2022 Speakers

Christine Abizaid

Director, National Counterterrorism Center

Richard Aborn

President, Citizens Crime Commission of New York City

Elliott Abrams

Senior Fellow, CFR, Chairman, The Vandenberg Coalition

Kristen Leanderson Abrams

Senior Director of Combatting Human Trafficking, McCain Institute for International Leadership

Arvydas Anušauskas

Minister of National Defense, Republic of Lithuania

David Axelrod

Director, University of Chicago Institute of Politics

Michelle Bekkering

Kari A. Bingen

Chief Strategy Officer, HawkEye 360 Former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security

Julie Bishop

Former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Australia

Sen. Roy Blunt

United States Senator, R- Missouri

Jessica Caplin

Protection Officer, UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)

Sen. Bill Cassidy

United States Senator, R-Louisiana

Dr. Mohammed Chahim

Member, European Parliament

Catherine Chen

CEO, Polaris

Sunny Cheung

Advisor, Hong Kong Democracy Council

Gen. Richard Clarke

Commander, United States Special Operations Command

Sen. Chris Coons

United States Senator, D- Delaware

Col. Chris Costa

Colonel, USA, (Ret.)

Dr. Michael M. Crow

President, Arizona State University

Ray Dalio

Co-Chief Investment Officer and Chairman of Bridgewater Associates

Christian Davenport

Staff Writer, The Washington Post

Rick Davis

Chair, The McCain Institute Board of Trustees

Jon Decker

White House Correspondent and Senior National Editor Gray Television

Nino Dolidze

Executive Director, The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy Georgia

Gov. Doug Ducey

Governor of Arizona

Sen. Joni Ernst

United States Senator, R-Iowa

Dr. Mark Esper

Former Secretary of Defense, John S. McCain Distinguished Fellow

Paul Fagan

Director of Human Rights and Democracy Programs, The McCain Institute

Evelyn Farkas

Richard Fontaine

CEO, Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

Major Garrett

Chief Washington Correspondent, CBS News

Victor Glover

Captain, USN, NASA Astronaut

Sue Gordon

Transformative leader of the Intelligence Community

Sen. Lindsey Graham

United States Senator, R-South Carolina

Sue Halpern

Staff Writer, The New Yorker

Admiral Harry Harris

Former U.S. Ambassador to South Korea

Shane Harris

Staff Writer, The Washington Post

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp

McCain Institute Board of Trustees

Amb. Greta Holtz

Chancellor College of International Security Affairs, National Defense University

Alberto Ibargüen

President and CEO, The Knight Foundation

Hannah Vaughn Jones

Broadcaster and Journalist, CNN International

Sen. Mark Kelly

United States Senator, D-Arizona

Rep. Adam Kinzinger

U.S. House Representative, R-Illinois’ 16th District

Sen. Amy Klobuchar

United States Senator, D-Minnesota

David Kramer

Managing Director of Global Policy, George W. Bush Institute

Amb. Douglas Lute

Former United States Ambassador to NATO

Peter MacKay

Former Minister of National Defence, Canada

Rep. Tom Malinowski

U.S. House Representative, D-New Jersey’s 7th District

Tomas Martinaitis

Deputy Mayor, Lithuania

Elisa Massimino

Executive Director, Human Rights Institute at Georgetown University

Amb. Cindy McCain

US Ambassador, United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture

Jack McCain

Reserve aviator, U.S. Navy

Sen. Mitch McConnell

U.S. Senate Republican Leader, R-Kentucky

Sen. Bob Menendez

United States Senator, D-New Jersey

Gen. Mark Milley

20th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; 39th Chief of Staff United States Army

Neha Misra

Migration and Human Trafficking Global Lead

Nate Mook

CEO, World Central Kitchen

Wai Wai Nu

Executive Director, Women Peace Network

Sophie Otiende

CEO, Global Fund to End Modern Slavery (GFEMS)

Mi-Ai Parrish

Sue Clark-Johnson Professor for Media Innovation and Leadership

Pres. Petro Poroshenko

Former President, Ukraine

Amb. Roya Rahmani

United States Senator, D- New Jersey

Nicholas Rasmussen

Executive Director, Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism

Tim Roemer

Director, Arizona Department of Homeland Security

Josh Rogin

Columnist, The Washington Post

Raj Shah

President, The Rockefeller Foundation

Amb. Josette Sheeran

Executive Chairman, McCain Institute for International Leadership

Rep. Elissa Slotkin

U.S. House Representative , D-Michigan’s 8th District

Rep. Adam Smith

U.S. House Representative, D-Washington’s 9th District

Evan Spiegel

CEO, Snap Inc.

Sen. Dan Sullivan

United States Senator, R-Alaska

Amb. Katherine Tai

United States Trade Representative

Nick Thompson

CEO, The Atlantic

Dr. Daniel Twining

President, International Republican Institute

Rep. Mike Waltz

U.S. House Representative , R-Florida’s 6th District

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse

United States Senate , D-Rhode Island

Christopher Wray

Director, FBI