2025 Intel Summit | Potomac Officers Club
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In today's complex and interconnected world, intelligence plays a crucial role in safeguarding the nation, preventing crises and informing policy decisions. The rise of new threats, technological advancements and geopolitical shifts have made intelligence gathering and analysis more essential than ever. The Potomac Officers Club’s 2025 Intel Summit will bring together the Intelligence Community’s top leaders to provide their insights into the challenges and opportunities facing the IC today and into the future. Don't miss this opportunity to gain insights into the future of intelligence and position your organization for success in this dynamic field.
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Keynote Speakers
Speakers
Catherine Aucella
(Ret) Executive Director
National Security Agency (NSA)
Andrew Baczewski
Distinguished Member of Technical Staff
Sandia National Laboratory
Dr. John Beieler
Executive Director
UMD Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence & Security
Theresa Campobasso
Senior Vice President, Government Success
Exiger
Jillian Gallaher
Vice President, Intelligence Community
SAIC
Jennifer Gase
Deputy Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Brian Gershkoff
Chief Solutions Architect
Virtualitics Inc.
Erwin Gianchandani
Assistant Director for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships
National Science Foundation [NSF]
Gloria Glaubman
Founder
GMG Consulting LLC
BG C. Ryan Gunst
Commanding General, Military Intelligence Readiness Command (MIRC)
U.S. Department of the Army
John Hood
(Ret) Director Communications System Directorate
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
Steve Iwicki
Senior Vice President, Intelligence
SOSi
Tereza Jacoby
Director, National Security
Splunk, a Cisco Company
Mark Kelton
Director
MEK & Associates, LLC
Ryon Klotz
Deputy CIO for Information Technology Enterprise
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
VADM Matthew Kohler
Former Deputy Chief of Naval Operations and Director of Naval Intelligence
U.S. Navy
Joe Landino
(Ret) CIO and Director, Mission Systems
National Counterterrorism Center
Jason Lee
Senior Director/Chief Intelligence Officer
Moody's
Sunil Madhugiri
Chief Technology Officer
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
David Marlowe
Former Deputy Director of CIA for Operations and Vice President
Amentum
Col. Daniel May
Chief AI Officer for Air Force Intelligence
U.S. Air Force
VADM Robert Sharp
Former Director
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
David Shedd
Former Director (Acting)
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
Jill Singer
Vice President, National Security
AT&T
Israel Soong
Deputy Director, the Office of Artificial Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Dr. Dan Taninecz Miller
Director, NLP + LLMs
BigBear.ai
Carrie Thompson
Chief of Intelligence at Drug Enforcement Administration
U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ)
Samuel Unger
Strategic Growth Director, IC Programs
SAP NS2
Austin Wang
Vice President, Intelligence
MITRE
Agenda
| 7:00am | 8:00am | Networking Reception |
| 8:00am | 8:10am | Welcome & Opening Remarks |
| 8:10am | 8:45am | Opening Keynote |
| 8:45am | 9:20am | Morning Keynote |
| 9:20am | 9:50am | Networking Break |
| 9:50am | 10:50am | Panel A: Acceleration of commercial technology into national intelligence missions: Jillian Gallaher (Moderator), Ryon Klotz, and Samuel Unger |
| 9:50am | 10:50am | Panel B: Adapting Intelligence Practices to Match Continued Engagement in a Changing World: Brian Gershkoff, Steve Iwicki (Moderator), Carrie Thompson, and Sunil Madhugiri |
| 10:50am | 11:00am | Break |
| 11:00am | 12:00pm | Panel A: Enabling Intelligence Community Missions with Artificial Intelligence (AI): Jill Singer (Moderator), Theresa Campobasso, Dr. John Beieler, Israel Soong, and Col. Daniel May |
| 11:00am | 12:00pm | Panel B: Addressing the Triple D of Bad Actor Threats - Disproportionality, Disinformation, and Deception: Jason Lee (Moderator), Austin Wang, Joe Landino, David Marlowe, Catherine Aucella, and Dr. Dan Taninecz Miller |
| 12:00pm | 1:00pm | Networking Lunch |
| 12:10pm | 12:50pm | Lunch Panel: Guarding Innovation: Safeguarding Research and IP in the Era of Strategic Competition with China: Mark Kelton and David Shedd |
| 1:00pm | 2:00pm | Panel A: Why Quantum Matters for National Security: BG C. Ryan Gunst, Andrew Baczewski, Erwin Gianchandani, VADM Robert Sharp (Moderator), VADM Matthew Kohler |
| 1:00pm | 2:00pm | Panel B: Impact of Zero Trust Technology within the Intelligence Community: Jennifer Gase, Tereza Jacoby (Moderator), John Hood, and Gloria Glaubman |
| 2:00pm | 2:30pm | Networking Break |
| 2:30pm | 3:05pm | Afternoon Keynote |
| 3:05pm | 3:40pm | Closing Keynote: VADM Frank Whitworth III (Invited) |
| 3:40pm | 3:45pm | Closing Comments |
