Past Speakers and Programs

SCONA 68 Keynote Speakers

Colonel Michael E. Fossum '80

USAFR (Ret.)

General Tod D. Wolters

USAF (Ret.)

Major General Michelle McGuinness

Australian Army

SCONA 67 Keynote Speakers

Admiral William R. McRaven

U.S. Navy (Retired), Ninth Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command

General David H. Berger

USMC 38th Commandant of the Marine Corps

Lieutenant General S. Clinton Hinote

U.S Air Force, Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategy, Integration, and Requirements

Major General David C. Hill

Major General David (Dave) C. Hill serves as the 53rd Commandant of the U.S. Army War College

SCONA 66 Keynote Speakers

GEN James McConville, USA

The 40th Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, Aug. 9, 2019

MajGen Jason Bohm, USMC

Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in May 1990

Gen Mark Welsh, USAF, Ret.

Dean of the Bush School on August 15, 2016

Greg Vogle

Greg Vogle is a Senior Advisor at the McChrystal Group

Dr. Nora Janjan

Dr. Nora Janjan currently serves as the Chief Medical Officer of STATinMED

SCONA 65 Keynote Speakers

Colonel Mike Fossum

U.S. Air Force (Retired), Former NASA Astronaut

Casey Fleming

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BlackOps Partners

Major General Patrick Hamilton

Commanding General, 36th Infantry Division

Brigadier General Kim Field

U.S. Army (Retired), Executive Director of the Albritton Center for Grand Strategy at the Bush School of Public Service

SCONA 64 Keynote Speakers

Ali Soufan

Former FBI Special Agent, Counter-Terrorism Expert

The Honorable Andrew H. Card Jr.

Former Chief of Staff to President George W Bush

Lt. General Marshall Webb

Commander of Air Force Special Operations Command

Ambassador Henry Crumpton

24-year veteran of the CIA’s Clandestine Service and former Chief of the CIA’s National Resource Division

SCONA 63 Keynote Speakers

General Frank Grass, USA (Ret.)

Former Chief, National Guard Bureau; Former Vice Commander, NORAD

Consul General Hyung Gil Kim

Consul General of the Republic of Korea in Houston

Dr. Joseph Han

North Korean Defector; Research Associate, Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University

Congressman Louie Gohmert

United States Congressman representing Texas’ 1st Congressional District; Texas A&M Class of 1975

SCONA 62 Keynote Speakers

Admiral Michael S. Rogers, USN

Commander, U.S. Cyber Command; Director, NSA; Chief, Central Security Service

Dr. Tawfik Hamid

Author, Inside Jihad: How Radical Islam Works; Why It Should Terrify Us; How to Defeat It

General Robert B. Neller, USMC

Commandant, United States Marine Corps

Dr. Charles McMillan

Director, Los Alamos National Laboratories

13 Hours: The Inside Story of the Benghazi Attacks with Kris “Tanto” Paronto

This past fall, SCONA hosted Kris “Tanto” Paronto, a United States Veteran and private security contractor, has served the United States for more than 18 years. Kris possesses elite training skills received from the U.S. Army Ranger, 2nd Battalion, 75th Regiment and 5th Battalion, Special Forces Group. Throughout those years Kris joined other security companies including Blackwater Security, the Central Intelligence Agency, OSEN Hunter Group and NEXUS Security Consulting.

On the Hunt with Nada Bakos:

SCONA had the wonderful privilege of hosting former CIA analyst, Nada Bakos in Rudder Theater.
She discussed the interaction between the Intelligence Community and U.S. policy.

CEA Energy Innovations:

A collaboration with Consumer Energy Alliance and MSC Wiley, this event focused on the changing field of energy production and this change’s affect on everyday consumers and global politics.