Speakers & Organizers   

Executive Council

Dr. Norman A. Bailey
Gen. Thomas McInerney  
Cdr. Richard Marcinko
Gen. Paul E. Vallely

Executive Board

Dr. Robert Katz,
Executive Director
John J. Loftus,
President
Clare Lopez,
Vice President

Advisory Board

Talia Adar
Brent M.P. Beleskey
Ilana Freedman
Dr. Gary Katz
Eugene Lebovitz
Alex Porter

2007 SPEAKERS

Dr. Richard Benkin
Prof. Louis Rene Beres
Col. Bill Cowan
Dr. Andrew M. Colarik
Col. Gordon Cucullu
Nonie Darwish
Drs. Jill Dekker
Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld
Steve Emerson
Ilana Freedman
Dave Gaubatz
Jerry Gordon
Col. Jonathan Halevi
Joe Kaufman
Aaron Klein
Steven Lutz
Laura Mansfield
Cdr. Richard Marcinko
Ryan Mauro
Gen. Thomas G. McInerney
Richard Miniter
Bob Newman
Dr. William Radasky
Klaus Schmidt
Avi Shachar
Wayne Simmons
Khalsa Hari Singh
Gen. Paul E. Vallely

Secular Islam Summit:
(held concurrently and
in association with The
Intelligence Summit)

Whalid Phares
Shaker al-Nabulsi
Irshad Manji
Amir Taheri
Magdi Allam
Ibn Warraq
Fatemolla
Afshin Ellian
Wajeha Al-Huwaider
Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi

2006 Speaker list

ADVISORY COUNCIL
Louis Rene Beres
Yossef Bodansky
Brent Budowsky
Col. Gordon Cucullu
Col. Bill Cowan
Nonie Darwish
Drs. Jill Dekker
Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld
Brigitte Gabriel
Yoram Hessel
Tawfik Hamid
Gen. Thomas G. McInerney
Bahukutumbi Raman
Wayne Simmons
Robert Spencer
Gen. Paul E. Vallely

DIRECTORS
Dr. Robert Katz
Executive Director
John J. Loftus
President
Clare Lopez
Vice President
Lee Mason

MODERATORS
Chris Blackburn
Randall H. Lipson
Don Pitts

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Wesley O. Hagood
Consultant
Biography
Speaker's Photo Wesley O. Hagood is a Principal in a public sector consulting practice in Virginia. He has provided consulting services to clients in the DoD, Intelligence, and Federal Civilian sectors for over 15 years in the areas of performance measurement, process redesign, training, and strategic business planning. He has worked for Price Waterhouse, Booz Allen Hamilton, and Electronic Data Systems. He is currently supporting the Office of Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). He earned a B.S. degree in Education from the University of Maryland at College Park and an M.A. in Administration and Supervision from Bowie State University. He lives in Northern Virginia with his wife, Denise.


Session HS32: Topic
February 20, 10:00 - 10:45
Abstract:
The following question has plagued the 15 organizations that compose the Intelligence Community and many other organizations that must find an answer to improve their performance: Why does collaborative information sharing seem to naturally occur during periods of crisis and seem to be so illusive during period of routine operation? Upon reflection, the answer may be that organizations and individuals view the value of collaboration differently, from a cost-benefit perspective, depending on their operational mode. This session will present the challenges associated with collaboration and the factors that must be present in order for an organization to increase collaboration within and between IC organizations.