Past Speakers and Programs

SCONA 68 Keynote Speakers

Colonel Michael E. Fossum '80
Colonel Michael E. Fossum '80
USAFR (Ret.)
General Tod D. Wolters
General Tod D. Wolters
USAF (Ret.)
Major General Michelle McGuinness
Major General Michelle McGuinness
Australian Army

SCONA 67 Keynote Speakers

Admiral William R. McRaven
Admiral William R. McRaven
U.S. Navy (Retired), Ninth Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command
General David H. Berger
General David H. Berger
USMC 38th Commandant of the Marine Corps
Lieutenant General S. Clinton Hinote
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 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
Colonel Mike Fossum
U.S. Air Force (Retired), Former NASA Astronaut
Casey Fleming
Casey Fleming
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BlackOps Partners
Major General Patrick Hamilton
Major General Patrick Hamilton
Commanding General, 36th Infantry Division
Brigadier General Kim Field
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
Ali Soufan
Former FBI Special Agent, Counter-Terrorism Expert
The Honorable Andrew H. Card Jr.
The Honorable Andrew H. Card Jr.
Former Chief of Staff to President George W Bush
Lt. General Marshall Webb
Lt. General Marshall Webb
Commander of Air Force Special Operations Command
Ambassador Henry Crumpton
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.)
General Frank Grass, USA (Ret.)
Former Chief, National Guard Bureau; Former Vice Commander, NORAD
Consul General Hyung Gil Kim
Consul General Hyung Gil Kim
Consul General of the Republic of Korea in Houston
Dr. Joseph Han
Dr. Joseph Han
North Korean Defector; Research Associate, Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University
Congressman Louie Gohmert
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
Admiral Michael S. Rogers, USN
Commander, U.S. Cyber Command; Director, NSA; Chief, Central Security Service
Dr. Tawfik Hamid
Dr. Tawfik Hamid
Author, Inside Jihad: How Radical Islam Works; Why It Should Terrify Us; How to Defeat It
General Robert B. Neller, USMC
General Robert B. Neller, USMC
Commandant, United States Marine Corps
Dr. Charles McMillan
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.