ICYMI: President George W. Bush will join the BENS 40th Anniversary Fall Forum
An Open Letter on Best Practices for Civil-Military Relations Authored by Eight Former Secretaries of Defense and Five Former Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Discussion with the Honorable Frank Kendall, Secretary of the U.S. Air Force
BENS hosted Secretary Frank Kendall, to discuss the Air Force’s continued effort to distinguish itself with innovation and technology to face future threats from around the globe.
General Daniel R. Hokanson, Chief of the National Guard Bureau
General Daniel R. Hokanson, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, discussed how the Guard has transformed from a strategic reserve to an operational force over the last twenty years, especially highlighting the duality of the Guard’s federal and state roles.
International Visitor Leadership Panel (IVL Panel)
On Tuesday, August 30, 2022, BENS members Jim Smith (NY), David McDonald (TX), and Paul Charles participated in a panel discussion on climate and energy innovation in the Caribbean as part of the Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program.
PODCASTS
Building the Base Interviews Nick Sinai, former White House Deputy Chief Technology Officer and Author
Check out our latest Business Executives for National Security (BENS) “Building the Base” podcast featuring Nick Sinai, Senior Advisor at Insight Partners, Adjunct & Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. Hear him engage with our own Jim “Hondo” Geurts and Lauren Bedula about his new book with co-author Marina Nitze, Hack Your Bureaucracy: Get Things Done No Matter What Your Role on Any Team, which comes out September 13, 2022. The book contains over 50 tactics, each with real-world examples, for making lasting change in bureaucracies from PTAs and HOAs all the way up to the White House and Fortune 500 companies.
[redacted] has released a new research report that uncovers a new ransomware actor. BianLian is known to have attacked companies in various sectors, including insurance, medicine, law, engineering and more.
September 20 | Virtual Virtual Breakthrough Energy Presentation: A forward-leaning conversation on U.S. energy security with experts from the clean energy accelerator, Breakthrough Energy.
September 21 | Washington, DC BENS DC Discussion with James D. Rodriguez, U.S. Department of Labor’s Assistant Secretary for Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS), Workforce Development.
September 22 | Southeast Vice Admiral Mary Jackson, USN (Ret.) will join BENS SE for lunch and discussion followed by a Q&A on “The Navy’s Shore Enterprise, Leadership, and Risk.”
September 27 | Virtual BENS Virtual Discussion with Jonathan Pelson, author of Wireless Wars: China’s Dangerous Domination of 5G and How We’re Fighting Back
September 27 | Austin BENS member luncheon discussion on the effect on special forces of 20 years of constant war with former Deputy SOCOM Commander VADM Tim Szymanski USN (Ret.)
September 29 | Dallas BENS Texas Dallas luncheon discussion with Major General Andrew Gebara, USAF, Commander, Eighth Air Force, and Commander, Joint-Global Strike Operations Center, Barksdale Air Force Base.
Multiple Dates, Locations BENS Texas luncheon discussions on China and the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party with Col Heino Klinck, USA (Ret.), Senior Associate, CSIS, and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia.
BENS-Chicago earlier this month was privileged to speak with Vice Admiral Doug Perry, Commander of Joint Force Command Norfolk and the U.S. 2nd Fleet. The discussion centered on rebuilding the…
SpaceX is preparing to launch its next private mission by the end of the month, featuring the first attempt to have the astronauts step out into space. The Polaris Dawn…
The summer of 2024 is making a run for one of the most tumultuous in American political and stock market history. One presidential candidate dramatically stepped down, another barely dodged an assassin’s…
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