Links to Other Tracks:
Notes: Schedule subject to change. ⚡︎ indicates "lightning talks" (15 minute slot to share ideas but no Q&A).
Track MC. Cyber Warfare Officer and Brigade Commander in the South Carolina Army National Guard, and Deputy Director of the Citadel DoD Cyber Institute (CDCI). https://www.linkedin.com/in/linda-riedel-9a3142b/
Event host. Mission Area Executive for Cyber Operations in the Asymmetric Operations Sector of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL). https://www.jhuapl.edu/about/people/raymond-yuan
Former Commander of the Cyber National Mission Force and 10th Fleet. He serves as the inaugural Chairman of the MCPA Board of Advisors. https://www.linkedin.com/in/tjwhite01networkconnection/
National President of the MCPA and former inaugural Principal Cyber Advisor of the Department of the Navy. https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-cleary-pmp-cissp-6242b635/
Commander of the DoD Cyber Defense Command (formerly Joint Forces Headquarters-Department of Defense Information Network (JFHQ-DODIN)), Director of Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), former Commanding General of the Army Cyber Center of Excellence and Fort Eisenhower, and inaugural Editorial Board member of our peer-reviewed journal, Military Cyber Affairs. https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-stanton6/
Senior Enlisted Leader of USCYBERCOM and NSA. https://www.linkedin.com/in/brucekenneth/
Acting Deputy Commander of USCYBERCOM and MCPA Advisor. https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennis-velez-39562515/
Director of the Cyber Academic Engagement Office (CAEO) and Principal Director for Resources & Analysis within the DoD OCIO, and former Deputy Director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC). https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-gorak/
CEO and Founder of Dragos, Inc., Cyber Warfare Officer in the 91st Cyber Brigade, and member of the MCPA Board of Advisors. https://www.linkedin.com/in/robmichaellee/
Cyber Warfare Officer in the Virginia Army National Guard, a Cyber Engineer at Zetier, and creator of the MCPA Hardware Lab (creating all the pcb badges and coins). https://public.milcyber.org/activities/magazine/articles/2025/franke-a-new-tradition-is-born
Commander of the Marine Corps Cyberspace Warfare Group. https://www.linkedin.com/in/nevillejl/
Director of Intelligence & Cyber Effects Operations for the National Guard Bureau (NGB), former CYBERCOM Deputy J5, former elected member of the Maryland House of Delegates, and MCPA Advisor. https://www.linkedin.com/in/reid-novotny/
Former Professional Staff Member (PSM) at the House Committee on Armed Services (HASC) and US Navy Reserve Intelligence Officer. https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-s-0336079/
Cyber Policy Officer in the US Goverment and Panel MC. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesroxford/
Strategist at USCYBERCOM on detail to the National Security Council
Former Cyber Strategist at the Officer of the National Cyber Director, founding Director of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative at the Atlantic Council, and MCPA Advisor. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonhealey/
Executive Director of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission (1.0 & 2.0) and MCPA Advisor. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-montgomery-b8932810/
Former Deputy National Cyber Director, President of the DC Chamber of Commerce, and Navy SEAL Officer, and MCPA Advisor. https://www.linkedin.com/in/harry-wingo-5bb5105/
Panel Moderator. Former Commander of the Cyber National Mission Force and 10th Fleet. He serves as the inaugural Chairman of the MCPA Board of Advisors. https://www.linkedin.com/in/tjwhite01networkconnection/
Former Commander of Marine Forces Cyberspace Command (MARFORCYBER) and Deputy USMC Commandant for Information (DCI). https://www.linkedin.com/in/lori-reynolds-4a480813/
Former Principal Director for Cyber Policy at the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for Cyber Policy, and Director of Current Operations at USCYBERCOM. Current VP for Public Sector at Palo Alto Networks and inaugural MCPA Advisor.
Former Command Senior Enlisted Leader of US Cyber Command and the NSA, and MCPA Advisor. https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheryl-d-lyon/
Former Deputy Commander of 2nd Fleet and Joint Staff J7 Reserve Deputy Director, and MCPA Distiller. https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-sanders-45336188/