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Jackie Stennett
Vice President
AcademyWomen
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 the former 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, a BS in Chinese Studies from the United States Military Academy at West Point and serves on the Advisory Boards of the Service Academies Global Summit (SAGS), and the Schar School of Policy & Government Gender and Policy (GAP) Center at George Mason University.
https://www.academywomen.org
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Vice President
AcademyWomen
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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Lourdes Tiglao
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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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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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Workshop Facilitator
Finding Your Fit - Passion Profiler
Leslie Mulligan
Workshop Facilitator
Building Confident Women at the Negotiation Table
Leslie Mulligan is a negotiation expert who has facilitated training globally for high-profile clients across industries and professional functions including Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, non-profit organizations and universities. Leslie is a highly sought after negotiation speaker, delivering keynotes for large groups such as the FDA, GE Aviation, Intel, KIND Snacks, Medtronic, NASA, Nike, Novo Nordisk, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the American Conference Institute Leadership Forum for Women in Defense and Aerospace.
A proven business leader in the high tech arena, Leslie spent the last 15 years in Silicon Valley leading sales and marketing teams, negotiating with customers and partners alike to accelerate business growth.
Her experience spans diverse roles, including product management, marketing, sales, business development and general management. Most recently, she was the Worldwide Director of Marketing for the Mobile team at the Fortune 500 Company, NVIDIA Corporation, focusing on global Telecom and working closely with Verizon, AT&T, China Mobile, Vodafone, and other network operators around the world. Prior to that, Leslie was Vice President and General Manager at Immersion Corporation, negotiating critical contracts with Samsung, LG, Sony and other multi-national companies. She has also held senior roles in Wind River, Quantum and Raychem Corporations. Throughout her business career, Leslie has negotiated and crafted innovative business agreements, leveraging vital alliances and creating value for all partners.
Early in her career, Leslie served as an Officer in the United States Air Force as a Scientific Analyst, with assignments in the Air Force Systems Command at Eglin Air Force Base (AFB) in Florida, and with the Manpower Personnel Center at Bolling AFB and the Pentagon in Washington, DC.
Leslie holds an MS from Harvard University in Applied Mathematics, an MBA from the University of West Florida, and a BS in Mathematics from the University of Notre Dame.
https://www.watershedassociates.com
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Mo and Katy Show: Mo Barrett and Katy Stevens
Moderators of the Evening Reception and 20 Year Celebration
Mo and Katy Show
Your conversation catalysts are the “Mo & Katy Show” podcast co-hosts, Mo Barrett and Katy Stevens. Mo & Katy are unlikely friends from two separate worlds who collided through female barbershop singing. Katy, a lifelong civilian, is helping Mo navigate her Second Act after the Air Force. Mo, a retired Colonel, is helping Katy discover and fly into her Second Act as she transitions her in-studio piano, voice, flute and performance instruction into the online airspace. Katy lives in Baltimore, Maryland with her husband, three sons and three dogs. Mo and her partner (also a retired Colonel) live in Linden, Virginia with 2 dogs and a dog-like cat. Mo and Katy are closer to the mid-century mark than either will admit (Katy will gladly admit Mo is closer to it than she is), but have reached a point in life where they’ve come to recognize, acknowledge, appreciate and leverage their respective quirks. Engaging in multiple creative endeavors, Mo & Katy take humor seriously and work to spread gratitude, humor and positivity.
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Moderators of the Evening Reception and 20 Year Celebration
Mo and Katy Show
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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Bonnie Stabile, PhD
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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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2023 OWLS Speakers
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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
Linda Fagan
PANELIST: PERSPECTIVE FROM THE TOP
Admiral, Commandant of the United States Coast Guard
Admiral Linda L. Fagan assumed
the duties as the 27th Commandant
of the United States Coast Guard on
June 1st, 2022. As Commandant,
she oversees all global Coast Guard
operations and 42,000 active-duty,
7,000 reserve, and 8,700 civilian
personnel, as well as the support of
21,000 Coast Guard Auxiliary
volunteers.
She previously served as the 32nd
Vice Commandant. Prior flag
assignments include Commander,
Pacific Area, and Commander,
Coast Guard Defense Force West;
Deputy Commandant for
Operations, Policy, and Capability;
Commander, First Coast Guard
District; and a joint assignment as Deputy Director of Operations for Headquarters,
United States Northern Command.
Admiral Fagan has served on all seven continents, from the snows of Ross Island,
Antarctica to the heart of Africa, from Tokyo to Geneva, and in many ports along the
way. Operational tours include Commander, Sector New York, more than 15 years as
a Marine Inspector, and sea duty in USCGC POLAR STAR, a 399 ft heavy polar
icebreaker. Staff assignments include Executive Assistant to the Commandant and
Vice Commandant, and Division Chief of the Foreign and Offshore Compliance
Office.
Possessing extensive interagency as well as intergovernmental experience, Admiral
Fagan has worked with both the International Maritime Organization and International
Labor Organization on flag state and port state issues. This work includes the
development of the International Ship and Port Security Code (ISPS), and the
Consolidated Maritime Labor Convention.
Admiral Fagan holds a Bachelor of Science in Marine Science degree from the U.S.
Coast Guard Academy, a Master of Science in Marine Affairs degree from the
University of Washington, and a Master in National Resource Strategy degree from
the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. She has earned numerous personal and
team awards during her 37 years of Coast Guard service. Admiral Fagan is the
longest serving active duty Marine Safety Officer and holds the distinction of being the
Coast Guard’s first-ever Gold Ancient Trident.
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Admiral, Commandant of the United States Coast Guard
Lisa Franchetti
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Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Vice Chief of Naval Operations
Adm. Lisa Franchetti is a native of Rochester, New York. She received her commission in 1985 through the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps Program at Northwestern University, where she received a Bachelor of Science in Journalism. She also attended the Naval War College and holds a master degree in organizational management from the University of Phoenix.
Her operational tours include auxiliaries officer and first division officer on USS Shenandoah (AD 44); navigator and jumboization coordinator onboard USS Monongahela (AO 178); operations officer on USS Moosbrugger (DD 980); combat systems officer and chief staff officer for Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 2; executive officer of USS Stout (DDG 55); and assistant surface operations officer on USS George Washington Strike Group. She commanded USS Ross (DDG 71) and DESRON-21, embarked on USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). She also served as commander of Pacific Partnership 2010, embarked on USNS Mercy (T-AH 19).
Ashore, Franchetti’s assignments include commander, Naval Reserve Center Central Point, Oregon; aide to the Vice Chief of Naval Operations; protocol officer for the commander, U.S. Atlantic Fleet; 4th Battalion officer at the U.S. Naval Academy; division chief, Joint Concept Development and Experimentation, on the Joint Staff, J7; deputy director of International Engagement and executive assistant to N3/N5 on the Navy staff; and military assistant to the Secretary of the Navy.
Her flag assignments include commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea; commander, Carrier Strike Group 9; commander, Carrier Strike Group 15; chief of staff, Strategy, Plans and Policy (J-5) Joint Staff; commander, U.S. 6th Fleet, Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO; deputy commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe; deputy commander, U.S. Naval Forces Africa; Joint Force Maritime Component Commander; deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfighting Development, N7; and director for Strategy, Plans and Policy (J-5), Joint Staff. Franchetti assumed the duties as Vice Chief of Naval Operations Sept. 2, 2022.
Her personal awards include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal (two awards), Legion of Merit (five awards), Meritorious Service Medal (five awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (four awards), and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (two awards).
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Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Vice Chief of Naval Operations
Victoria Grady
WORKSHOP SPEAKER: LEADING FOR IMPACT: UNDERSTANDING CHANGE AS LOSS
Assistant Professor, School of Business George Mason University
Victoria Grady is currently an assistant professor of management in the School of Business at George
Mason University. Her research is focused on the inherent loss of stability suffered by organizations
introducing and implementing organizational change.
Grady continues to build on her original research and actively integrates theoretical concepts with practical
application in the field of management. Her practice case studies include issues of organizational
change/trust and include federal government institutions, non-profit organizations, and private sector
companies.
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Assistant Professor, School of Business George Mason University
Tomeka O'Neal
PANELIST: BALANCING WORK, LIFE, AND SANITY
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. She
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; Special Operations Support Command Liaison in support of Blackhawk Down movie production;
Support Operations NCO in Charge; First Sergeant; special staff for the U.S. Army Special Warfare Center and
School Advanced NCO Course online developmental program; Command
Sergeant Major for multiple battalions, brigades, commands, and agencies;
CSM O’Neal has attended all levels of the NCO Education
System and several other functional courses. She has an BA from Campbell University and an MBA from Trident University International.
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Command Sergeant Major, U.S. Army
Beth Teach
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Commander, U.S. Navy
Beth Teach is an active-duty U.S. Navy Commander and currently serves as the Public Affairs Advisor to the 12th Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Throughout her 15-year career, she has deployed on U.S. Navy ships in support of Operations ENDURING FREEDOM, INHERENT RESOLVE, and FREEDOM’s SENTINEL. Commander Teach commissioned in 2007 from Purdue University, and earned her M.A. in Communication and Media Studies from San Diego State University. She holds her Accreditation in Public Relations, and currently volunteers as the DOD Liaison to the Universal Accreditation Board.
Commander Teach is third-generation Navy, and both of her sisters currently serve on active duty. She is the proud mother of 8-year old Hunter, who loves baseball, music, and military history.
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Commander, U.S. Navy
Tamara Campbell
PANELIST - BALANCING WORK, LIFE, AND SANITY
Colonel, United States Marine Corps
Colonel Campbell graduated from the United States
Naval Academy in May 1997 with a degree in Oceanography and then became Marine Air Defense Control Officer. In 2001, Captain Campbell earned a dual Master of Science degree
in Program Management and Financial Management.
From 2003 to 2006, she served in the Marine Corps Systems Command as: Project Officer and Assistant Business Manager with the ACAT II Common Aviation Command and
Control System (CAC2S) Program and an ACAT III Joint Program - Joint Interface Control Officers (JICO)
Support System (JSS). In July 2006, Captain Campbell was assigned as an Integrated Air and Missile Defense
Capabilities Officer within the Combat Development Directorate, Marine Corps Combat Development Command.
In September 2007, she was assigned as the Command and Control Plans Officer within the G-3, Force Fires
Section at III MEF, Okinawa, Japan. In March 2008, Major Campbell was selected for lateral re-designation as an
Acquisition Professional. In September 2009, she transferred to MTACS-18 to serve as the S-6, Maintenance
Officer and Senior Air Coordinator within the Tactical Air Command Center.
From 2010-2013, she served as the Deputy Program Manager for Air Traffic Control (ATC) Systems
at PMA213, NAVAIR, where she was responsible for the Acquisition and Life Cycle Support of various Navy and
Marine Corps ATC Systems.
In 2013 she served within PM-MAGTF Command, Control
and Communications as the Product Manager for Integration, Interoperability and Situational Awareness then attended The Eisenhower
School at National Defense University, earning a Master of Science degree in National Security and Resource Strategy.
She was then the Chief of Staff for the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, for Expeditionary Programs and Logistics Management. She then served as the Strategic IPT Lead for PMA-272, Advanced Tactical Aircraft Protection Systems.
Colonel Campbell now commands the Program Manager of PMA-272.
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Colonel, United States Marine Corps
Bree B. Fram
PANELIST: BALANCING WORK, LIFE, AND SANITY
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Space Force
Lt Col Bree B. Fram is currently as Deputy Chief, Acquisition Policies and Processes Division in the office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration. In her previous assignment she served as Materiel Leader, Cyberspace Integration and Transition at the Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome New York. She was responsible for developing critical Counter-small Unmanned Aerial Systems technology and special programs cyberspace technologies in support of DoD and Intelligence Community priorities where she directed an annual budget in excess of $100 Million.
Earlier assignments include oversight of Air Force Security Cooperation in four strategically important countries in the Middle East and 258 Foreign Military Sales cases valued at $15.79 Billion, Executive Officer to the Air Force Director of Strategic Plans where she integrated the 30-year, $3.6 Trillion Air Force Plan, a legislative fellowship on the staff of Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-GU) handling all military, veterans, and foreign affairs issues, and a program management tour at the National Reconnaissance Office where she led a $700 million multi-site, multi-agency engineering, maintenance, and information technology contract overseeing 510 people and supporting $40 billion in assets. She has also directed 24X7 worldwide operations and maintenance of mission data processing for space-based and airborne national intelligence assets.
Lt Col Fram received her commission from the United States Air Force Officer Training School in April 2003. She has served as an advanced space technology developer, led numerous acquisition efforts, and been the principal advisor for Space Based Infrared programs to the commander of the Space and Missile System Center. Lt Col Fram deployed in support of OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM to develop airborne counter-improvised explosive device technologies.
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Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Space Force
Edna Cummings
PANELIST - LOOKING BACKWARDS, SIDEWAYS, AND FORWARD TO LEAD WITH IMPACT
Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired); 6888th Advocate and Producer; Army Reserve Ambassador
Colonel Edna Cummings is an Army brat and native of Fayetteville, NC. She received her commission from Appalachian State University’s Army ROTC program in Boone, NC. Afterwards, she embarked on a distinguished 25-year military career in a variety of assignments culminating with senior-level positions at Georgetown University, the Pentagon, and NORAD/USNORTHCOM.
After retiring from the Army, COL Cummings held management positions for federal contracting companies where she led homeland security and information technology initiatives for federal agencies including the DOD and DOJ. Since 2018, COL Cummings has worked to bring recognition to the WWII Women’s Army Corps African American unit, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion also known as the Six Triple Eight.
COL Cummings raised funds for the 6888th monument and co-produced an award-winning documentary about the unit. In 2019, the US Ambassador to the United Kingdom hosted COL Cummings and the production team during a UK visit where he dedicated a plaque to mark where the 6888th was stationed in Birmingham, England.
COL Cummings also championed efforts with Congress to enact passage of the 6888th Congressional Gold Medal Act. On 14 MAR 2022, President Biden signed the legislation into law awarding the 6888th the nation’s highest civilian honor. Through her research and outreach efforts, the story of the 6888th has reached millions worldwide.
COL Cummings is a former member of ASU’s Foundation Board of Directors, a current member of the History Makers' Military Advisory Board, a member of the Army Women’s Foundation Board of Directors, and an Army Reserve Ambassador for the state of Maryland - a volunteer government role equivalent to a Major General in the Armed Forces.
COL Cummings holds a Master of Strategic Studies from the Army War College; a Master of Science Degree in Foundations of Education from Troy State; and certifications in Information Technology Information Library, Maryland Circuit Court Training for Mediators, and as an EEO Investigator.
In 2020, COL Cummings was inducted into the Army Women’s Foundation Hall of Fame and was also selected by MOAA as one its national Changemakers. In 2022, she received the NAACP’s Jesse Brown Distinguished Leadership Award. COL Cummings is also a consultant for the upcoming 6888th Broadway-bound musical.
https://cummingsandcummings.net/
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Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired); 6888th Advocate and Producer; Army Reserve Ambassador
Sharon Preszler
PANELIST: LOOKING BACKWARDS, SIDEWAYS, AND FORWARD TO LEAD WITH IMPACT
Professor and Lieutenant Colonel (ret), U.S. Air Force
Sharon “Betty” Preszler is an aviation pioneer, hand-picked to be the first woman to fly the F-16 in the United States Air Force. Sharon uses her experiences integrating the F-16 and as a Captain at Southwest Airlines as the basis for her inspiring and enlightening speeches. While Sharon has three separate keynotes, the common themes are overcoming obstacles maximizing your performance and defining your own future.
During her 20 years in the Air Force, Sharon was a navigator, flew a Lear Jet and the F-16. She was the first woman to fly the F-16 (a single seat, single engine fighter) and the first woman to fly combat missions and instruct in the F-16. Sharon has over 1300 hours in the F-16, including over 50 combat hours in Iraq and one ejection, due to electrical failure. Sharon also accumulated over 9,000 hours in the Boeing 737 during her 14 years at Southwest Airlines. Sharon is currently a professional speaker, life coach and adjunct professor at Grand Canyon University.
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Professor and Lieutenant Colonel (ret), U.S. Air Force
NICHOLE K.A. SCOTT
PANELIST: LOOKING BACKWARDS, SIDEWAYS, AND FORWARD TO LEAD WITH IMPACT
Colonel, U.S. Air Force Reserve Training Corps
Col Nichole K.A. Scott is the Commander of the Air
Force Reserve Officer Training Corps, Detachment 880 at
Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia. She leads a
team of eight active duty personnel in training and developing
a cadet wing of more than 300 members into Air Force
officers.
Colonel Scott entered the Air Force in July 1998 as a
graduate of the Reserve Officers Training Corps program at
the Illinois Institute of Technology. She is a career Civil
Engineering officer with multiple deployments in support of
OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM and OPERATION
IRAQI FREEDOM. She has held multiple staff and base level
assignments. She also served as a Political Affairs Strategist at
the U.S. Pacific Command. She was a deployed squadron
commander of the 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer
Squadron, Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait. Her second
squadron command was the 375th Civil Engineer Squadron at
Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.
She is a licensed engineer in the state of Georgia. Prior to
her current assignment, Colonel Scott was the commander of
the 316th Mission Support Group, Joint Base Andrews,
Maryland.
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Colonel, U.S. Air Force Reserve Training Corps
Bonnie Stabile, PhD
PANEL MODERATOR: LOOKING BACKWARDS, SIDEWAYS, AND FORWARD TO LEAD WITH IMPACT
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.
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Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Student and Academic Affairs, Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University
