Thirty-First Term Member Conference

Speaker

• Elliott AbramsCFR Expert

  Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; CFR Member; Former CFR Term Member

Presider

• Zachary Mollengarden

  CFR Term Member

Speaker

• Steven A. CookCFR Expert

  Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; CFR Member

Presider

• Joshua K. Goldman

  Senior Vice President, Blackstone; CFR Term Member

Speaker

• Rush DoshiCFR Expert

  C.V. Starr Senior Fellow for Asia Studies and Director of the China Strategy Initiative, Council on Foreign Relations

Presider

• Morgan Hitzig

  General Partner, Overmatch Vetures; CFR Term Member

Speaker

• Erin D. DumbacherCFR Expert

  Stanton Nuclear Security Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Former CFR Term Member

Presider

• Michelle E. Dover

  Senior Fellow, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; CFR Term Member

Speaker

• Liana FixCFR Expert

  Author, Germany Rearmed: The Return of War and the End of Illusions; Senior Fellow for Europe, Council on Foreign Relations

Presider

• Kathryn E. David

  Historian, U.S. Department of State; CFR Term Member

Speaker

• Alexander W. Brockwehl

  Director for Policy and Partnerships, Leadership Now Project, Member, CFR Task Force on the Future of Cuba; Former CFR Term Member

Presider

• Will FreemanCFR Expert

  Fellow for Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Speakers

• Max Z. Margulies

  Nonresident Affiliate, Center for Security Studies, Georgetown University; Co-editor, Bend But Do Not Break: Shaping the Future of the All-Volunteer Force; CFR Term Member
• Carrie A. Lee

  Senior Fellow and Managing Director, Democracy and Security Network, German Marshall Fund of the United States; Co-Editor, Bend But Do Not Break: Shaping the Future of the All-Volunteer Force; CFR Term Member

Presider

• Joseph G. Amoroso

  CFR Term Member

Speakers

• Vinh NguyenCFR Expert

  Senior Fellow for Artificial Intelligence, Council on Foreign Relations
• Kat DuffyCFR Expert

  Senior Fellow for Digital and Cyberspace Policy and Director of LEAD AI, Council on Foreign Relations

Presider

• Jonathan Frankle

  Chief AI Scientist, Databricks; CFR Term Member

Speaker

• Ebenezer ObadareCFR Expert

  Douglas Dillon Senior Fellow for Africa Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Presider

• Molly M. O'Toole

  Fellow, Kluge Center, Library of Congress; Instructor, Georgetown University; Former CFR Term Member

Speakers

• Matthew L. Aks

  Senior Strategist, Evercore ISI; CFR Term Member
• Adam B. Silverschotz

  Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Tru Arrow; Former CFR Term Member

Speaker

• Jessica BrandtCFR Expert

  Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security, Council on Foreign Relations; Former CFR Term Member

Presider

• Jafer H. Ahmad

  Former CFR Term Member

Speaker

• Sadanand DhumeCFR Expert

  Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations

Presider

• Chetan Peddada

  Chief Executive Officer, RJA Technologies; CFR Term Member

Speaker

• Jonathan E. HillmanCFR Expert

  Senior Fellow for Geoeconomics, Council on Foreign Relations; Former CFR Term Member

Presider

• Daniel S. Levien

  Counsel, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP; CFR Term Member

Speakers

• Farah PandithCFR Expert

  Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; CFR Member; Former CFR Term Member
• Bruce HoffmanCFR Expert

  Shelby Cullom and Kathryn W. Davis Senior Fellow for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security, Council on Foreign Relations; CFR Member

Presider

• Sarah M. Broadbent

  Cyber Integrator and ISR Instructor, Oregon Air National Guard; CFR Term Member

Speaker

• Zongyuan Zoe LiuCFR Expert

  Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow for China Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; CFR Term Member

Presider

• Alejandro Manzanares

  Vice President, Global Passport, JP Morgan Chase; CFR Term Member

Speaker

• Tony OwekeCFR Expert

  Research Fellow, Artificial Intelligence, Council on Foreign Relations

Presider

• Gordon LaForge

  Co-Director, New America; CFR Term Member

Speaker

• Linda RobinsonCFR Expert

  Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations; CFR Member; Former CFR Term Member

Presider

• Rudina Hajdari

  Program Director, Institute for Global Affairs at Eurasia Group; CFR Term Member

Speaker

• David SacksCFR Expert

  Author, The Realist: Hans Morgenthau and the Purpose of American Power; Fellow for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Presider

• Kirsten Asdal

  Cofounder and Partner, Asdal Advisory Group; CFR Term Member

Speaker

• Varun SivaramCFR Expert

  Founder and CEO, Emerald AI; Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate, Council on Foreign Relations; CFR Term Member

Presider

• Andrew Paulmeno

  Chief Executive Officer, Hoplynk; CFR Term Member

Speaker

• Joseph TorigianCFR Expert

  Senior Fellow for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Presider

• Trang (Mae) Nguyen

  Associate Professor of Law, Temple University Beasley School of Law; CFR Term Member

Speaker

• Michael FromanCFR Expert

  President, Council on Foreign Relations; CFR Member; Former CFR Term Member

Presider

• Nayeema T. Raza

  Host, Smart Girl Dumb Questions Podcast; Former CFR Term Member

Speaker

• Maria Ressa

  Cofounder and CEO, Rappler; Author, The Fight Back: A Citizen's Guide to Standing Up to Dictators; Nobel Laureate

Presider

• Amna Nawaz

  Co-anchor and Co-managing Editor, PBS News Hour; CFR Member

Introductory Remarks

Speakers

• Will FreemanCFR Expert

  Fellow for Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
• Heidi E. Crebo-RedikerCFR Expert

  Senior Fellow, Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; CFR Member
• Juan Sebastian Gonzalez

  Resident Fellow, Georgetown University; Former CFR Term Member
• Carlos E. Pascual

  Senior Vice President, Global Energy, S&P Global; Former Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs (2011-14) Former Ambassador to Mexico, U.S. Department of State (2009-11); CFR Member (speaking virtually)

Presider

• Shannon K. O'NeilCFR Expert

  Senior Vice President of Studies and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair, Council on Foreign Relations; CFR Member; Former CFR Term Member

Introductory Remarks

• Nancy D. Bodurtha

  Senior Vice President, Meetings and Membership, Council on Foreign Relations; CFR Member
• Rebecca LissnerCFR Expert

  Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy and Director of the Future of American Strategy Initiative, Council on Foreign Relations

Speakers

• Pete Seat

  Vice President, Bose Public Affairs Group; Former White House Spokesman; Former CFR Term Member
• Sabrina Singh

  Political Commentator, CNN; Partner, Seven Letter; Former Deputy Press Secretary, U.S. Department of Defense (2022–25)

Speakers

• Ray TakeyhCFR Expert

  Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
• Vijay V. VaitheeswaranCFR Expert

  Philip D. Reed Senior Fellow and Director of the Energy Security and Climate Change Program, Council on Foreign Relations; CFR Member
• Natasha Kaneva

  Head of Global Commodities Research, JPMorganChase; CFR Member

Presider

• Kylie Atwood

  National Security Correspondent, CNN; CFR Term Member

Speakers

• Laura Taylor-KaleCFR Expert

  Senior Fellow for Geoeconomics and Defense, Council on Foreign Relations; Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy, U.S. Department of Defense (2023–25); CFR Member; Former CFR Term Member
• Jennifer M. Stewart

  Executive Vice President for Strategy and Policy, National Defense Industrial Association; Counselor, WestExec Advisors; Former Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense; CFR Member
• Eric D. Chewning

  Executive Vice President, Maritime Systems and Corporate Strategy, Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.; Former Chief of Staff, U.S. Secretary of Defense (2019–20) Former CFR Term Member; CFR Member