Events

James Comey led the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 2013 to 2017, appointed to the post by President Barack Obama. His tenure was tested by new forces within and outside America’s borders. Among many other things, he confronted foreign intelligence operations, mass shootings, the surge of ISIS, an opioid epidemic, and controversy over police shootings. Inside the FBI, while navigating government shutdowns, he tried to change how the FBI approached leadership, diversity, and cyber threats.

Brad Roberts is director of the Center for Global Security Research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California.  CGSR generates research, analysis, and publications focused on major power rivalry, regional challenges, integrated deterrence, and long-term cooperative and competitive strategies. 

Zack Kass is an advisor, researcher, keynote speaker, and the former Head of Go-To-Market at OpenAI. At OpenAI, Zack led the teams responsible for sales, partnerships, and customer success, turning the company’s cutting-edge research into real-world business solutions. He has personally advised executives across dozens of industries on deploying AI at scale.