2026 Summit Speakers
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Combiz Abdolrahimi
Vice President and Global Head of Government Affairs and Public Policy, ServiceNow
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Kylie Atwood
National Security Correspondent, CNN
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Congressman Ami Bera, M.D.
U.S. Representative (CA-06)
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Peter Bergen
Vice President for Global Studies & Fellows, New America
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T.H. Harry Coker, Jr.
Secretary, Maryland Department of Commerce
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T.H. David Bohigian
CEO, Meridian International Center
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Ashley E. Davis
Partner, S-3 Group
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Congresswoman April McClain Delaney
U.S. Representative (MD-06)
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Daniel Desrochers
International Trade Reporter, POLITICO
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Theresa (Terri) Fariello
Executive Vice President, Government Affairs & Global Public Policy, United Airlines
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Theresa Hitchens
Senior Space Reporter, Breaking Defense
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Alek Jovovic
Deputy Director, Center for the Industrial Base
Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department, Center for Strategic and International Studies
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Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Keith Kellogg
Former Assistant to the President and Special Presidential Envoy for Ukraine
Advisory Board Chair, BGR Group
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Mahnaz Khan
Vice President of Policy for Critical Supply Chains, Silverado Policy Accelerator
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Deborah Lehr
Chair of the Board of Trustees, Meridian International Center
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Kim Majerus
Vice President, US Public Sector Education, State & Local Government, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Lance D. Mangum
Vice President, Government Affairs, FedEx Corp.
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Conor McQuaid
Chairman & CEO, Pernod Ricard North America
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Steve Morrissey
Vice President, International Regulatory and Policy, United Airlines
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Dr. Elizabeth Newbury
Senior Director, Center for Technology, Innovation and Space, Meridian International Center
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Ross Perot, Jr.
Chairman of The Perot Companies; Chairman of Hillwood; Chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
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Dr. Alina Polyakova
President & CEO, Center for European Policy Analysis
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Joe Quinn
Executive Director, Center for Strategic Industrial Materials, SAFE (Securing America's Future Energy)
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Goli Sheikholeslami
CEO, POLITICO
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Rick R. Suárez
Senior Vice President, US President and Head of US BioPharmaceuticals Business Unit, AstraZeneca
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Natalie Buda Smith
Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, Library of Congress
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H.E. Birgitta Tazelaar
Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United States of America
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Brianne Todd
Professor of the Practice, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University
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Ambassador Mike Waltz
U.S. Representative to the United Nations
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Joshua Walker
Senior Vice President, Chief International Affairs Officer, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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Dr. Brian Weeden
Director of Civil and Commercial Policy for the Center for Space Policy and Strategy, Aerospace Corporation
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Kellee Wicker
Vice President of the Center for Technology, Innovation, and Space, Meridian International Center

