Hasbrouck



April 24, DAY 1; PANEL 1: Future Mobilization Needs of the NationCONFIRMED00The Honorable James N. Stewart is currently Performing the Duties of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.Mr. Stewart was sworn in as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs on October 22, 2018. In this capacity, Mr. Stewart serves as the principal advisor to the Secretary of Defense and the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness on all matters relating to Civilian and Military Personnel Policies, Reserve Integration, Military Community and Family Policy, and Total Force Planning and Requirements. Additionally, he exercises day-to-day supervision of the Department of Defense Education Activity and the Defense Commissary Agency.Prior to beginning his tenure as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Mr. Stewart served as the Economic Development Committee Chair, North Carolina Military Affairs Commission by appointment of Governor Pat McCrory. In that position he provided advice, counsel, and recommendations to the General Assembly, the Secretary of Military and Veterans Affairs, and other state agencies on initiatives, programs, and legislation that would increase the role that North Carolina’s military installations, the National Guard, and Reserves play in America’s defense strategy.Mr. Stewart retired from the United States Air Force as a Major General after 37 years of service in the active and reserve components. He is a command pilot with over 4,700 hours of flight time with experience in five different air frames. During his military service, Mr. Stewart held leadership positions at the unit, group, wing, Major Command, and Office of the Secretary of Defense levels. His last military position was in the Office of the Secretary of Defense serving as the Military Executive Officer for the Reserve Forces Policy Board.Mr. Stewart is a distinguished graduate of the Auburn University ROTC program and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology/Criminology from Auburn University. He also holds a Master of Science degree in General Administration from Central Michigan University and a Master of Science degree in National Security Strategy from the National War College, Fort McNair, Washington D.C.CONFIRMED-5334053340Rear Admiral John Polowczyk, Vice Director for Logistics, J4Rear Adm. John Polowczyk is a native of Manhasset, Long Island, New York. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science in engineering. He holds a Master of Science in Contract and Acquisition Management from the Naval Postgraduate School and a Master of Science in National Resource Strategy from the National Defense University Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He also completed an executive education program at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.Polowczyk’s sea duty assignments include supply department head tours aboard the fast attack submarine USS Queenfish (SSN 651), the destroyer USS Peterson (DD 969) and the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5).Ashore, he most recently served as director, logistics programs and business operations in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV N41). His other shore assignments include Fleet Ordnance and Supply (N41) and fleet supply officer on the staff of Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, in Norfolk; comptroller, U.S. Fleet Forces Command; commanding officer, Naval Supply System Command, Fleet Logistics Center Pearl Harbor; business management officer, U.S. Joint Forces Command, Norfolk; military assistant to the assistant secretary of the Navy for Financial Management & Comptroller; OPNAV N413 Joint Logistics officer, where he developed the Navy-Marine Corps Naval Logistics Integration program; business financial manager, Seawolf Program Office, Naval Sea Systems Command; financial officer, Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet; contracting officer with Naval Sea Systems Command; and instructor, Naval Supply Corps School, Athens, Georgia.Polowczyk assumed the position of vice director for logistics, logistics directorate (J4), Joint Staff in June 2017. The J4 is responsible for integrating logistics planning and execution in support of joint operations to drive joint force readiness, maximize the Joint Force Commander's freedom of action and advise the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on logistics matters.Polowczyk is a qualified submarine supply officer, Surface Warfare Supply Corps officer and member of the Defense Acquisition Professional Community. His personal awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit (three awards), Meritorious Service Medal (fouCONFIRMEDleft10160Ms. Loren DeJonge Schulman, Deputy Director of Studies for the Center for a New American SecurityLoren DeJonge Schulman is the Deputy Director of Studies and the Leon E. Panetta Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security. Her research interests include national security and defense strategy and reform, with focus on strengthening and modernizing the U.S. national security toolkit.Ms. Schulman most recently served as the Senior Advisor to National Security Advisor Susan Rice. Before returning to the White House in 2013, she was Chief of Staff to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, advising on security policy issues related to Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Russia. She served as Director for Defense Policy on the National Security Council staff from 2011–2012, contributing to the 2012 Defense Strategic Guidance, overseeing development of the U.S. Security Sector Assistance Policy, and coordinating U.S.-Libya policy at the outset of military intervention. Prior to that, she worked as a special assistant to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, first supporting the Obama administration's transition in the Department of Defense and later advising on the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review, defense reform issues, and major interagency initiatives. Ms. Schulman is also an affiliate of Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation. She began her career in government as a Presidential Management Fellow. Raised in Texas, she received her Bachelor of Arts in political science and international studies from Trinity University and her Master in Public Policy from the University of Minnesota as a Distinguished Fellow for International Peace and Conflict Studies.CONFIRMED0-1905Major General Pete Byrne, Air National Guard, U.S. Northern CommandCurrently serving as the Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, U.S. Northern CommandMaj. Gen. Peter J. Byrne formerly served as the Air National Guard Assistant to the Commander, Continental United States North American Aerospace Defense Command Region and First Air Force (Air Forces Northern), Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., where he advises on all policies and programs relating to the Air National Guard.? He assists the Commander to organize, equip and operate air defense forces for the continental U.S., including the three distinct missions:? homeland air defense for the continental United States, aerial support of civil authorities, and theater security cooperation for North America.? Additionally, he also serves as the NORAD Deputy Combined Forces Air Component Commander and serves as the United States Air Force Title 10 Responsible Officer in the absence of the commander. Prior to assuming his current assignment, General Byrne was the Director of Joint Staff at the Joint Force Headquarters, Colorado National Guard, Centennial, Colorado.General Byrne received his commission through the Reserve Officer Training Corps upon graduation from the University of Cincinnati in 1984.? While on active duty, he served as an A-7D and F-16C Fighter Pilot and as an Air Liaison Officer with the United States Army.? He joined the Colorado Air National Guard in November 1991 as a traditional guardsman.? General Byrne's duties have included Squadron Scheduler, Wing "Top Gun" Officer, Assistant Flight Commander, Flight Commander, 120th Fighter Squadron Commander and Vice Commander, 140th Wing.? As Director of Joint Staff, Colorado National Guard, General Byrne was activated three times as the Dual Status Commander for Colorado's disasters.? He is a command pilot with over 2,500 military flying hours, including 1,800 hours in the F-16, and more than 145 combat hours flown enforcing the no fly zones over Northern Iraq and Operation Iraqi Freedom.? CONFIRMED00Ms. Elsa Kania, Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American SecurityElsa B. Kania is an Adjunct Senior Fellow with the Technology and National Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). Her research focuses on Chinese military innovation in emerging technologies in support of the Artificial Intelligence and Global Security Initiative at CNAS, where she also acts as a member of the research team for the new Task Force on Artificial Intelligence and National Security. Her analytic interests include Chinese military modernization, information warfare, and defense science and technology. She has been invited to testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) and the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC). Elsa is an independent analyst, consultant, and co-founder of the China Cyber and Intelligence Studies Institute. She was a 2018 Fulbright Specialist and is a Non-Resident Fellow with the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s International Cyber Policy Centre. Elsa works in support of the China Aerospace Studies Institute through its Associates Program, and she is a policy advisor for the non-profit Technology for Global Security. Elsa has also been named an official “Mad Scientist” by the U.S. Army’s Training and Doctrine Command. Elsa is a PhD student in Harvard University's Department of Government, and she is a graduate of Harvard College (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa). Her thesis on the evolution of the PLA’s strategic thinking on information warfare was awarded the James Gordon Bennett Prize. Her prior professional experience includes time with the Department of Defense, the Long Term Strategy Group, FireEye, Inc., and the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy. While at Harvard, she has worked as a research assistant at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. Elsa was a Boren Scholar in Beijing, China, and she has professional proficiency in Mandarin ChineseApril 24, DAY 1; PANEL 2: Answering the Call: How to Meet Potential National Mobilization NeedsCONFIRMED00Don Benton, Director, Selective Service SystemDon Benton was appointed by President Donald J. Trump to be the 13th Director of the U.S. Selective Service System on April 11, 2017. He was sworn in by Justice Samuel Alito at the Supreme Court on April 13, 2017.Prior to his appointment as Director of the Selective Service System, President Trump named Benton as a Senior White House Advisor to lead the transition team at the Environmental Protection Agency. Benton is the son of a WWII Retired Naval Officer and the brother of two Vietnam combat veterans. Following high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Army under the Guaranteed Enlistment Program, later receiving an Honorable Discharge.Benton brings over 30 years of public service experience to Selective Service. He was a Washington state senator for 20 years. He was elected Chairman of the Washington State Republican Party. Benton served in the state House of Representatives for two years. CONFIRMED 0-1905Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider, Assistant Professor, U.S. Naval War CollegeDr. Schneider is an Assistant Professor in the Naval War College’s Strategic and Operational Research Department. Her research focuses on technology, national security, and political psychology with a special interest in cyber, unmanned technologies, & Northeast Asia. Her work has appeared in Journal of Conflict Resolution, Strategic Studies Quarterly, War on the Rocks, Washington Post, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, National Interest, and The Center for a New American Security. She also holds adjunct positions at the Center for a New American Security and previously at RAND Corporation. Before beginning her academic career, she spent six years as an Air Force officer in South Korea and Japan and is currently a reservist assigned to U.S. Cyber Command.CONFIRMED01270Major General Linda Singh, Adjutant General of MarylandMajor General Linda L. Singh was appointed as the 29th Adjutant General of Maryland effective, January 21, 2015. The Adjutant General is responsible for the daily operations of the Maryland Military Department, which includes the Maryland Army National Guard, Maryland Air National Guard, Maryland Emergency Management Agency, and Maryland Defense Force. She is a senior advisor to the governor and is responsible for the readiness, administration, and training of more than 6,700 members of the Military Department with an annual budget of more than $314 million. As the Adjutant General, she serves as the official channel of communication between the governor and the National Guard Bureau and serves as a member of the governor’s cabinet.General Singh grew up in Frederick County, Md., and is a long time Maryland resident of Prince George’s County where she currently resides with her husband and two daughters. She received her commission in 1991 through Officer Candidate School at the Maryland Military Academy in Reisterstown, Md. Her military career spans more than 30 years of service in both the enlisted and officer ranks. She has served in staff and command assignments at every level, including deployed assignments in Kosovo and a combat tour in Afghanistan supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.She retired as Managing Director in Accenture's Health and Public Service North America operating unit in May of 2016. Her responsibilities included managing all operational activities to include the financials, strategic business plans, quality programs, program delivery programs, human resource management, business approvals, internal controls and sales activities for a budget that exceeded $3 billion dollars. She managed a global team in order to leverage capabilities from Accenture's global public service business as well as external partnering relationships. She previously served as the Commercial Director for the Public Safety Portfolio, the account lead for the Veterans Affairs and the account lead for the Army.Her military decorations include the Legion of Merit and the Bronze Star Medal and many more. General Singh is a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the U.S. Army War College where she received a master’s degree in Strategic Studies. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Columbia Union College, a master’s degree in Business Administration, Military Management from Touro International University, a Master’s Certificate in Six Sigma from Villanova University, is a graduate of the United States Northern Command Joint Task Force Commander’s course and is a fellow from the International Women’s Leadership program at Harvard University/INSEAD.US ARMY TRAINING AND DOCTRINE COMMAND (TRADOC)We are currently working with TRADOC G9 to identify an appropriate panelist. TRADOC initially requested that Major General John Evans, Commanding General of U.S. Army Cadet Command provide testimony. We have requested a different panelist, as MG Evans has been directed by TRADOC to only discuss officer assessment programs.CONFIRMED(Dr. Rostker is confirmed for April 25th. We’ve requested to move his appearance to April 24th)01270Dr. Bernard Rostker, Senior Fellow, RAND CorporationBernard Rostker is a senior fellow at the RAND Corporation, where he has served as associate director of the RAND Arroyo Center and director of the Defense Manpower Research Center in the RAND National Defense Research Institute. His recent RAND research has focused medical care for wounded soldiers, managing the all-volunteer force; and reforming the military by lengthening military careers. He was formerly Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, the Secretary of Defense’s senior policy advisor on recruitment, career development, pay, and benefits for 1.4 million active-duty military personnel, 1.3 million Guard and Reserve personnel, and 725,000 DoD civilians. He also had oversight responsibilities for the DoD health delivery system. Prior to that, he served as Under Secretary of the Army, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, and Director of Selective Service, where he formulated the Selective Service Revitalization Plan. Under his leadership, the first mass selective service registration since World War II was executed, and almost four million young men registered. Over his career, Rostker has been nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate four times and received a number of awards, including the Distinguished Service Medal from the Selective Service, the Department of the Navy, the Department of the Army, and the Department of Defense. Rostker is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Syracuse University.April 25, DAY 2; PANEL 1: Expanding Selective Service Registration to All Americans – Registration should not be expandedSocietal Views on Gender Roles – ReligiousWe are currently in discussions with Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod to provide a panelist to speak to the church’s expressed views on female conscription.CONFIRMED0-635Diane Randall, Executive Secretary, Friends Committee on National LegislationDiane Randall is the Executive Secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation. Diane leads FCNL’s staff to effectively educate and lobby for the policies and legislative priorities established by FCNL’s General Committee. A lifelong advocate for peace and social justice, Diane is a fierce proponent for citizen engagement that advances policies and practices to create a better society for all.Diane believes that Friends prophetic witness to work for a world that practices peace, equality, community, integrity and simplicity is often at odds with political life. This effort to pursue truth and to see ‘that of God in every person we meet’ are disciplines that shape FCNL’s patient and persistent approach to lobbying for legislation that can help create a more peaceful and just world.Diane came to FCNL in March 2011 as the fourth Executive Secretary. Diane has led FCNL’s program expansion, including adding lobbyists and new programs to engage grassroots citizens, young adults and more Quakers to lobby for peace, justice and a sustainable planet. Diane travels widely on behalf of FCNL and represents a voice for Quaker advocacy in Washington on the Hill, within the faith community, in media, and throughout the United States.CONFIRMED0635Jude EdenAn outspoken advocate of women’s combat exemption, Jude Eden is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served in Iraq and worked entry checkpoints, frisking women for explosives, on Fallujah’s outskirts. She writes on politics and culture with a focus on women in combat, and has appeared on TV and radio shows across the nation.?She is a passionate advocate for high standards of combat readiness, and loves the Marine Corps and its men and women.? Jude believes that since America’s outermost shield is made up of her sons and daughters, we should give those at the very front lines everything they need and clear away anything they don’t to ensure success in battle with the fewest casualties.CONFIRMEDleft1079500 Edward HasbroukExcerpt from Ed Hasbrouk’s biography:So who is Edward Hasbrouck, anyway? It's a surprisingly difficult question for me to answer, as the coherence of my interests and activities isn't always easy for others to see -- or for me to explain.I grew up in Wellesley, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston on the Route 128 belt highway. At the time, Route 128 was known as the world's foremost center of computer and other high-technology research and development. On my father's side of the family, I'm the child, grandchild, and great-grandchild of engineers. My birth certificate actually says that I'm the child of a computer program, which would be kind of cool if it were true. My father started working as a computer programmer in the 1950s, and spent more than 20 years with Digital Equipment Corp., ending in their international division. He was proudest of his two years with a NASA contractor during the space race, during which we got a taste of life in Texas. Our junior high school in Wellesley had computers available to students by 1970. I've never been a hacker, but computers and technology have never held any fear for me either.I consider myself primarily a political activist. I started down this path as a child, fighting back against my violent and abusive father, and I continued my resistance to the violence of illegitimate authority as an elected but nonvoting student representative to the local school board and as an activist for peace, disarmament, and students' rights. My first book was a handbook for high school students on their legal rights which I co-authored in the summer of 1977, between high school and college, as an intern for the student service bureau of the Massachusetts Department of Education. (The last time I checked, an updated edition was still in print.) I majored in political science at the University of Chicago until I left school to pursue direct involvement in political activism. In 1980, after a five-year hiatus, the U.S. government reinstated the requirement that all young men register for military conscription with the Selective Service System. In 1982, I was selected for criminal prosecution by the U.S. Department of "Justice" (specifically, by William Weld and Robert Mueller) as one of the people they considered the most vocal of the several million nonregistrants for the draft. As one of 20 nonregistrants who were prosecuted before the government abandoned the enforcement of draft registration, I was convicted and "served" four and a half months in a Federal Prison Camp in 1983-1984. The high-profile trials of resistance organizers proved counterproductive for the government. Our trials served only to call attention to the government's inability to prosecute more than a token number of nonregistrants, and reassured nonregistrants that they were not alone in their resistance and were in no danger of prosecution unless they called attention to themselves. Registration remains the law, but no one has been prosecuted for resistance to registration or the draft since 1986, and the government abandoned all further attempts to investigate or prosecute nonregistrants in 1988 after the first 20 test cases had played out. Nonregistration -- mass direct action against draft registration -- has prevented reinstatement of the draft. I'm proud to have played the role I did in that campaign. I remained active in the peace movement and the National Resistance Committee, moving to San Francisco in 1985 to join the editorial and production collective of Resistance News, the national newspaper of the draft resistance movement. I remained involved in the anti-draft movement through its revival during the Gulf War, when the U.S. government came very close to reinstating a doctor draft of health care workers. I continue to make available new, updated, and historical resources on draft registration and draft resistance. For the next several years, I earned my living mainly as a freelance graphic artist and publications coordinator for everything from a bicycling magazine to a distributor of laboratory apparatus. Meanwhile, I led preparation sessions for nonviolent direct actions and civil disobedience and became increasingly involved as a volunteer legal worker, legal educator, and participant in legal defense and organizing collectives for arrested peace and disarmament activists from various campaigns. INVITATION PENDING00Kathleen Parker, Washington Post columnistKathleen Parker writes a twice-weekly column on politics and culture. In 2010, she received the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary "for her perceptive, often witty columns on an array of political and moral issues. gracefully sharing the experiences and values that lead her to unpredictable conclusions.” A Florida native, Parker started her column in 1987 when she was a staff writer for the Orlando Sentinel. She joined the Washington Post Writers Group in 2006. She is the author of Save the Males: Why Men Matter, Why Women Should Care (2008).April 25, DAY 2; PANEL 2: Expanding Selective Service Registration to All Americans – Registration Should be ExpandedINVITATION PENDING00Jill Hasday, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, University of Minnesota Law SchoolProfessor Jill Hasday teaches and writes in the fields of anti-discrimination law, constitutional law, family law, legal history, and national security law. Her work has appeared in the Harvard Law Review, Stanford Law Review, New York University Law Review, Michigan Law Review, California Law Review, Georgetown Law Journal, UCLA Law Review, Vanderbilt Law Review, and Minnesota Law Review. Her first book, Family Law Reimagined, was published by Harvard University Press in 2014.?Her next book, Intimate Lies and the Law, will be published by Oxford University Press in?2019.Professor Hasday received her B.A. from Yale University in 1994, graduating summa cum laude with distinction in history and winning election to Phi Beta Kappa. In 1997, Professor Hasday graduated from Yale Law School, where she was an articles editor of the Yale Law Journal and received honors in all graded courses. After law school, Professor Hasday clerked for Judge Patricia M. Wald of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Professor Hasday joined the University of Minnesota Law School as a tenured faculty member in 2005. She has been the Centennial Professor in Law since?2013.In 2014, Professor Hasday became a Distinguished McKnight University Professor. The University of Minnesota awards this honor to its “most distinguished and highest-achieving mid-career?faculty.”In 2018, Professor Hasday won the Stanley V. Kinyon Tenured Teacher of the Year?Award.INVITATION PENDING00General Chuck Jacoby, USA, RetiredGeneral Jacoby serves as Senior Vice Chairman with Capitol Peak Asset Management. General Jacoby brings over 36 years of experience leading military, government, and international organizations. Prior to retiring from the U.S. Army, he was the first Army officer to Command North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command, where he reorganized the 1,800 person binational and joint headquarters and integrated 35 federal, state, and non-governmental organizations for the defense and security of North America.He has commanded at all levels in joint and Army assignments, from Company to Geographic Combatant Command, including combat operations in Grenada with the 82nd Airborne Division; Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan; and Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq. He also served as Instructor and Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the U.S. Military Academy. As the Deputy Commander of Combined/Joint Task Force-76, he was responsible for the 18,000 troops conducting combat operations in Afghanistan; as the Commander of Multi-National Corps-Iraq, he commanded the 135,000 troops conducting combat operations across the country of Iraq. General Jacoby served as the Director of Strategy, Plans, and Policy for the Joint Staff, where he led planning for coalition and NATO operations in Libya, assisted in the Middle East peace process, and served as the U.S. Military Representative to the United Nations.His military decorations include awards from the governments of Canada, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and Colombia. An avid writer and historian, he has penned scholarly monographs on the efficacy of air campaigns and the organization of modern Brigade Combat Teams and OpEds on Ballistic Missile Defense and strategic deterrence. General Jacoby has served on several organizations, including the Council of Foreign Relations, the El Pomar Foundation, the Association of the United States Army, and the U.S. Naval Institute.General Jacoby holds a B.S. from the United States Military Academy as well as an M.A. in History from the University of Michigan; an M.S. in Military Arts and Science from the School of Advanced Military Studies at Ft Leavenworth, Kansas; and an M.A. in Strategic Studies from the National War College at Ft McNair, Washington, D.C.CONFIRMED0-635Lieutenant General Flora Darpino, USA, RetiredLieutenant General Darpino served as the 39th Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army. She is the first woman to hold this position since the first Judge Advocate General was appointed by George Washington in 1775. She has achieved many other “firsts” in the Army, among them the first female assistant executive officer to become The Judge Advocate General and the first Judge Advocate General to join the Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG Corps) direct from civilian life.General Darpino’s selection as The Army Judge Advocate General is a reflection of her professionalism, her legal acumen, her exceptional leadership skills, and a sign of the changing makeup of the modern Army. As the senior military lawyer for the U.S. Army, LTG Darpino is the principal legal adviser to the secretary of the Army. In addition, she directs over 10,000 lawyers in the JAG Corps at over 100 active and reserve Army legal offices across the U.S. and overseas. General Darpino’s rise to the top rung of leadership in the JAG Corps is an amazing achievement in itself and is tremendously inspiring for young female lawyers who dream about serving as JAG officers. General Darpino’s success points to the significant changes in the climate for women that she herself has helped bring about. She has held the toughest positions in the JAG Corps, and she served with distinction on two deployments to the combat theater of Iraq. She has been defense counsel, chief counsel for a Corps Staff Judge Advocate Office advising a senior general in Germany, and a Department of Justice Fellow. She has counseled young soldiers and advised the Army’s most senior commanders. She served as the Commander of the Army’s Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School, the only ABA-accredited military law school with an LLM program. As the JAG Corps’ chief recruiting officer, she inspired young women to choose the Army as a career, and she recruited qualified and diverse classes of new lawyers. Her outstanding performance in all of these roles has advanced opportunities for female lawyers following in her footsteps, by demonstrating that it is possible to find a balance of professional and personal success in a military career. Throughout her career, General Darpino has focused on mentorship and professional development, especially for women in the JAG Corps. There are countless stories of how she inspired younger lawyers to make the military a career by showing them the way to find a balance in their professional and personal lives. General Darpino has also provided advice about how to handle being the only woman on a staff, and how to succeed in an all-male environment. General Darpino’s guidance and support has been invaluable to the younger lawyers serving in the JAG Corps.General Darpino received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Gettysburg College, a Juris Doctor from Rutgers University and a Master of Laws degree in Military Law from The Judge Advocate General’s School. She is a recipient of the 2015 Margaret Brent Lawyers of Achievement Award from the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession.PENDING INVITATIONInternational ExperienceWe’ve extended an invitation to Mr. Johan Raeder and Major General Bengt Svensson, the Defense Adviser and Defense Attaché respectively from the Swedish Embassy. In 2017, Sweden reinstituted conscription, with both genders treated equally.?INVITATION PENDING00Ms. Katey van DamKatelyn is a Major in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. An attack helicopter pilot by trade, Katelyn conducted combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan and counter-piracy operations in the Horn of Africa and Gulf of Aden. She served over ten years on active duty. In her final active assignment, Katelyn instructed new Marine Corps officers in tactics and leadership as a staff platoon commander at The Basic School in Quantico. She most recently served as a civil affairs officer with 2D Civil Affair Group. In her personal capacity, Katelyn co-founded and served as director of strategy and policy for No Exceptions, a nonpartisan initiative that advocated for the military to fully integrate women into all combat arms specialties. The efforts of No Exceptions contributed to the successful implementation of this Department of Defense policy change in 2016. She is an alumna of the Center for New American Security’s 2014 next generation national security leaders program. Katelyn was selected as the American Red Cross Tiffany Circle distinguished woman warrior of the year in 2015. Katelyn has published articles in JHU SAIS’ Foreign Policy Institute, War on the Rocks, Just Security, Marine Corps Gazette, and US Naval Institute, and was a guest on the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ smart women, smart power podcast and the Diane Rehm Show. She is married to her amazing husband David van Dam, who is also a Marine Corps veteran. She recently completed a master of arts degree in international economics and international relations at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C. Katelyn is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy. ................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download