Defense, National Security and Climate Change:
Building Resilience and Identifying Opportunities Related to Water, Energy and Extreme Events

Plenary Presentation PDFs

• Day 1 Keynote Speakers
  • Honorable Sharon E. Burke – Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, U.S. Department of Defense
  • Addison (Tad) Davis, IV – Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Army Reserve Command
• Session I: Developing a Systems Perspective on Defense Energy Usage
  • Michael Aimone – Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations & Environment), U.S. Department of Defense
  • Steve Schneider – Vice President and Chief Solutions Architect, SAIC
  • Kaveh Madani – Assistant Professor, Hydro-Environmental & Energy Systems Analysis Research Group, Department of Civil, Environmental & Construction Engineering, University of Central Florida
  • Moderated by: VADM Dennis McGinn – President, American Council on Renewable Energy
• Session II: Assessing the Vulnerability of Installations, Critical Infrastructure and Surrounding Communities to Climate Related Risks and Extreme Events
  • Ann Kosmal – Convener, GSA Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Team, Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings, U.S. General Services Administration
  • Courtney St. John – Climate Change Affairs Officer, Task Force Climate Change, U.S. Navy
  • Moderated by: Alice Hill – Senior Counselor to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• Session III: Achieving Efficiencies in the Supply Chain and Reducing Operational Risks
  • Nancy Gillis – Director, Federal Supply Chain Emissions and Chair, Section 13 Interagency Working Group, U.S. General Services Administration
  • Kevin Watson – Manager, Life Cycle Logistics and Supply Chain Management, U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • Scott Stone – Director of Global Environmental Initiatives, Sierra Nevada Corporation
  • Moderated by: Daniel Kreeger – Executive Director, Association of Climate Change Officers
• Day 2 Keynote Speakers
  • Dr. Dorothy Robyn – Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment, U.S. Department of Defense
  • MajGen Richard Engel (ret.) – Director, Climate Change and State Stability Program, National Intelligence Council
• Session IV: Advancing Energy Infrastructure and Programs through Public-Private Partnerships
  • Richard Kidd – Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Energy and Sustainability, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (IE&E), U.S. Army
  • Tom Hicks – Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, U.S. Navy
  • Moderated by: Louis Hutchinson, III – Vice President Public Sector, Constellation
• Session V: Incorporating Climate Response into Operational Strategies and Budgets
  • Maureen Sullivan – Director, Environmental Management, Office of the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense (I&E), U.S. Department of Defense
  • William (Bill) J. McQuaid – Senior Program Analyst, Investment Branch, National Security Division, Office of Management and Budget
  • Esther McClure – Arctic, Energy & Environmental Policy Analyst, Strategy Office, OSD Policy, U.S. Department of Defense
  • Moderated by: Michael Berger – Principal, Booz Allen Hamilton
• Session VI: Developing Strategies for Mitigating Water Related Risks
  • William Goran – Engineer Research and Development Center, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (and Co-Chair of NASA-Army Interagency Forum on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations)
  • Kim Toufectis – Master Planning Program Manager, U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
  • Dr. Marc Kodack – Program Manager, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Energy and Sustainability, U.S. Army
  • Moderated by: Michael Werz – Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
• Session VII: Addressing the Water-Energy Nexus
  • Michael Hightower – Water for Energy Project Lead, Sandia National Laboratories, U.S. Department of Energy
  • Paul Faeth – Senior Fellow, CNA

  • Rebecca Ranich – Principal, Energy and Resource Management, Deloitte Consulting LLP

  • Moderated by: Will Rogers – Bacevich Fellow, Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
• Networking Lunch with Special Guest Speaker
  • John Englander – Author, “High Tide on Main Street: Rising Sea Level and the Coming Coastal Crisis”