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February 17-19, 2026
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37 SPEAKERS · APEX 2026
Velvet Piini
Finance Coordinator and Event Manager, CHDS
Jodi Stiles
Deputy Director, Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS)
Vice Admiral Ann E. Rondeau
USN (Ret.), President Naval Postgraduate School (NPS)
Elaine Jennings
CHDS Association Board President
The Hon. Leon Panetta
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense and CIA Director
Evy Poumpouras
Former Special Agent, USSS
Ray Guidetti
Lt. Colonel, NJSP (Ret.)
Giacomo Sacca
Chief of Police, City of Elizabeth
Rodrigo Nieto-Gomez
CHDS Faculty
Jacob Andra
CEO, Talbot West
Kevin McMahan
Assistant Secretary of State, Washington Office of the Secretary of State
Joseph Nunn
Brennan Center for Justice
Lisel Petis
Policy Director, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, R Street Institute
Marie Balak
CHDS Association Board Member
Seth Jones
President, Defense and Security Department and Harold Brown Chair at CSIS
Kieran Ramsey
Chief Investigative Officer, Global Reach
Chris Kuhn
Deputy Chief Patrol Agent, U.S. Border Patrol
Rita Martess
Blockchain Intelligence, TRM Labs
Vern Pierson
District Attorney, El Dorado County, California
Dan O'Connor
Chief Security Officer, FEMA
Paul Rasmussen
PhD, Institute for Regional and International Security
Keith Carter
PhD, Institute for Regional and International Security
Shannon Brown
Master's Program Manager and Senior Lecturer, CHDS
Cynthia Renaud
Director, Emergence Program, CHDS
Lauren Fernandez
Senior Faculty, CHDS
Aleksandar Matovski
NPS Faculty
Tony Robinson
Global Public Sector CTO, Axon
Ava Fanucchi
Deputy Chief, Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety
Rosemary McDonnell
CHDS Association Board Member
Justin Kates
Senior Business Continuity Advisor, Wawa, Inc.
Emily Pelliccia
Deputy Chief of Emergency Management, Albemarle County (VA) Fire Rescue
Emily Martuscello
Director of Emergency Management, Nashua Office of Emergency Management
Chris Hsiung
Undersheriff San Mateo and Co-founder of The Curve
Clint Osborn
Director, HSEMA
Phillip Osborn
DHS-HSI Supervisory Special Agent (Ret.)
Heather Hollingsworth
Director, Strategic Communications, CHDS
Morgan James
Senior Manager, REP Executive Education Program, Strategic Communications, CHDS
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