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Jackie Stennett
AcademyWomen, Vice President
Jackie Stennett is the Vice President and Board Member of AcademyWomen, a nonprofit leadership and professional development organization that bridges the gap of support by providing programs and resources that connect military women to networks of substance, impact and influence. As Vice President, Jackie assists in the design strategy and growth of all mission critical programs including a 5x award-winning online mentoring program, networking events and career development opportunities that cultivate and leverage the leadership of military women to impact positive change locally, nationally and globally. Jackie served as a logistics officer in the United States Army and has a wide array of leadership and management experience within the corporate, government and nonprofit sectors. Currently, in addition to her role with AcademyWomen, Jackie advises organizations with socially responsible missions in designing effective strategies to improve individual and organizational performance. Jackie holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Chinese Studies from the United States Military Academy at West Point.
https://www.academywomen.org
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AcademyWomen, Vice President
Suzy Streeter is a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel and a Founding Member of the AcademyWomen Board of Directors. Over her 28 years in the Air Force, Colonel Streeter was a Group Commander, Major Command and Numbered Air Force Director of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance; an Intelligence Plans and Exercises Division Chief at a sub-unified command; a Squadron Director of Operations; a Squadron Commander; as well as an Air Staff Program Element Monitor and Legislative Affairs Liaison. Colonel Streeter's deployments include Operation DECISIVE ENDEAVOR and Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Prior to retiring from the Air Force, she was instrumental in standing-up the US Space Force Intelligence, Reconnaissance, and Surveillance function. Colonel Streeter is a 1992 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and is currently pursuing an MA in Pastoral Ministry.
https://www.academywomen.org
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Event Host
Lourdes Tiglao
Opening Remarks
Lourdes Tiglao is the Director of the Center for Women Veterans at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). In this capacity, Ms. Tiglao serves as the primary advisor to the VA Secretary on Department policies, programs, and legislation that affect women Veterans. In addition, she oversees the Center’s activities, which include monitoring and coordinating VA’s administration of health care, benefits, services, and programs for women Veterans; serving as an advocate for cultural transformation (both within VA and in the general public) in recognizing the service and contributions of women Veterans and service members; and raising awareness of the responsibility to treat women Veterans with dignity and respect. Prior to joining the VA, Ms. Tiglao was the Global Partnerships Manager at Airbnb’s Open Homes program, where she focused on strategy, standards, processes, and strategic partnerships; while overseeing a global team and a portfolio of 70+ nonprofit, private sector, and international aid agencies across six continents. Ms. Tiglao’s background traverses the military, federal, and nonprofit sectors, spanning over a decade in leadership roles in the US Air Force and various functional areas in business, communications, and healthcare. During her military tenure, Ms. Tiglao utilized her medical expertise to help save lives on the Critical Care Air Transport Team (CCATT), and was deployed to multiple locations including Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, the Philippines, and others. Her final assignment was in Okinawa, Japan, where she helped launch the first Critical Care Medical Attendant Team (CCMAT) which provides critical care medical evacuation services. After transitioning from the military, Ms. Tiglao served with Team Rubicon, a Veteran-led non-profit disaster response organization, as the Global Strategic Partnerships Officer, connecting the network with government and organizations around the world. Ms. Tiglao is a former member on the MyVA Advisory Board for the VA and has served on several Veteran-focused boards to improve service access for minority Veterans and enhance their lives through the arts. She is a sought-after speaker and has presented on topics ranging from management, medicine, Veteran reintegration, and humanitarian response to the Philippine Embassy, New York and San Francisco Philippine consulates, the State Department, international television networks, universities, and scientific conferences.
https://www.va.gov/womenvet/cwv/index.asp
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Mark Rozell
Networking Reception Welcoming Remarks
Mark J. Rozell is the Founding Dean of the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. He holds the Ruth D. and John T. Hazel chair in public policy. He is the author or co-author of thirteen books and editor of twenty additional books on various topics in US government and politics, including the Presidency, religion and politics, media and politics, southern politics, and interest groups in elections.
He has testified before Congress on executive privilege issues and has lectured extensively in the US and abroad. In recent years, he has lectured in Austria, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Italy, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, and Vietnam.
Dean Rozell is a contributing writer to The Washington Post. His column on Virginia politics appears twice monthly in Local Opinions. Since 1994 he has served as a Judge for the Gerald R. Ford Award Committee for Outstanding Reporting on the Presidency for the Gerald R. Ford Foundation.
https://schar.gmu.edu/
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Networking Reception Welcoming Remarks
Russell Abratt, PhD
Workshop Facilitator
Building, Defending and Leveraging Your Personal Brand
Russell Abratt is a retired Major in the South African Defence Force and a Professor of Marketing at the George Mason University School of Business where he currently teaches courses on principles of marketing and strategic brand management.
Dr. Abratt's research focuses on examining issues in branding, corporate identity and reputation that have significant implications for marketing and brand managers. His research has been published in the Journal of Advertising Research, California Management Review, European Journal of Marketing, Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, Journal of Services Marketing, and the Journal of Business Ethics, among others.
He has significant international teaching and research experience as a visiting scholar, having taught on graduate programs at universities in the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
Dr. Abratt holds a B.Com in Marketing from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg; and an MBA and a PhD in Marketing from the University of Pretoria.
https://business.gmu.edu/
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Suzanne de Janasz, PhD
Workshop Facilitator
Building Confident Women at the Negotiation Table
Dr. Suzanne de Janasz is a Professor of Management and Conflict Analysis and Resolution at GMU’s School of Business and the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution. Dr. de Janasz has spent the last 20+ years teaching in industry and academia, and on every continent except Antarctica. Her specialties include negotiation, leadership, change/organization development, innovation, mentoring/career development, and leadership capabilities. An engaging and award-winning instructor, Dr. de Janasz spent several years directing and teaching in customized executive programs at IMD for clients such as Allianz, Borealis, Credit Suisse, Deloitte, FrieslandCampina, Iberdrola, ISS, Maersk, Metso, Nestlé, Novartis, NovoNordisk, OMV, Pictet, Rabobank, Rio Tinto, Safran, Santandér, Skanska, Skyguide, Vale, WWF. While at IMD, she led executive development programs on behalf of a Swiss non-profit whose mission is to facilitate greater independence and accountability in state-owned banks in countries such as Vietnam and Bosnia Herzegovina. She continues to develop and deliver innovative programs for clients such as BAE Systems, CitiCorp, CPChem, Freddie Mac, Symrise, TUV Nord, and Verallia, as well as a variety of open programs that focus on women, persons of color, mid-career to senior executives, STEM professionals, family business owners, and formerly trafficked women through HERA—a UK charity that empowers women with entrepreneurship skills and mentoring. Dr. de Janasz works closely with clients and participants representing global and national public, private, and non-profit organizations—to provide innovative pedagogies on topics such as: Engaging and Succeeding in Negotiation, The Art and Science of Persuasion, Leading with Emotional Intelligence, Leading and Negotiating Across Borders, Understanding and Influencing Stakeholders, Leading Transformational Change and many more. Dr. de Janasz's work appears in top academic and practitioner journals and is featured regularly in global outlets such as Financial Times [UK], Forbes India, Gulf Business [Middle East], Straits Times [Singapore]), online (HBRonline, CNN.com), and on radio podcasts (e.g., NPR’s With Good Reason). A former Fulbright Scholar, Dr. de Janasz is the author of the leading text - Interpersonal Skills in Organizations, 2022; Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (Chicago Business Press, 2nd edition, 2019), and has won several teaching awards.
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Workshop Facilitator
Building Confident Women at the Negotiation Table
Alaina Love, SPHR
Workshop Facilitator
Finding Your Fit - Passion Profiler
Alaina is the CEO and Founder of Purpose Linked Consulting, and is a nationally recognized expert in leadership purpose, passion and inclusion. She is the co-author of The Purpose Linked Organization: How Passionate Leaders Inspire Winning Teams and Great Results. A former research scientist and former Executive Director of Global Human Resources for Merck, Alaina developed the Passion Profiler™ - a psychometric tool, which identifies and measures employee passions and reveals how these passions are being used in the work environment. Alaina’s work has shown that managing to an individual’s passions, as well as their skills, fuels performance and engagement, stimulates cognitive diversity and builds the agility required to successfully navigate and lead in challenging times. An avid thought leader, she has written for Bloomberg Business Week, The Washington Post, and Harvard Business Review online. Currently, she writes a popular Leadership blog for SmartBrief. Alaina is also a member of Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches, an organization comprised of the world’s top coaches and leadership strategists. In 2021, Alaina was recently awarded the International Thought Leader of Distinction award from the MEECO Leadership Institute.
https://thepurposelink.com
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Susan Feland
AcademyWomen, Executive Director
Founder and President, AcademyWomen
Susan Feland is the Founder and Executive Director of AcademyWomen. Susan was the oldest of three sisters to graduate from the United States Air Force Academy. She has worked in space systems acquisitions, taught at the Air Force Academy, and has a wide range of experience in non-profit, government, and corporate roles. Currently, in addition to leading AcademyWomen, Susan manages content and curriculum innovation at Stanford University. Susan has a LEAD Certificate in Corporate Innovation from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, an MA from Middlebury College, a Diplôme from the Université de Paris – Sorbonne and is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy with a BS degree.
https://www.academywomen.org
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Founder and President, AcademyWomen
Elisabeth Auld
Event Host
OWLS Chair, AcademyWomen
Elisabeth S. Auld is serving as host and chair of the 2020 Officer Women Leadership Symposium and has been involved in AcademyWomen activities for many years. She is currently employed by SAIC as a project manager for the Federal Aviation Administration and as an Adjunct Professor for the Naval War College. An Air Force veteran, Elisabeth retired as a Colonel in 2014, completing her career assigned as Director of Staff, Air Force Public Affairs, where she led a staff of six and directed the administrative, fiscal, security and personnel activities for a 185-person organization. Prior to this, she was assigned as the Deputy Director, Bases, Ranges, and Airspace, and the Airfield Operations Officer Career Field manager. Before her assignment to the Pentagon, she was honored to command the 506th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron at Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq. Prior to her deployment, she served as Director of Operations for the 316th Operations Support Squadron at Andrews AFB, Maryland. Elisabeth was commissioned through the Reserve Officer Training Corps at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, May 1990, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Human Resources from Miami University. Additionally, she earned a Master of Arts, National Security Strategy from the Naval War College (2004) and a Master of Science, Human Resources from Troy University (1998). Elisabeth enjoys writing and blogs at Gals In Blue (https://www.galsinblue.com). There she muses about a myriad of topics, from pop culture to military issues to her family’s latest adventures. These star her favorite people: her husband Greg, their (now grown) kids, Emma and Michael, and their pups, Layla and Griffin.
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OWLS Chair, AcademyWomen
Gina Ortiz Jones
KEYNOTE: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE TOP
Under Secretary of the Air Force
Gina Ortiz Jones (born February 1, 1981) is an American intelligence officer and politician. She was confirmed as President Biden's Under Secretary of the Air Force by the Senate on July 22, 2021.[1]
The 2018 Democratic nominee for Texas's 23rd congressional district, Jones was the first gay woman of color and military veteran running for office in Texas. She narrowly lost to the incumbent Republican Will Hurd.[2] In May 2019, she launched a second campaign for the office.[3][4] In the November 2020 general election, Republican nominee Tony Gonzales defeated Jones by four percentage points.
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Under Secretary of the Air Force
Jean Marie Sullivan
Fireside Chat Speaker
Captain, US Navy
Captain Jean Marie Sullivan is the youngest child of U.S. State Department Foreign Service Officers, so spent most of her youth overseas in far flung places like Saudi Arabia, Liberia, and Indonesia. She attended University of Rochester under the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) program and received her commission in the U.S. Navy in 2000.
Jean Marie has served at sea on missile guided destroyers, an aircraft carrier, and an amphibious landing ship. Her most recent sea tour was as the 22nd Commanding Officer of USS WHIDBEY ISLAND (LSD 41). Ashore, Jean Marie’s assignments include the Director of Women’s Policy for the U.S. Navy, speechwriter for the Chief of Naval Personnel, Defense Legislative Fellow to Senator Barbara Mikulski of Maryland, and a Special Assistant to 30th Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Greenert. She served overseas in Naples, Italy from 2014 to 2016 as a special assistant to the Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa and Commander, NATO Joint Force Command Naples. Jean Marie was also a White House Social Aide to President George W. Bush.
Captain Sullivan currently serves in the Joint Staff Directorate for Operations in Washington D.C. Next spring, Jean Marie will report to the amphibious assault carrier USS WASP (LHD 1) as the Executive Officer.
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Captain, US Navy
Maria "MJ" Pallotta
Moderator - CHOOSING COURAGE OVER COMFORT
U.S. Marine Corps, Colonel
Colonel Pallotta grew up in Cleveland, OH, and joined the Marine Corps upon graduation from the United States Naval Academy in 1994. After attending The Basic School, she was assigned the motor transport military occupational specialty (MOS) and attended Motor Transport School in Camp Lejeune, NC.
She served her first tour in Okinawa, Japan, from 1995 until 1998, first as a platoon commander in 3d Support Battalion, 3d Force Service Support Group, and then as the Motor Transport Detachment Commander for Marine Expeditionary Unit Service Support Group-31. She then became the command’s operations officer for the remainder of her tour. She participated in operations in Korea, Thailand, Australia, and mainland Japan.
Colonel Pallotta served with the 4th Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion in Pasadena, CA, from 1998 until 2001. She filled various billets, including Logistics Officer, Motor Transport Officer, Adjutant, Equal Opportunity Officer, Public Affairs Officer, and Commanding Officer.
From 2001 to 2004, she taught at the U.S. Naval Academy and was a staff platoon commander for the Leatherneck Marine Corps summer training program. In 2004, Colonel Pallotta served with Transportation Support Battalion at Camp Lejeune, NC. She was deployed twice to Operation Iraqi Freedom, once in 2005 as the Regimental Operations Officer for Combat Logistics Regiment-25, and once in 2006 as the Transportation Support Company Commanding Officer with Combat Logistics Regiment-15. During both tours, she was responsible for organizing, preparing, training for, and overseeing the execution of multiple daily re-supply convoys to camps throughout al Anbar Province, including Camps Fallujah, Ramadi, and al Asad.
In 2008 Colonel Pallotta served her first tour as a reserve officer with Special Operations Training Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan. She taught English to students in the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program (MECEP) and completed a military Congressional Fellowship in the office of Congressman John Kline (R-MN) in 2010. Since then, she served with the 4th Marine Logistics Group in Marietta, GA, and History Division in Quantico, VA. Her awards include the Bronze Star and the Navy Commendation Medal (third award). Colonel Pallotta is the Director of the U.S. Naval Academy’s Center for Experiential Leadership Development (ELD).
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U.S. Marine Corps, Colonel
Diane Ashley
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US Air Force Veteran and Managing Director, Government and Public Services Practice at Deloitte
Diane Ashley is a Managing Director in Deloitte’s Government & Public Services practice, focused primarily on the United States Space Force. She has extensive experience in IT modernization for federal, defense, intelligence, and state/local customers. Diane received her bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering/Engineering Management from the United States
Military Academy at West Point and her master’s in Space Operations from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Diane is a veteran of the United States Air Force where she worked as a Civil Engineer at various stateside and deployed locations.
https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/careers/articles/join-deloitte-military-veterans.html
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US Air Force Veteran and Managing Director, Government and Public Services Practice at Deloitte
Griselde Benavides
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Master Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps
Master Sergeant Griselda Benavides is the Senior Equal Opportunity Advisor United States Marine Corps. She enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2002 and after boot camp attended Marine Combat Training School at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Benavides then attended Basic Radio Operators Course in Twenty Nine Palms California before joining the 7th Communication Battalion where she served as a Field Radio Operator. In 2003 she was meritoriously promoted to Lance Corporal and sent to Australia to participate in Exercise Crocodile. She was assigned to the 31 Marine Expeditionary Unit where she continued her billets as a Field Radio operator and Marine Corps Integrated Maintenance Management clerk. After being promoted to Corporal and deployed with the 31 MEU to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Sergeant Benavides checked in to 9th Communication Battalion, shortly upon arrival she was assigned to I Marine Headquarters Group. She deployed with I MHG to Iraq from February 2006 to January 2007 and held the billets of Platoon Sergeant and Commanding Officers Radio Operator. Sergeant Benavides volunteered to the Marine Corps Lioness Program where she was attached to 2nd Battalion 4th Marines in Barwanah, Iraq.
In November 2007 Sergeant Benavides was assigned to Marine Helicopter Squadron One where she served as Communications Systems Operator. In August 2008 she was assigned to Officer Communication School, Quantico Va. She held the billets of Radio Chief, Wire Chief and Platoon Sergeant.
In September 2010 Staff Sergeant Benavides checked in as a canvasing recruiter at Recruiting Station San Antonio, Recruiting Substation Laredo, Permanent Contact Station Eagle Pass.
In September 2013 Staff Sergeant Benavides reported in to Marine Wing Support Squadron 372 and held the billets of Radio Chief and S6 Operations Chief. Gunnery Sergeant Benavides deployed with MWSS 372 to Bahrain as part of Special Purpose MAGTF as the Bravo Company S6 Communications Chief and Electronic Key Management System (EKMS) manager.
Gunnery Sergeants Benavides graduated from Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute in November 2016 and check in to 1st MAW in January 2017. In 2019 Master Sergeant Benavides checked in as Senior Equal Opportunity Advisor at Opportunity, Diversity, and Inclusion (ODI) Branch Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. Awards include Navy Commendation Medal with 2 gold stars and Navy Achievement Medal with two gold stars.
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Master Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps
Leah G. Lauderback
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Major General, U.S. Air Force
Maj. Gen. Leah G. Lauderback is the Director of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Headquarters U.S. Space Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. In this capacity, she serves as the senior Intelligence Advisor to the Chief of Space Operations and is responsible to the Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Space Operations for policy formulation, planning, evaluation, oversight and leadership of Space Force intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities.
Maj. Gen. Lauderback received her commission in 1993 from Clemson University. Her career as an intelligence officer spans the strategic, tactical and operational levels of war throughout the Pacific, Central, and European theaters of operation. She commanded at the Wing, Group and Squadron levels, served as the Senior Military Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, and led as the Director of Intelligence for the Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, Southwest Asia. She is a graduate and former instructor of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School. Her operational tours include the Implementation Force – Bosnia Herzegovina, operations Southern Watch, Iraqi Freedom, Odyssey Dawn and Inherent Resolve.
https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/1326423/brigadier-general-leah-g-lauderback/
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Major General, U.S. Air Force
Tomeka O'Neil
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Command Sergeant Major, U.S. Army
Command Sgt. Major Tomeka N. O’Neal serves as the Senior Enlisted Leader for Defense Logistics Agency. A native of Chicago and raised in East Point, Georgia, she enlisted in the U.S. Army in August 1989 as a Parachute Rigger, completed Basic Training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and graduated from Advanced Individual Training and entered the Automated Logistical Specialist (92A) military occupational specialty in 1998. Her previous assignments include Parachute Rigger; Battalion Parachute Office Clerk; Operations Squad Leader; Heavy Pack Section Chief/Platoon Sergeant; Aerial Equipment Repair Platoon Sergeant/Shop Foreman; Battalion Schools NCO; Assistant Operations/Platoon Sergeant/Rear Detachment First Sergeant/Senior Supply NCO; European Command Plans and Operations NCO; Army Special Operations Forces Liaison, Joint Logistics Command, Karshi Khanabad, Uzbekistan; Special Operations Support Command Liaison in support of Blackhawk Down movie production, Rabat, Morocco; Support Operations Noncommissioned Officer in Charge, HHC 528th Special Operations Support Battalion (Airborne); First Sergeant, HHC, Special 528th Sustainment Brigade (Special Operations) (Airborne); special staff for the U.S. Army Special Warfare Center and School Advanced NCO Course online developmental program; Command Sergeant Major, 44th Medical Battalion (Provisional); Command Sergeant Major, 501st Special Troops Battalion, South Korea; Command Sergeant Major, 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team; Command Sergeant Major, 1st Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade, Command Sergeant Major, Mission and Installation Contracting Command, Command Sergeant Major, Joint Munitions and Lethality Lifecycle Management Command (JM&L LCMC) / Joint Munitions Command (JMC), and Command Sergeant Major, Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA). CSM O’Neal has attended all levels of the Noncommissioned Officer Education System and has a Bachelor of Business Administration from Campbell University and an MBA from Trident University International, earning magna cum laude honors with both. She holds foreign parachute badges from Germany, Belgium and Romania and is a member of the prestigious XVIII Airborne Corps Sergeant Audie Murphy Association.
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Command Sergeant Major, U.S. Army
Mo Barrett
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Storyteller and Podcaster, U.S. Air Force, Col (ret)
Mo Barrett launched her distinguished career as a successful
failure when she didn’t get into the Air Force Academy on her
first try. She even persevered after becoming the first member
of her pilot training class to receive a grade of “Unsatisfactory.”
As an Air Force pilot, she flew the Alenia C-27A throughout
Central and South America, then flew the Lockheed C-5 around
the globe. After 9/11, Mo deployed with a small team to bare bases
in Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, converting them from austere
fields to airlift hubs.
Mo has dealt with the shame, stigma, struggle and success of
being a life-long non-conformist and lesbian in the military’s
structured environment. She retired as a Colonel after a 25-year
Air Force career leveraging hard work and an ability to view the
world through lenses of humor, optimism and perspective. She has
survived and thrived as a multi-minority and now connects with
audiences of all ages and walks of life as a DC tour guide,
podcast co-host and storyteller. Mo entertains audiences with a
unique presentation style and contagious energy as she charts a
course for people who want to laugh, learn and think!
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Storyteller and Podcaster, U.S. Air Force, Col (ret)
Bonnie Stabile, PhD
PANEL MODERATOR: POLICY PERSPECTIVES ON WOMEN & THE FUTURE OF WORK
Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Student and Academic Affairs, Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University
Bonnie Stabile is Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Student and Academic Affairs in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University, where she also serves as the Director of the Master’s in Public Administration (MPA) Program. She teaches courses on policy analysis, program evaluation, ethics, and gender in the Schar School's master's programs in public policy, public administration, and biodefense. Professor Stabile was the 2019 recipient of the Schar School's Teaching Award.
Professor Stabile is Founder and Director of the Gender and Policy (GAP) Center at the Schar School. Her recent research projects and publications include articles in Public Integrity and the Journal of Public Affairs Education considering the role of women as MPA directors; the implications of women's choice of concentrations in MPA programs; the implication of fake news for women in politics; and Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Management and First Response. Her book Women, Power and Rape Culture: The Politics and Policy of Underrepresentation with co-author Aubrey Grant, Graduate Research Assistant and doctoral candidate at the Schar School, is forthcoming in 2022 from Praeger.
Professor Stabile served as Editor-in-Chief of World Medical & Health Policy, a peer reviewed academic journal published by Wiley, from 2019 - 2020, after having served as Deputy and then Co-Editor since 2011. Her federal government work experience includes acting as Installation Coordinator of a U.S. Army post in Amberg, Germany, and as a Program Analyst for the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. From 1989-1993 she was Program Coordinator of the Senior Managers in Government Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
https://schar.gmu.edu/
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Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Student and Academic Affairs, Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University
J. Jarpa Dawuni, Esq. PhD
PANELIST - POLICY PERSPECTIVES ON WOMEN & THE FUTURE OF WORK
Founding Director, Howard University Center for Women, Gender and Global Leadership
Dr. J. Jarpa Dawuni is an author, Associate Professor of Political Science, and the founding Director of the Center for Women, Gender, and Global Leadership at Howard University. She is a qualified Barrister-at-Law before the Ghana Superior Courts, holds a Doctorate in Political Science from Georgia State University, and a Masters in International Development from Ohio University. Dr. Dawuni's primary areas of research include judicial politics, women in the legal professions, gender and the law, international human rights, women’s civil society organizing, and democratization. In 2016, she received the President Obama White House Presidential Award for her service on the Board of ARA-W and was awarded the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship at the Faculty of Law, University of Ghana. In 2018 Dr. Dawuni was a Fulbright Specialist Scholar to Ghana where she designed a Center for Research in African Union Law. And in 2020, was the recipient of the Women in Law Academia International Award from the Women in Law Initiative in Austria. Dr. Dawuni is a Fellow at the Center for Democratic Development (CDD) Ghana, and a Visiting Professor in the UNESCO Peace Masters Program at the University in Castellon, Spain; a Visiting Scholar at Queens University Kingston, Canada, and the University of Copenhagen iCourts Program in Denmark.
https://cwggl.howard.edu/
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Founding Director, Howard University Center for Women, Gender and Global Leadership
Breanna D. Fulton
PANELIST - POLICY PERSPECTIVES ON WOMEN & THE FUTURE OF WORK
Deputy Director, Diversity and Inclusion for the Department of the Air Force
Colonel Breanna D. Fulton is the Deputy Director, Diversity and Inclusion for
the Department of the Air Force. In this role Colonel Fulton oversees the
Department of the Air Force’s diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility
program, policies, and initiatives to attract, recruit, develop, and retain high-quality diverse Total Force, while ensuring a culture of inclusion.
An Alabama native, Colonel Fulton was commissioned through Air Force ROTC at Auburn University in Alabama. She has served in a variety
of logistics, command, and staff positions. Most recently, she was the Chief
Strategist, Logistics Chief Information Officer Support Division within the
Directorate for Resource Integration Logistics, Engineering and Force
Protection, Headquarters Air Force Staff and served as the Chief, Stability and
Humanitarian Engagements Division for the Directorate of Strategy, Plans, and Programs on the Joint Staff. She also commanded the 27th Special
Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron at Cannon AFB, New Mexico, and
she was the Commander for the 731st Air Mobility Squadron, Osan Air Base,
Republic of Korea. Colonel Fulton has deployed in support of Operations
ENDURING FREEDOM, IRAQI FREEDOM, and NEW DAWN. Colonel Fulton holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Bachelor of Science in Human Sciences from Auburn University in Alabama; a Master of Arts in Human Resource Development from Webster University in Missouri; and a Master of Science in International Relations from the Naval Postgraduate School in California.
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Deputy Director, Diversity and Inclusion for the Department of the Air Force
Jeannette Haynie, PhD
PANELIST - POLICY PERSPECTIVES ON WOMEN & THE FUTURE OF WORK
Senior Advisor for the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, PhD, Lt Col, U.S. Marine Corps Reserves (Retired)
Jeannette Gaudry Haynie, PhD, is a career Marine Corps officer with a PhD in International Relations. A New Orleans native and a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, she is a Cobra attack helicopter pilot by trade. She earned her Master of Arts in Political Science from the University of New Orleans and her Doctorate in International Relations from The George Washington University while serving on the Joint Staff and in the Marine Corps Commandant’s think tank. Her academic research focuses on the intersections of gender, leadership, and security, and she has advised senior leadership on critical and creative thinking for warfighting effectiveness, served as a subject matter expert on the Women, Peace, and Security agenda, and developed the planning guidance for strategic talent management for warfighting effectiveness. She also conducted independent and original research on gender, warfighting, and critical/creative thinking for the Commandant and Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps.
Jeannette has taught courses in Gender and Conflict, International Relations, and Quantitative Methods. She served as Senior Fellow at nonprofit Women In International Security, is a member of the Presidential Leadership Scholars’ Class of 2019, and with her husband, founded and leads a co-ed youth leadership program built upon Marine Corps leadership principles. She is the Founder and Executive Director of the Athena Leadership Project, which seeks to elevate the stories of female veterans and conduct research into how gender-diverse teams and leadership impact national security.
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Senior Advisor for the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, PhD, Lt Col, U.S. Marine Corps Reserves (Retired)
Ellen Laipson
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Director, International Security Program and the Center for Security Policy Studies, Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University
Ellen Laipson is the Director of the Master's in International Security degree program and the Center for Security Policy Studies at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. Professor Laipson joins George Mason University after a distinguished 25 year career in government and as President and CEO of the Stimson Center (2002-2015).
Ellen Laipson serves on a number of academic and other non-governmental boards related to international security and diplomacy, and is a columnist for worldpoliticsreview.com. Her last post in government was Vice Chair of the National Intelligence Council (1997-2002). Laipson also served on the State Department's policy planning staff, the National Security Council staff, and the Congressional Research Service. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, she serves on the Advisory Councils of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy. She served on the board of the Asia Foundation (2003-2015) and the Council of the International Institute of Strategic Studies (2009-2019). She was a member of the CIA External Advisory Panel from 2006-2009, President Obama's Intelligence Advisory Board from 2009-2013, and on the Secretary of State's Foreign Affairs Policy Board 2011-2014. Laipson has an M.A. from the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University and an AB from Cornell University.
https://schar.gmu.edu/
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Director, International Security Program and the Center for Security Policy Studies, Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University
Julie Vogtman
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Director, Job Quality and Senior Counsel, National Women's Law Center
Julie Vogtman is Director of Job Quality and Senior Counsel for the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC). At NWLC, Julie engages in research, policy analysis and advocacy, and public education to advance federal and state policies that benefit both women in low-paid jobs and their families, including higher wages, fair work scheduling practices, and child care assistance. She has written extensively about women and the economy and the factors contributing to racial and gender pay disparities, including as a co-author of NWLC’s March 2022 report: "Resilient But Not Recovered: After Two Years of the COVID-19 Crisis, Women Are Still Struggling." Prior to joining NWLC in 2010, Julie was an associate with Covington & Burling LLP in Washington, DC. She is a magna cum laude graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, where she served as an editor for the Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy, and holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Furman University.
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Director, Job Quality and Senior Counsel, National Women's Law Center
Megan Dean
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Rear Admiral, US Coast Guard
Rear Admiral Dean is the Director of Governmental and Public Affairs for the Coast Guard, where she is responsible for external engagement with
Congress, the media and other inter-governmental entities. In her prior assignment, she served as the Chief of Staff of the Coast Guard Thirteenth
District headquartered in Seattle, directing more than 2,000 men and women responsible for executing Coast Guard missions within the Pacific
Northwest, including the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.
In previous tours, Rear Admiral Dean served as Commander Coast Guard Sector Miami where she was responsible for directing all Coast Guard
operations within Southeast Florida. Prior to reporting to Sector Miami, she completed the National Security Fellowship at Harvard University’s John F.
Kennedy School of Government.
Rear Admiral Dean’s Coast Guard career has encompassed numerous operational tours. She began her Coast Guard career as First Lieutenant, Coast
Guard Cutter VIGOROUS, in Cape May, NJ. She served as Executive Officer of Coast Guard Cutter CONIFER, in San Pedro, CA, Executive Officer of
Coast Guard Cutter WILLOW, in Newport, RI, Commanding Officer of Coast Guard Cutter WALNUT, in Honolulu, HI, and Deputy Commander Coast
Guard Sector Baltimore. Staff assignments include Duty Officer in the Seventh Coast Guard District Command Center, Aide to the Commander U.S.
Coast Guard Atlantic Area and Military Assistant to the Secretary of Homeland Security.
Rear Admiral Dean is a 1993 graduate of the Coast Guard Academy. She holds a Master of Public Administration from The George Washington
University. Her personal awards include the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, Coast Guard Commendation Medal and Coast Guard
Achievement Medal.
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