Guest Speakers, Presenters & Meetings
Throughout each National Student Leadership Conference, students have the opportunity to hear from and meet with national and international leaders in government, politics, law, medicine and business. These prominent individuals have included:
Madeleine Albright, U.S. Secretary of State
Janet Reno, Attorney General of the United States
Anthony Blinken, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Rod Paige, Secretary of Education
Anthony Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Director Jim Towey, White House Office of Faith-Based& Community Initiatives
Togo West, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Legislative Branch Officials
Senator Evan Bayh, D-IN
Senator Hillary Clinton, D-NY
Senator Christopher Dodd, D-CT
Senator Ted Kennedy, D-MA
Senator Trent Lott, R–MI
Senator Connie Mack, R-FL
Senator Chuck Hagel, R-NE
Senator Paul Simon, D-IL
Congressman Harris Fawell, R-IL
Congressman Hamilton Fish, D-NY
Congressman Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the House, R-IL
Congressman Edward J. Markey, D-MA
Congressman Gregory W. Meeks, D-NY
Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-AK
Senator John Edwards (D-NC) meets with NSLC students.
Congressman James Greenwood (R-PA) meets with an NSLC student.
Surgeon General Robert Carmona meets with NSLC students.
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
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, National Institutes of Health
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
Special Agent Robert Fram, Section Chief Scientific Analysis Section, FBI Laboratory, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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. AbuBakr Marzouk, Deputy Medical Examiner, Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner
Dr. Ed Reedy, Forensic Pathologist, Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner
Special Agent Melissa Smrz, Deputy Assistant Director, FBI Laboratory , Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dr. Gary VandenBos, Publisher, American Psychological Association
Judicial Branch Officials
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, U.S. Supreme Court
Justice David Souter, U.S. Supreme Court
Honorable Karen Henderson, Appellate Court Justice, 10th Circuit Court of Appeals
Honorable Sara K. Radin, L.A. Superior Court Judge
Barbara Perry, Judicial Fellow, U.S. Supreme Court
Kerri Ruttenberg, Judicial Clerk to the Honorable Raymond Thieme, Maryland Court of Special Appeals
Justice Anthony Kennedy, U.S. Supreme Court
Law & Advocacy
Justice Stephen M. Schwebel, International Court of Justice
Jill Goldsmith, Attorney and writer of “The Practice”
Richard Mayberry, Attorney at Law, The Mayberry Law Firm
Sonya Winner, Attorney at law, Covington & Burling
Paulette E. Chapman, Attorney at Law, Koonz, McKenney, Johnson, DePaolis & Lightfoot
Marvin Rosenberg, Attorney at Law, Holland & Knight
Ross Dembling, Attorney at Law, Holland & Knight
Professor Jamin Raskin, Professor of Law, Washington College of Law, American University
Professor Joe Daly, Professor of Law and drafter of the Vietnam Constitution
Professor Adrienne Davis, Professor of Law, University of North Carolina
Professor David Chavkin, Professor of Law, Washington College of Law, American University
William Wilder, Fairfax County Coroner’s Office
Attorney General Janet Reno meets with NSLC students.
French Ambassador Jean-David Levitte meets with NSLC students.
International Relations
H.E. James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank
H.E. Jean-David Levitte, Ambassador of France to the U.S.
Anthony Quainton, President, National Policy Association
Dr. Walid Abdelnasser, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Egypt
Ambassador Marc Grossman, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Al Santoli, Senior Vice President, American Foreign Policy Council
Ambassador P.T. Sreenivasan, Chief of Mission, Embassy of India
H.E. Caroline Curiel, U.S. Ambassador to Belize
Ambassador Christian Filostrat, Diplomat-in-Residence, Howard University
H.E. Farid Abboud, Ambassador of Lebanon to the U.S.
H.E. Eva Nowotny, Ambassador of Austria to the U.S.
H.E. Juan Carlos Esguerra, Colombian Ambassador to the U.S.
H.E. Ljubica Z. Acevska, Macedonian Ambassador to the U.S.
Brigadier Gen. Arun Roye, Military Attaché of India
Adotei Akwei, Advocacy Director, Africa, Amnesty International USA
Honorable Robert L. Gallucci, Dean, Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service
Kimberly Stanton, Director, Latin America & Africa, RFK Memorial Center-Human Rights
Kevin O’Reilly, U.S. Department of State
Policy & Politics
Governor Robert Erlich, Maryland
Linda Chavez-Thompson, Executive Vice President, AFL-CIO
Mr. Terry McAuliffe, Chairman, Democratic National Committee
Mr. Mike Duncan, Chairman , Republican National Committee
Mr. Craig Smith, Campaign Manager. Lieberman 2004, Gore 2000, Clinton 1992
Ron Nessen, Journalist-in-Residence, Brookings Institution, Former White House Press Secretary
Mr. Robert Merry, President, Congressional Quarterly
Theresa Amato, President, Citizen Works, Campaign Manager, Nader 2000
Mr. Larry Noble, Executive Director, Center for Responsive Politics
Professor Nadine Strossen, President, American Civil Liberties Union
Mr. Dennis Van Roekel, Vice President, National Education Association
Mr. Richard Davis, McCain’s 2000 Campaign Manager
Mr. Dennis Courtland Hayes, President, NAACP
Ms Sheila Krumholtz, Executive Director, Center for Responsive Politics
Congressman Bob Barr, Libertarian Party
Congressman Tim Roener, President, Center for National Policy
Ms. Alice Travis Germond, DNC Vice-Chairman, Democratic National Committee
Defense & Intelligence
Mr. George Tenet, Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Mark Sullivan, Director, Secret Service, Department of Homeland Security
William Black, Deputy Director, National Security Agency
Major General Ronald Burgess, Director, Intelligence Directorate, Joint Chiefs of Staff
General Michael Hayden, Director, National Security Agency
Admiral James Loy, Deputy Secretary, Department of Homeland Security
Vice Admiral Lowell Jacoby, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
Ambassador Ryan Crocker, National War College
John Fredman, Central Intelligence Agency
Ambassador J. Cofer Black, Coord. for Counterterrorism, U.S. State Department
Laura Gross, Arms Control and Interagency Affairs, Missile Defense Agency
Christiana L. Lin, Special Assistant, Office of the Secretary of Defense, The Pentagon
Paul Warnke, Former Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Reynold Hoover, Director of National Security Coordination, FEMA, Department of Homeland Security
Arthur DeLaney, Central Intelligence Agency
Jim Simon, Assistant Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Jim Zirkle, Central Intelligence Agency
Frank R. Doyle, Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigations
Mr. Joseph Billy, Jr., Assistant Director, Counterterrorism Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Assistant Secretary Randall Fort, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
Major General James Graves, Assistant to the Joint Chiefs of Staff for Reserve Matters, Pentagon, U.S. Department of Defense
Ms. Letitia Long, Deputy Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
Mr. Wayne Murphy, Assistant Director, Directorate of Intelligence, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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'
Journalists & Communications Officials
Mr. Tim Kurkjian, Reporter & Analyst, ESPN
Ms. Stu Seidel, Senior Editor, National Public Radio, Weekend Edition Sunday
Mr. Tom Curley, President, Associated Press
Mr. Andy Siegel, Producer, Washington Post Live, Comcast Sportsnet
Mr. Russ Thaler, Host, Washington Post Live, Comcast Sportsnet
Mr. Rick "Doc" Walker, Host, Doc Walker Show, WTEM Sports Radio
Ms. Carol Maloney, co-host, Feldman and Maloney, WTEM Sports Radio
Mr. Andy Pollin, co-host, The Sports Reporters, WTEM Sports Radio
Mr. Scott Linn, Senior Anchor, WTEM Sports Radio
Mr. Mark Zuckerman, Reporter, Washington Times, Sports
Mr. Brandon Watson, Athlete, Baseball, Washington Nationals, Outfielder
Mr. Ross Detweiler, Athlete, Baseball, Washington Nationals, Pitcher
Ms. Chartese Burnett, Vice President, Communications, Nationals
Mr. Desson Thompson, Film Critic, Washington Post
Mr. Mark Jenkins, Film Critic, Orlando Weekly, Washington Post, Washington City Paper
Mr. Jonathan Blakely, Contributing Producer, National Public Radio
Ms. Liane Hansen, Host, National Public Radio, Weekend Edition Sunday
Mr. Jim Morin, Cartoonist/Pulitzer Prize Winner, Miami Herald
Mr. Linton Weeks, Staff Writer, Washington Post
Mr. Doug Mitchell, Project Manager, National Public Radio, Next Generation Radio
Ms. Ede Jermin, News Planning Manager, NBC Universal, WRC
Mr. Matt Boratenski , Coordinator, Screen Education, American Film Institute, Silver Docs
Mr. Walter Mears, Political Correspondent/Pulitzer Prize Winner, Associated Press
Ms. Kathryn Johnson, Reporter, retired, Associated Press, Atlanta
Mr. Darrell Christian, Sports Editor, retired, Associated Press
Mr. Ron Edmonds, Photographer/Pulitzer Prize Winner, Associated Press
Mr. George Esper, Saigon Bureau Chief, retired, Associated Press
Mr. Joe Urschel, Executive Director, Newseum
Mr. Colman McCarthy, Columnist, retired, Washington Post
Ms. Gemma Puglisi, Public & Media Relations Expert, American University
