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SUMMARY:In Conversation with James Comey
DESCRIPTION:James Comey: Director\, Federal Bureau of Investigation (2013-2017); #1 New York Times Best-Selling Author \nJames 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. \nPrior to his service at the FBI\, Comey worked as a federal prosecutor in New York and Virginia and served as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and the U.S. deputy attorney general in the administration of President George W. Bush. In the private sector\, he has worked at law firms and as the general counsel of Lockheed Martin\, the world’s largest defense contractor\, and Bridgewater Associates\, the world’s largest hedge fund. \nThroughout his career\, Comey has taught at the graduate and undergraduate level at a variety of universities. A native of the New York metropolitan area\, Comey attended also the University of Chicago Law School. He and his wife Patrice have five children\, one grandchild\, and live in northern Virginia.
URL:https://sonomaspeakerseries.com/event/in-conversation-with-jamescomey/
LOCATION:Hanna Center\, 17000 Arnold Drive\, Sonoma\, CA\, 95476\, United States
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SUMMARY:In Conversation with Brad Roberts
DESCRIPTION: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.  From April 2009 to March 2013\, Roberts served as U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Missile Defense Policy.  Prior to joining the Obama administration\, he was a member of the research staff at the Institute for Defense Analyses and an adjunct professor at George Washington University.  Immediately prior to taking up his current responsibilities in 2015\, Roberts was a consulting professor at Stanford University.  His book\, The Case for U.S. Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century\, was awarded a Choice Award as an outstanding academic publication of 2016 by the American Library Association.  In 2021 he was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun for his contributions to the US-Japan alliance.  He has a BA from Stanford University\, an MSc from the London School of Econmics and Political Science\, and a PhD from Erasmus University\, the Netherlands.
URL:https://sonomaspeakerseries.com/event/in-conversation-with-brad-roberts/
LOCATION:Hanna Center\, 17000 Arnold Drive\, Sonoma\, CA\, 95476\, United States
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SUMMARY:In Conversation with Zack Kass
DESCRIPTION:Zack Kass is an advisor\, researcher\, keynote speaker\, and the former Head of Go-To-Market at OpenAI. \nAt 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. \nAs an executive business advisor\, Zack now works with Fortune 1\,000 boardrooms and leadership teams—including Coca-Cola\, Morgan Stanley\, and Amgen—to help leaders navigate the rapidly evolving AI landscape. \nZack’s mission is to ensure individuals\, businesses\, and governments are active participants in the AI-powered future by making the technology both understandable and actionable. He is recognized as one of the foremost thinkers in applied AI\, with his insights featured in Fortune\, Newsweek\, Entrepreneur\, AdAge\, and Business Insider. \nBeyond his advisory work\, Zack also supports AI education and research at the University of Virginia. He holds a BA from the University of California\, Berkeley\, and currently resides in Santa Barbara\, California.
URL:https://sonomaspeakerseries.com/event/in-conversationwithzackkass/
LOCATION:Hanna Center\, 17000 Arnold Drive\, Sonoma\, CA\, 95476\, United States
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