Speakers and Panelists

SpeakerTitle
Liam CollinsFounding Director, Modern War Institute, United States Military Academy at West Point
Assessing US Military Strategy in Iraq
Conrad Crane, PhD (COL, USA, Ret)Senior Research Historian, U.S. Army Strategic Studies Institute
Gian Gentile, PhD  (COL, USA, Ret)Associate Director and Senior Historian, RAND Arroyo Center
David Perkins (GEN, USA, Ret)15th Commander of the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)
Rick Brennan, PhD  (COL, USA, Ret)Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation and lead strategy and policy subject matter expert,  Iraq Defense Governance Management Team (DGMT)
The U.S. Military Experience in Iraq
Heather Stur, Ph.D.Charles W. Moorman Distinguished Alumni Professor of the Humanities, University of Southern Mississippi
Kara Dixon Vuic, PhDLCpl. Benjamin W. Schmidt Professor of War, Conflict, and Society in 20th-Century America, Texas Christian University
Kyle Longley, PhDDirector of the War, Diplomacy, and Society Program & Henry Salvatori Professor of American Values and Traditions, Chapman University
Veteran Perspectives
Lee CronagleOH National Guard
Carey Eichorst (LTC, USAF, Ret.)USAF Retired
CSM Joshua KingCommand Sgt. Major, 5th Special Forces Group, US Army
Saturday  Keynote
Catherine Lutz, PhDThomas J. Watson, Jr. Family Professor of International Studies and Co-founder and Co-Director of the Costs of War Project, Brown University
The War’s Impact on Iraq
Kalai Rubaii, PhDAssistant Professor of Anthropology, Purdue University
Zainab Saleh, PhDAssociate Professor of Anthropology, Haverford College
Bridget L. Guarasci, PhDAssociate Professor of Anthropology, Franklin & Marshall College
Veterans in American Culture
Kenneth T. MacLeish, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine, Health & Society and Anthropology, Vanderbilt University
COL Brian O’Leary, PhD, USACommand Psychologist, 5th Special Forces Group
Tyler Merritt (CPT, USA, Ret)Founder, Nine Line Foundation
Haley Uthlaut (CPT, USA, Ret)Board Member, Strong Gray Line and Gold Star Spouse
Lessons and Legacies
Gregory Daddis, PhD (COL, USA, Ret)Director of the Center for War and Society and the USS Midway Chair in Modern U.S. Military History
Mike Nelson (LTC, USA, Ret)Director of Operations, Institute for the Study of War
COL Scott Mueller (USA)Director, US Army Center For Lessons Learned, Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, KS