Safety and Crisis Management (C)

<p>Failures rarely begin with a catastrophic decision. More often, they begin quietly. Warning signs become familiar; small deviations get explained away, and experienced teams slowly accept increasing risk. Mike Ciannilli spent 30 years inside the U.S. space program, supporting 58 Space Shuttle missions and serving as a NASA Test Director for 21 launch countdowns.

<p>When communication breaks down, performance suffers. When trust is missing, everything slows. Scott Tillema shows organizations how to fix both—fast.</p><p>A SWAT-trained hostage negotiator and FBI-trained crisis communication expert, Scott Tillema has spent over two decades navigating high-stakes, emotionally charged situations where every word matters.

<p>The most senior military woman ever to serve in the U.S. Department of Defense, four-star General Lori Robinson speaks on leadership, overcoming obstacles, and the most pressing U.S. national security issues today.</p><p>General Lori Robinson was the first woman to be nominated and confirmed as a combatant commander. She retired in 2018 having served as Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and Commander, U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM). In that role, she led the soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, Coast Guardsmen and civilians from the U.S.

<p>One of the Army’s most skilled logisticians, Major General Vincent Boles (Ret.) has decades of experience in managing the world’s largest and most complex supply chain, from the port to the Pentagon, and he gives audiences the benefit of his considerable leadership and supply chain expertise. </p><p>General Boles served in a variety of assignments over a 33-year career, holding command positions at every level and serving in multiple combat deployments.

<p>A trusted expert in geopolitical risk, cybersecurity, and global strategic competition, Admiral Mike Rogers shows leaders how to embrace volatility and disruption as an opportunity for change. </p><p> Drawing on real-time global developments—from escalating conflict involving Iran and broader Middle East instability to political and economic uncertainty in Venezuela, as well as the ongoing impacts of the Russia-Ukraine War—Admiral Mike Rogers provides critical insight into how geopolitical shocks, cyber threats, and shifting alliances are reshaping global markets, energ

<p>Dr. Leana Wen is a practicing physician, healthcare executive, and one of America’s leading public health experts. She is a columnist for The <em>Washington Post</em>, where she writes a twice-weekly column on medicine and public health and anchors the Post newsletter, "The Checkup with Dr. Wen".

With lessons from the front lines of emergency rooms in the pandemic and combat zones in Iraq, Dr. Bose has an inspiring and motivational message for leaders in times of crisis and anyone struggling to return to “normal.”

<p>Brock Long is a former Administrator of FEMA and a 20-year veteran of emergency management within the public and private sector. He offers a unique perspective as organizations, businesses and citizens come to grips with the realities of crisis management and preparedness following the coronavirus outbreak.</p><p>Long led our nation through some of its worst natural disasters—from hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria to the wildfire activity in the US and Canada.

<p>Mike Massimino is a former NASA Astronaut, a <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author, a Columbia University engineering professor, and an advisor at The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. </p><p>A veteran of two space shuttle missions and four spacewalks, Mike was the first person to tweet from space, holds the team record for the most spacewalking time on a single space shuttle mission, and successfully completed the most complicated spacewalk ever attempted to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

<p>Col. Nicole Malachowski, USAF (Ret.) defies stereotypes. Yes, she was a jet fighter pilot, but if you think you know her based on that, you’d be wrong.</p><p>An accomplished military leader, combat veteran, the first woman pilot on the Thunderbirds Air Demonstration Squadron, a White House Fellow, and inductee into both the National Women’s Hall of Fame and the Women in Aviation International Pioneer Hall of Fame, Malachowski says that her distinguished 20-year-plus Air Force career has exceeded her wildest dreams.