Great Power Competition
GPC5 Speakers

5th Great Power Competition Conference
University of South Florida
April 28-29, 2022
Virtual Event

Dr. Ron Sanders (Conference and Day 1 Overview), Staff Director, Cyber Florida: The Florida Center for
Cybersecurity

Rhea Law (Welcoming Remarks), Interim President, University of South Florida

GEN Michael Erik Kurilla (Welcoming Remarks), Commander, US CENTCOM

GEN Kenneth F. McKenzie (USMC-retired) (Welcoming Remarks), former Commander, US CENTCOM

Senator Joseph L. Lieberman (Opening Keynote Address), former Chair, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

ADM Thad W. Allen (Panelist), 23rd Commandant, US Coast Guard

Patrick Gorman (Panelist), Executive Vice President for Cybersecurity, Booz Allen Hamilton

VADM Jan Tighe (Panelist), former Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information
Warfare and Director, Naval Intelligence, and former Fleet Commander,
U.S. Fleet Cyber Command/U.S. Tenth Fleet

AMB Ryan Crocker (Panelist), former US Ambassador to Iraq, Afghanistan

HON Michèle Flournoy (Panelist), Co-Founder & Managing Partner, WestExec
Advisors; former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

HON Michael Chertoff (Segment Keynote), Co-founder & Executive Chairman, The Chertoff Group; former Secretary of Homeland Security

ADM James M. Loy (Panelist), Senior Counselor, The Cohen Group; former Deputy
Secretary of Homeland Security

HON Janet Hale (Panelist), Director, Deloitte & Touche; former Under Secretary of
Management, US Department of Homeland Security

Frank Cilluffo (Moderator), Director, McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security, Auburn University; former Special Assistant to President George W. Bush for Homeland Security

HON Michael E. Leiter (Panelist), Partner, National Security; CFIUS; Cybersecurity and Privacy; Congressional Investigations and Government Policy

Gen Michael Hayden USAF, Retired (Closing Keynote Address), Principal, Strategic Advisory Services, The Cohen Group

LTG Terry Wolff, USA, Retired (Welcoming Remarks), Director, Near East South Asia Center for
Strategic Studies

Dr. Eric Eisenberg (Welcoming Remarks), Dean, USF College of Arts & Sciences

HON Mike McConnell, VADM, USN, Retired (Welcoming Remarks), Executive Director, Cyber Florida; former Director, US National Intelligence

HON Michael Rogers (Opening Keynote Address), former Chair, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

LGEN Charles W. Hooper, USA, Retired, (Welcoming Remarks), Senior Counselor, The Cohen Group; former Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency

HON Ellen E. McCarthy (Panelist), Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research

ADM Craig Faller USN (Panelist), Commander, US Southern Command

HON Matthew G. Olsen (Segment Keynote), Assistant Attorney General for National Security, US Department of Justice

HON John S. Pistole (Panelist), President, Anderson University; former Deputy Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation

HON Fran Townsend (Panelist), Executive Vice President for Corporate Affairs, Activision Blizzard; former Homeland Security Advisor

Cathy Lanier (Panelist), Senior Vice President, Chief Security Officer, National Football League; former Chief, Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia

Michael P. Downing (Panelist), Chief Security Officer, Oak View Group; former
Commanding Officer, Counter-Terrorism and Special Operations Bureau,
Los Angeles Police Department

HON Jen Easterly (Segment Keynote), Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security

GEN Keith Alexander, USA, Retired (Panelist), Founder & Co-CEO, IronNet Cybersecurity; former Director, National Security Agency

GEN Richard D. Clarke, USA (Panelist), Commander, US SOCOM