Friday, October 23, 2015
As a follow-up to the Yale Veterans Summit (April 10-11, 2015) held on campus and attended by some 325 people, we are delighted to let you know the Summit video was recently finalized and can be viewed via YouTube on the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oBHMYnMjqI(link is external)
The conversations initiated at the Summit about the US Civil-Military Divide and the salient issues and challenges facing veterans today continue to reverberate positively in the way of post-Summit collaborations, partnerships and joint initiatives that serve to benefit the veteran community, and Yale. The stories and anecdotes shared with us have been incredibly inspiring.
Notable Summit alumni, speakers and attendees included:
- Deborah Lee James, US Secretary of the Air Force
- John Negroponte ’60, Former US Ambassador to the United Nations and Iraq, and first Director of National Intelligence
- Linda Schwartz ’84 MSN, ’98 DrPH, Assistant Secretary for Policy and Planning, US Department of Veterans Affairs
- Brett Guthrie ’97 MPPM, US Representative for the 2nd Congressional District of Kentucky
- Rep. Elizabeth Esty ’85 JD, US Representative for the 5th Congressional District of Connecticut
- COL Steve Parker ’01 MA, Executive Director, Joining Forces
- Eric Maddox, Former Army interrogator who played a key role in the capture of Saddam Hussein, as chronicled in the book, Mission: Black List #1
- Ray DuBois, Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense
- Jim & Lindsey Stanek, Co-Founders, Paws and Stripes (Their inspiring work training shelter dogs to become service dogs for veterans with PTSD or traumatic brain injury has been profiled in the A&E television series, Dogs of War)
- Luke Bronin ’01 BA, ’06 JD, Mayoral candidate for the City of Hartford, CT and former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, US Department of the Treasury
- Tom Opladen ’66, President, Yale Veterans Association
- James Dao ’79, Deputy National Editor, The New York Times
- Rodrigo Garcia, National Board Chairman, Student Veterans of America
- Chris Howell ’14, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Warrior-Scholar Project
- Zach Iscol, CEO/Founder, Hirepurpose
- Coleman Nee, Former Massachusetts Secretary of Veterans’ Services
- Michael McDermott, Head of Veterans Initiatives, Blackstone
- Jason Mangone ’13 MA, Director, The Franklin Project
- Anu Bhagwati ’97, Founder, Service Women’s Action Network
- Rob Simmons, Selectman for Stonington, CT and former U.S. Congressman from Connecticut
- Paul Solman, Brady-Johnson Distinguished Practitioner in Grand Strategy at Yale; former correspondent for The PBS NewsHour
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