Thursday, 2 April 2009

Welcome Reception

Lecture - 10th Presentation of the WP Lecture Series on Diversity - MG (RET) Antonio Taguba

Friday, 3 April 2009

Continental Breakfast

Conference Opening & Welcome - COL Bob McClure, President & CEO, WPAOG and LTG Franklin L. Hagenbeck, Superintendent, USMA

Diversity & Inclusion Overview - Andre H. Sayles, PhD, Deputy Director, Army Diversity Office

Panel Discussion: "Strategic Implications of Diversity and Inclusion" - Moderated by Richard Ressler, Principal, Booz Allen Hamilton.  Panelists include Georgia Coffey, Deputy Asst Secretary, Dept of Veterans Affairs; William A. Guillory, PhD, Innovations Consulting International, Inc; Robert Ellis, Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer, ITT Corp; and Linda Singh, Senior Executive, Accenture.

Lunch with Special Guest The Honorable Pete Geren, Secretary of the US Army and Guest Speaker - GEN William E. "Kip" Ward, Commander, US Africa Command

Keynote Address -  Barbara Frankel, Executive Editor and Senior VP, DiversityInc.

Panel Discussion: "Implementing Diversity and Inclusion Practices" - Moderated by Francis X. Taylor, VP & Chief Security Officer, GE.  Panelists include Renee Yuengling, ICF International; Angela Messer, VP, Booz Allen Hamilton; Deborah Elam, Chief Diversity Officer, GE; and William Guillory, PhD, Innovations Consulting International, Inc.

Cadet Presentations

Cocktail Reception

Dinner with Guest Speaker - Michael Montelongo, Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, Sodexo, Inc.; and featuring Cadet Choir Performances

Saturday, 4 April 2009

Continental Breakfast

Panel Discussion on "Diversity Initiatives in the Armed Forces" - Moderated by Morten Ender, PhD, D/BS&L, USMA.  Panelists include COL James JJ Campbell, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness; Master Chief Hospital Corpsman Steve Hady, USN Diversity Directorate; Lori Powell, USAF Asst Deputy to the Asst Secretary for Strategic Diversity Integration; CSM Maria V. Martinez, Sr Enlisted Advisor to the Director of Army Diversity; and CMDR Robert L. Smith, Advisor to the Commandant, US Coast Guard.

Panel Discussion on "Service Academy Diversity Initiatives" - Moderated by MAJ Evangeline Rosel, Equal Opportunity Program Manager, USMA.  Panelists include COL Jeanette McMahon Angresano, Special Asst to the Superintendent for Human Relations, USMA; Antonio Farias, Director of Diversity Affairs, USCGA; CAPT Robert Johnson, Director of Admissions, USMMA; CAPT Anthony Barnes, Chief Diversity Officer, USNA; and Alton Scott, Diversity Recruiting, USAFA Admissions.

Lunch with Guest Speaker - LTG Kathleen Gainey, Director for Logistics, J-4, The Joint Staff

Open Discussion - "The Way Ahead"