Throughout each NSLC program, students have the opportunity to meet and interact with national and international leaders in government, politics, law, medicine and business.
The following people have spoken at NSLC programs in the past.
Education
U.S. Department of Education
Mr. Dennis Van Roekel
President
National Education Association
Ms. Barbara Adderley
Deputy Superintedent
D.C. Public Schools
Mr. Michael Duffy
Executive Director, Office of Charter Schools
New York City Department of Education
Ms. Rea Harrison
Development Director
Teach for America
Mr. Carols Garcia
Superintendent
San Francisco Untied School District
Deputy Chancellor, Division of Teaching & Learning
New York City Department of Education
Professor Aki Murata
Stanford University, School of Education
Dr. Margaret Walker
Professor
University of Maryland
Dr. Connie North
Professor
University of Maryland
Director Lisa Ramirez
Office of Migrant Education
U.S. Department of Education
Mr. William Hite
Superintendent
Prince George’s County Public Schools
Government Officials
Secretary Arne Duncan
U.S. Department of Education
Secretary Ray LaHood
U.S. Department of Transportation
Dr. Richard Solomon
President
United States Institute of Peace
Ms. Lisa Jackson
Administrator
Environmental Protection Agency
Justice Anthony Kennedy
U. S. Supreme Court
Mr. George Tenet
Former Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Antony Blinken
Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
White House
Mr. William J. Burns
Under Secretary for Political Affairs
U.S. Department of State
Mr. John Dinger
Deputy Assistant Secretary,Bureau for Intelligence & Research
Department of State
Mr. Rand Beers
Under Secretary, Protection & Programs Directorate
Department of Homeland Security
Mr. Mark Sullivan
Director, Secret Service
Department of Homeland Security
Vice Admiral Richard Carmona M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S.
U.S. Surgeon General
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
U. S. Supreme Court
Justice David Souter
U. S. Supreme Court
Ambassador John Bolton
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
U.S. Mission to the United Nations
Ms. Anna E. Cabral
U.S. Treasurer
Governor Robert Erlich (R-MD)
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
Senator Richard Burr (R-NC)
Congressman James Clyburn (D-SC)
Senator Mark Begich (D-AK)
Congressman Mike Conaway (R-TX)
Congressman Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX)
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
Congressman Tom Price (R-GA)
Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI)
Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Senator Michael Johanns (R-NE)
Congressman Tim Murphy (R-PA)
Congressman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY)
Former Cabinet Members:
Secretary Robert Gates
U.S. Department of Defense
Attorney General Janet Reno
U.S. Department of Justice
Secretary Madeleine Albright
Secretary of State
Secretary Alphonso Jackson
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Secretary Michael Johans
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Secretary James Nicholson
U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Secretary Rodney Paige
Secretary of Education
Secretary Togo D. West, Jr.
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Medicine & Forensic Science
Vice Admiral Richard H. Carmona
Surgeon General
Special Agent Robert Fram
Scientific Analysis Section Chief, FBI Laboratory
Dr. Mark Lippman, Director
Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University
Dr. Maura McGuire
Chief, Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Dr. Eugene Major
Chief of Molecular Medicine & Neuroscience Laboratory, National Institutes of Health
Dr. Samir Fakhry
Chief of Trauma Services, Inova Fairfax Hospital; Clinical Professor of Surgery Georgetown University
Dr. Steven D. Nathan
Medical Director, Inova Lung Transplant Program Surgeon
Sandra S. Angell
Associate Dean for Academic & Student Support Services, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
Betty Addison
Director of Student Services, School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
Heidi Patterson
National Director, Cord Blood Banking, American Red Cross
Matthew Chico
Senior Regional Associate, International Services, American Red Cross
Dr. Francesca Colantuno
Expert on Alternative Medicine
Dr. Michael Hattwick
Expert on Alternative Medicine
Dr. Isaac Yang, MD,
UCLA Department of Neurosurgery
Charles Eisner
World Health Organization/Pan American Health Organization
Brenda Henning
Acting Director, Office of Education, National Institutes of Health
Gwendolyn Maddox
Deputy Executive Vice President, National Kidney Foundation
Dr. Ron King, Director
Office of Technology Transfer, NHGRI National Institutes of Health
Dr. Hynda Kleinman
Cell Biology Section, Division of Intramural Research, NIDCR
Dr. AbuBakr Marzouk Deputy Medical Examiner, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP)
Dr. Edward Reedy
Forensic Pathologist, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP)
Special Agent Melissa Smrz
Forensic Analysis Section Chief, FBI Laboratory
Ms. Tia Swett
DC Rape Crisis Center
Dr. Phillip Berran
Associate Medical Examiner, Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner
Mr. Thomas Janovsky
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Forensic Sciences, Drug Enforcement Agency
Dr. Patricia Kauffman
Region III Director, Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team
Dr. Gary VandenBos
Publisher, American Psychological Association
Dr. Andrea Goodnight, DVM,
Associate Veterinarian, Oakland Zoo
Law & Advocacy
Attorney General
United States
Justice Anthony Kennedy
U.S. Supreme Court
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
U. S. Supreme Court
Justice David Souter
U.S. Supreme Court
Professor Nadine Strossen
Former President
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Mr. Dennis Courtland Hayes
President
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Justice Stephen M. Schwebel
Former Judge
International Court of Justice
Honorable Karen Henderson
Appellate Court Justice
10th Circuit Court of Appeals
Judge Reggie Walton
United States District Judge
District of Columbia District Courts
Mr. Gregory Garre
Former Solicitor General
Solicitor General’s Office
Mr. Bill Becker
General Counsel and Vice President
Harpo Productions, Inc.
Mr. Craig Cooley
Staff Attorney
Innocence Project
Judge Herbert Dixon
D.C. Superior Court
Assistant U.S. Attorney Deborah Sines
U.S. Department of Justice
Staff Attorney
Innocence Project
Ms. Jill Goldsmith
Attorney and writer of “The Practice”
Professor Jamin Raskin
Washington College of Law, American University
Professor Joe Daly
Professor of Law and drafter of the Vietnam Constitution
Professor Adrienne Davis
University of North Carolina
Professor David Chavkin,
Washington College of Law, American University
Mr. William Wilder
Fairfax County Coroner’s Office
Mr. Richard Mayberry
Attorney at Law, The Mayberry Law Firm
Ms. Sonya Winner
Attorney at law, Covington & Burling
Ms. Paulette E. Chapman
Attorney at Law, Koonz, McKenney, Johnson, DePaolis & Lightfoot
Mr. Marvin Rosenberg
Attorney at Law, Holland & Knight
Ross Dembling, Attorney at Law, Holland & Knight
Ms. Christina Cerna
Principal Human Rights Specialist
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Organization of American States
Dr. Dori Franco
Associate Medical Examiner
U.S. Armed Forces
Assistant Director Arthur Herbert
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms
International Relations & Foreign Policy
Ambassador Ryan Crocker
Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Kuwait and Lebanon
United States Foreign Service
Ambassador Christian Prosl
Embassy of Austria
Ambassador Bisera Turkovic
Embassy of Bosnia & Herzegovina
Ambassador Pierre Vimont
Embassy of France
Ambassador Klaus Scharioth
Embassy of Germany
Mr. Banashri Bose Harrison
Minister of Commerce
Embassay of India
HHR Prince Ra’ad Al-Hussein Zeid
Permanent Representative to the UN
Embassy of Jordan
Ambassador Claudia Fritsche
Embassy of Liechtenstein
Ambassador Vygaudas Usackas
Embassy of Lithuania
Special Representative and Head EU Mission for Afghanistan, European Union
Ambassador Jean-Paul Senninger
Embassy of Luxembourg
Ambassador Mark Miceli Farrugia
Embassy of Malta
Ambassador Cesar B. Cabrera
Embassy of Mauritius
Ambassador Strömmen Wegger
Embassy of Norway
Ambassador Bockari Stevens
Embassy of Sierre Leone
Ambassador Imad Moustapha
Embassy of Syria
Ambassador Sadir Sumaida’ie
Embassy of Iraq
Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan
Embassy of Mexico
Ambassador Ade Adefuya
Embassy of Nigeria
Ambassador Gary Doer
Embassy of Canada
Dr. Richard Solomon
President
United States Institute of Peace
Mr. Folabi Olagbaju
Regional Director
Amnesty International
Her Excellency Carmen Lomellin
Permanent Representative of the U.S.
Organization of American States
Mr. Jerry White
Founder & Nobel Peace Prize Recipient
Landmine Survivors Network (now called Survivor Corps)
Mr. James D. Wolfensohn
President
World Bank
Dr. Debrework Zewdie
Director, Global HIV/AIDS Program
The World Bank
Mr. Geoff Shaw
Representative of the IAEA to the United Nations
Mr. David Johnson
Asst. Secretary of State for International Narcotics
Advocacy Director
Amnesty International USA
Mr. Santoli Albert
President
Asia America Initiative
Mr. Ilan Berman
Vice President for Policy
American Foreign Policy Council
Ambassador John Bolton
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
U.S. Mission to the United Nations
Mr. Janusz Bugajski
Director, New European Democracies Project
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Ms. Christina Cerna
Principal Human Rights Specialist
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Organization of American States
Mr. Vargas Llosa Gonzalo
Senior Policy Advisor
United Nations High Commission for Refugees
Ms. Harriet Hentges
Executive Vice President
United States Institute of Peace
Mr. Eric John
Ambassador to Thailand
US Embassy in Thailand
Mr. Robert Levy
Chairman
Cato Institute
Ms. Rose Likins
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Security Operations
U.S. Department of State
Mr. Colman McCarthy
Director
Center for Teaching Peace
Giandomenico Picco
Under Secretary General
United Nations
Mr. Bill Richardson
National Administrative Coordinator
Greenpeace
Congressman Tim Roemer
President, Center for National Policy (U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of India)
Center for National Policy (US Embassy in India)
Hiram Ruiz
Senior Policy Analyst
US Committee for Refugees
Justice Stephen M. Schwebel
International Court of Justice
Mr. Peter Singer
Director, 21st Century Defense Initiative & Senior Fellow
Brookings
Dr. Amy Smithson
Senior Fellow
James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
Mr. Robert Tschetter
Director
U.S. Peace Corp
Bhuchung Tsering
Vice President
International Campaign for Tibet
Ms. Marian Tupy
Policy Analyst
Cato Institute
Dr. Elizabeth Turpen
Senior Associate and Co-Director of the Cooperative Nonproliferation Program
The Henry L. Stimson Center
Ms. Katarina Wahlberg
Social and Economic Policy Program Coordinator
Global Policy Forum
Political Science
(see also Government Officials; and International Relations for foreign policy experts)
Vice Chair
Democratic National Committee
Ms. Sharon Day
Co-Chair
Republican National Committee
Ms. Alice Travis Germond
Secretary
Democratic National Committee
Mr. Mike Duncan
Former Chairman
Republican National Committee
Mr. Terry McAuliffe
Former Chairman
Democratic National Committee
Dr. Amy Smithson
Senior Fellow
James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
Ms. Barbara Martinez
Editor
“Politico”
Mr. Mike Mills
Executive Editor
Congressional Quarterly
Professor Nadine Strossen
Former President
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Ms. Marian Tupy
Policy Analyst
Cato Institute
Mr. Janusz Bugajski
Director, New European Democracies Project
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Vice President for Policy
American Foreign Policy Council
Mr. Robert Levy
Chairman
Cato Institute
Ms Sheila Krumholtz
Executive Director
Center for Responsive Politics- opensecrets.org
Mr. Michael Franc
Vice President, Government Studies
Heritage Foundation
Mr. Bob Barr
Presidential Candidate
Libertarian Party
Ms. Kim Gandy
President
National Organization of Women
Mr. Dennis Courtland Hayes
President
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Mr. Ron Nessen
Former White House Press Secretary
Journalist-in-Residence, Brookings Institution
Mr. Richard Davis
Senator John McCain’s 2000 Campaign Manager
Ms. Liz Shuler
Secretary-Treasurer
AFL-CIO
Ms. Erin Matson
Executive Vice President
National Organization Women
Mr. David Boaz
Executive Vice President Cato Institute
Military & the Intelligence Community
Secretary
U.S. Department of Defense
Admiral Michael Mullen
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff,
U.S. Department of Defense
General James Cartwright
Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S. Department of Defense
Lt. General Ronald Burgess
Director
Defense Intelligence Agency
Ms. Letitia Long
Deputy Director
Defense Intelligence Agency
Mr. George Tenet
Former Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Vice-Admiral Lowell Jacoby
Former Director
Defense Intelligence Agency
General Michael Hayden
Former Director
Central Intelligence Agency & National Security Agency
Mr. Michael Donley
Secretary of the U.S. Air Force
Ms. Dawn Meyerriecks
Deputy Director
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Mr. Glenn Gaffney
Former Deputy Director, Analysis
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Mr. John Dinger
Deputy Assistant Secretary,Bureau for Intelligence & Research
Department of State
Mr. Rand Beers
Under Secretary, Protection & Programs Directorate
Department of Homeland Security
Under Secretary, Science & Technology
Department of Homeland Security
Dr. Amy Smithson
Senior Fellow
James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
Mr. Peter Singer
Director, 21st Century Defense Initiative & Senior Fellow
Brookings
Ms. Rose Likins
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Security Operations (US Ambassador to Peru)
Ambassador Richard J. Griffin
Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security
State Department
Mr. Ronald Ruecker
Assistant Director, Law Enforcement Coordination
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mr. Tracy Reinhold
Assistant Director, Directorate of Intelligence
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mr. Sean Joyce
Executive Assistant Director, National Security Branch
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Major General Michael Flynn
Chief, CJ2, International Security Assistance Force
U.S. Army, Afghanistan
Major General James W. Graves
Assistant to the Joint Chiefs of Staff for Reserve Matters
Pentagon, U.S. Department of Defense
Business Officials
Mr. Scott Orenstein
President, G.H. Bass Retail
Ms. Nancy Higgens, Senior Vice President, Lockheed Martin
Mr. Stephen Zack
Vice President of Marketing, D.C. United
Ms. Anna Cabral
Treasurer, United States of America
Mr. John Castellani
President, Business Round Table
Mr. Christopher Chiames
Vice President- Corporate Affairs, US Airways
Ms. Suzanne Clark
Chief Operations Officer, US Chamber of Commerce
Ms. Melanie Sabelhaus
Deputy Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration
Mr. Chris Keeney
Director of Sales, D.C. United
Mr. John Casale
Vice President, New
York Stock Exchange
Ms. Valerie Harker
Chief Financial Officer, AES Corporation
Mr. Rodney Hood
Vice-Chairman, National Credit Union Administration
Mr. Joseph Loddo
District Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration
Ms. Angela Meyer
Vice President of Client Services, Exponent
Mr. Nicholas Provenzo
Founder and Chairman, Center for the Advancement of Capitalism
Mr. Anthony Recine
Group President, Verizon Communications
Ms. Ellen Thrasher
Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration
Ms. Stephanie Cohen-Glass
Director, Strategic Communications, TIAA-Cref
Mr. Adam Davis
Executive Vice President, Staten Island Yankees
Mr. Warren Brown
Chief Executive Officer, Cake Love and Love Café
Mr. Shawn Miles
Senior Vice President, Mastercard Worldwide
Journalism & Mass Communication
Managing Editor
Yahoo!
Mr. Tom Curley
President
Associated Press
Mr. Chip Reid
Chief White House Correspondent
CBC News
Mr. Ron Edmonds
Photographer/Pulitzer Prize Winner
Associated Press
Mr. Walter Mears
Political Correspondent/Pulitzer Prize Winner
Associated Press
Mr. Jim Morin
Cartoonist/Pulitzer Prize Winner
Miami Herald
Mr. Steve Proctor
Managing Editor
San Francisco Chronicle
Mr. Roberto Hernandez
Filmmaker
San Francisco Film Society
Ms. Elida Witthoeft
Senior News Editor
ESPN
Mr. Tim Kurkjian
Reporter & Analyst
ESPN
Ms. Barbara Martinez
Editor
“Politico”
Mr. Mike Mills
Executive Editor
Congressional Quarterly
Ms. Kelly Conniff
Researcher/writer
National Geographic Digital
Mr. Jonathan Blakely
Contributing Producer
National Public Radio
Mr. Doug Mitchell
Project Manager
National Public Radio, Next Generation Radio
Ms. Liane Hansen
Host
National Public Radio, Weekend Edition Sunday
Ms. Stu Seidel
Senior Editor
National Public Radio, Weekend Edition Sunday
Ms. Chartese Burnett
Vice President, Communications
Nationals
Mr. Joe Urschel
Executive Director
Newseum
Film Critic
Orlando Weekly, Washington Post, Washington City Paper
Mr. Dan Zigmon
Engineering Manager
YouTube/Google
Ms. Susan Heavey
Reporter
Reuters
Mr. Michael Weisskropf
Senior Coorespondent
Time Magazine
Mr. Gary Graves
Reporter, Sports
USA Today
Mr. Lee Ivory
Sports Editor and President
USA Today
Ms. Kathy Kiely
Reporter
USA Today
Mr. Josh Hatch
Producer, Rich Media
USA Today Design
Mr. Dennis Lyons
Senior Assignment Editor
USA Today News
Mr. Ben Barber
Senior Writer & Editor
USAID
Mr. Mario Ivan Ona
ShopTalk Editor
Washington Post
Mr. Phil Rucker
Reporter
Washington Post
Ms. Marcia Davis
Editor
Washington Post
Mr. Colman McCarthy
Columnist, retired
Washington Post
Mr. Linton Weeks
Staff Writer
Washington Post
Mr. Andy Siegel
Producer
Washington Post Live, Comcast Sportsnet
Mr. Russ Thaler
Host
Washington Post Live, Comcast Sportsnet
Mr. Mark Zuckerman
Reporter
Washington Times, Sports
Mr. Desson Thompson
Film Critic
Washintgon Post
Sports & Entertainment Management
Pitcher
Washington Nationals
Ms. Nicole Porter
Branding Consultant
Disney and ESPN Media Networks
Mr. Michael Levine, Sr.
Director
National Basketball Association
Ms. Jessica Berman
Associate Council
National Hockey League (NHL)
Mr. Jim McCloud
CBS College Sports Network
Mr. Michael Levine
Senior Director
Entertainment & Player Marketing, NBA
Mr. Matt Hamme
Assistant Coach
Columbia University Football
Ms. Carla Varialle
Partner
HRRV, LLC
Mr. Nate Walsh
Senior Account Executive
Octagon
Mr. John Genzale
Designated Commissioner
Italian Baseball League
Mr. Matt Hamme
Coach – SAM Linebackers
Columbia University Football
Ms. Anne Hsu
Account Executive / Consultant
Relay Worldwide
Partner
HRRV, LLC
Ms. Anne Hsu
Account Executive / Consultant
Relay Worldwide
Mr. Mike Zanka
Coordinator US Open Special Programs
USTA
Mr. Daniel Fitzgerald
Sports Law Attorney
Brody Wilkinson PC
Ms. Carla Varialle
Litigator for MLB
HRRV Law
Mr. Felix Sencion
Founder/ CEO
The Mundial Sports Network
Mr. Tim McGhee
Senior Director North America
IMG
Ms. Chartese Burnett
Vice President, Communications
Washington Nationals
Mr. Tim Kurkjian
Reporter & Analyst
ESPN
Mr. Scott Linn
Senior Anchor
WTEM Sports Radio
Mr. Andy Pollin
co-host, The Sports Reporters
WTEM Sports Radio
Mr. Jim McCloud
Sponsorship Account Executive
www.MLB.com
Engineering
Dean of A. James Clark School of Engineering
University of Maryland
Dean Stephen Carr
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Engineering
Northwestern University McCormick School of Engineering
Ms. Stacy Benjamin
Senior Design Engineer
Segal Design Institute at the McCormick School of Engineering
Dr. Steven Gard
Executive Director
Northwestern University Prosthetics & Orthotics Center
Mr. Roger Dixon, Research Scientist
Accelerator Division
Fermi Lab
Mr. Rollie Berry
Program Manager
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Software Engineer
Offline Labs (Co-Founder)
Mr Bill Nott
Mech. Engineer (ret)
Lockheed Martin/Engineers Without Borders
Dr. Judith Connor
Dir. Of Info & Tech Dissemination
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Dr. Mehran Sahami
Associate Professor (Comp Sci)
Stanford University
Dr. Michael Lustig
Asst. Professor (EECS)
UC Berkeley
Ms. Kate Randall
University Programs Manager
Tesla Motors
Dr. Ken Goldberg
Professor (EECS)
UC Berkeley
Theater & the Arts
Drama Desk Award-Winning Director
Mr. Boyd Gaines
Four Time Tony Award-Winning Actor
Mr. Tom Viola
Executive Director, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Ms. Denise Yaney
Broadway Stage Manager
Mr. Donald Margulies
Playwright, Pulitzer Prize Finalist/Professor of Playwriting
Mr. Mark Brokaw
Director
Mr. Daniel Sullivan
Tony Award – Winning Director
Mr. Tom Viola
Executive Director, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Ms. Sarah Ruhl
Playwright, recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship
Mr. Craig Wroe
Actor
Mr. David Strickland
Vocal Coach
Ms. Jennifer Von Mayrhauser
Costume Designer
Mr. Peter Kaczorowski
Tony Award-Winning, Lighting Designer
Mr. Riccardo Hernandez
Set Designer
Ms. Candice Donnelly
Costume Designer
Set Designer
Mr. John Gromada
Sound Designer
Ms. Lilli Cooper
Actor
Mr. Pablo Schreiber
Two Time Drama Desk Award-Winning Actor
Mr. Christopher Shinn, Playwright
Pulitzer Prize Finalist/Professor of Playwriting
New School for Drama
Ms. Frances Sternhagen
Two Time Tony Award-Winning Actor
Mr. Seth Stewart
Actor
“In the Heights”, Broadway in the Classroom
Mr. Taylor Trensch
Actor
Ms. Remy Zaken
Actor
Ms. Virginia Kull
Actor
Mr. Patrick Carroll
Actor
Ms. Debra Monk
Emmy and Tony Award –Winning Actor
Cast of War Horse
Cast of How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
Cast of Anything Goes
Culinary Arts & Careers
New Business
Food Network
Ms. Rupa Bhattacharya
Culinary Writer
Food Network
Mr. Chris Gesualdi
Executive Chef/Chef Instructor
Institute of Culinary Education
Mr. Bill Telepan
Executive Chef/Owner
Telepan, Wellness in the Schools
Farmer/Director of Agriculture
Queens Farm
Mr. Rick Smilow
President/CEO
Institute of Culinary Education
Mr. Stephen Zagor
Director of Culinary Management
Institute of Culinary Education
