAIC, Inc. & Chairman, Commission on the National Guard and Reserves
• MG William Terpeluk, USAR , former Commander of 77^th Regional Readiness Command