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Stability, Security, Transition & Reconstruction Operations (SSTRO) Conference

"Navigating Uncertainty, Managing Change: Applying Lessons Learned for Mission Success in the Face of
Operational & Fiscal Challenges"

18 June 2014

Arlington, VA

Agenda
Attendance Roster

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Welcome and Opening Remarks:

  • MG Barry Bates, USA (Ret), VP Operations, NDIA

Opening Keynote Address:

  • ADM William H. McRaven, USN, Commander, USSOCOM

Professional Services Council Panel: Federal Acquisition: Climate, Trends, Challenges and Opportunities
Introduction: Dr. Lewis Rasmussen, Director, Tetra Tech; Division and Conference Co-Chair; NDIA SSTRO Division, Mr. Stan Soloway, President, Professional Services Council; Former Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition Reform)
Panel:

  • Mr. Alan Estevez, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics
  • Ms. Catherine Ebert-Gray, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Logistics Management
  • Mr. Lance Butler, III, Ombudsman for Acquisition and Assistance, U.S. Agency for International Development

A Distinguished Policy Perspective: Understanding USAID's Role in Conflict Prevention, Crisis Response and Stabilization
Introduction: Dr. Lewis Rasmussen, Director, Tetra Tech; Division and Conference Co-Chair; NDIA SSTRO Division

  • Mr. Alex Thier, Assistant to the Administrator for Policy, Planning and Learning, U.S. Agency for International Development

Panel: From Impediments to Success in Stabilization Efforts: Lessons Learned From Civil-Military and Public and Private Sector Cooperation
Introduction: Dr. Lewis Rasmussen, Director, Tetra Tech; Division and Conference Co-Chair; NDIA SSTRO Division
Moderator: Mr. Albert Cevallos, Director, Effective Governance, DAI

  • Ambassador William Garvelink (Ret), Career Minister, U.S. Agency for International Development; Senior Advisor, International Medical Corps
  • Ms. Linda Poteat, Director, Emergency Capacity Building Project; Director, Disaster Response, InterAction
  • Ambassador Robin Raphel, Senior Advisor on Pakistan, Office of the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, U.S. Department of State
  • Mr. Del Hegarty, Former Chief of Party, MIDA; Business Manager, Tetra Tech Colombia

The Stimson Center Panel: Fragile and Failing States: Understanding and Applying Twenty Years of Lessons
Introduction: Mr. Walt Sasser, Owner/CEO, The Sasser Group, Ltd.; Division and Conference Co-Chair; NDIA SSTRO Division
Moderator: Ambassador Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr. (Ret), Chair, Board of Directors, The Stimson Center

  • Dr. William Durch, Director, Future of Peace Operations Program, The Stimson Center
  • Mr. Russell Rumbaugh, Director, Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense, The Stimson Center
  • Ms. Alison Giffen, Senior Associate, Future of Peace Operations Program, The Stimson Center

Concluding Keynote Address:
Introduction: Ambassador John E. Herbst (Ret), Director, Center for Complex Operations, NDU

  • Ambassador Thomas Pickering (Ret), Former Ambassador to the United Nations; Former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs

Senior Mentor Perspective
Introduction: Mr. Walt Sasser, Owner/CEO, The Sasser Group, Ltd.; Division and Conference Co-Chair; NDIA SSTRO Division

  • Gen Charlie Holland, USAF (Ret), SSTRO Division Senior Mentor
  • ADM Timothy J. Keating, USN (Ret), SSTRO Division Senior Mentor