GWB Conference

INVITED SPEAKERS

Italicized titles indicate position(s) held within the Bush administration.

Joseph G. Astman Distinguished Conference Scholar
Peter Baker
White House Correspondent
The New York Times
Author, Days of Fire: Bush and Cheney in the White House, 2013

  • Elliott Abrams
    Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor
    for Global Democracy Strategy, 2005-2009
  • Thomas J. Basile
    Senior Press Advisor to Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq
  • John B. Bellinger, III
    Legal Adviser for the U.S. Department of State, 2005-2009
  • Bradley A. Blakeman
    Deputy Assistant to President for Appointments and Scheduling,
    2001-2004
  • John Bridgeland
    Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council;
    First Director of USA Freedom Corps
  • Ron Christie
    Special Assistant to the President and Director of Policy Initiatives
    and Intergovernmental Affairs, 2002-2004
  • Howard B. Dean III
    Senior Presidential Fellow, Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency, Hofstra University
  • John J. DiIulio, Jr.
    Director, Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
  • Dane S. Egli
    Director for Combating Terrorism, National Security Council, 2004-2006
  • Peter D. Feaver
    Special Advisor for Strategic Planning and Institutional Reform,
    National Security Council, 2005-2007
  • Anand Gopal
    Journalist
  • Porter J. Goss
    Director, Central Intelligence Agency, 2004-2006
    Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives, (R-FL), 1989-2004
  • Joie A. Gregor
    Assistant to President for Presidential Personnel
  • Michael V. Hayden
    Director, Central Intelligence Agency, 2006-2009
    Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, 2004-2005
    Director, National Security Agency, 1999-2005
    General (Ret.), United States Air Force
  • Daniel C. Kurtzer
    U.S. Ambassador to Israel, 2001-2005
  • Adair Margo
    Chairman of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
  • Anita McBride
    Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to First Lady 2005-2009
  • Scott McClellan
    White House Press Secretary, 2003-2006
  • Deborah N. Misir
    U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy,
    U.S. Department of Labor, 2006-2009; 
    Chief of Staff of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration;
    Ethics Attorney at the White House Counsel’s Office
  • John D. Negroponte
    Deputy Secretary of State, 2007-2009
    Director of National Intelligence, 2005-2007
    United States Ambassador to Iraq, 2004-2005
    United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations,
    2001-2004
  • Robert James (Jim) Nicholson
    Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 2005-2007;
    U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, 2001-2005
  • Pia M. Orrenius
    Senior Economist, Council of Economic Advisers in the Executive
    Office of the President, 2004-2005
  • Anne-Imelda Radice
    Director, Institute of Museum and Library Services
    Chief of Staff to the United States Secretary of the
    Department of Education
  • Edward J. Rollins
    Senior Presidential Fellow, Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency, Hofstra University
  • Marc Sumerlin
    Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and
    Deputy Director of the National Economic Council, 2001-2002
  • Phillip L. Swagel
    Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 2006-2009
  • Matthew C. Waxman
    Adjunct Senior Fellow for Law and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations and
    Professor of Law, Columbia School of Law
  • Colonel Lawrence B. Wilkerson (Ret.)
    Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell
  • Dov S. Zakheim
    U.S. Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), 2001-2004;
    Department of Defense Civilian Coordinator for Afghanistan, 2002-2004

FORUM AND PANEL INVITED SPEAKERS

  • Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research  
  • Randall Balmer, Dartmouth College
  • Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies  
  • Steve Breen, San Diego Union-Tribune
  • James Coll, Detective/Emergency Service Unit, New York City Police Department and Adjunct Professor of History, Nassau Community College
  • Mark Danner, The New Yorker
  • Jeffrey A. Engel, Southern Methodist University
  • Amy GoodmanDemocracy Now!
  • Scott Horton, Columbia University Law School
  • Will Jimeno, Detective (ret.)/Port Authority Police of NY/NJ
  • Peter King, U.S. Congressman, NY 2nd District, 1992-present; Chairman of U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, 2005-2007; 2011-present.
  • Stephen F. Knott, United States Naval War College  
  • Michael Luckovich, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  • James Mann, Author, George W. Bush (2015)  
  • Julie Mason, Press Pool Host, Siriux XM POTUS Channel  
  • Roslyn Mazer, Attorney  
  • Michael Nelson, Rhodes College
  • David Norman Detective Second Grade/Emergency Service Unit, New York City Police Department
  • Mike Peters, Mother Goose and Grimm
  • Joseph W. Pfeifer, Assistant Chief/Counterterrorism and Emergency Preparedness, New York City Fire Department
  • James Pfiffner, George Mason University
  • Ann Telnaes, The Washington Post  
  • Shirley Anne Warshaw, Gettysburg College
  • Peter WehnerDeputy Director of Speechwriting; Head of Office of Strategic Initiatives  

MANY OF THE INVITED CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS HOLD PUBLIC OFFICE AND/OR ARE ACTIVE PROFESSIONALS AND PRACTITIONERS. THEREFORE IT MUST BE RECOGNIZED THAT THEIR PARTICIPATION IS SUBJECT TO THEIR PROFESSIONAL AND PUBLIC COMMITMENTS.

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