CHDS Alumni
Professional Exchange
February 17-19, 2026 at the
Naval Postgraduate School
Sessions
Speakers
Attendees
Read Aheads
Photos
APEX Alumni
Lunch
Daily Survey
Speakers
Velvet Piini
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
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, City of Elizabeth PD
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
R Street Institute
Natalie Gutierrez
CHDS Board
Seth Jones
President, Defense and Security Department and Harold Brown Chair at CSIS
Kieran Ramsey
Chief Investigative Officer, Global Reach
Chris Kuhn
Deputy Chief Border Agent, U.S. Border Patrol
Rita Martess
Blockchain Intelligence, TRM Labs
Vern Pierson
District Attorney, El Dorado County
Dan O'Connor
Acting CISO, FEMA
Paul Rasmussen
PhD, Institute for Regional and International Security
Keith Carter
PhD, Institute for Regional and International Security
Heather Hollingsworth
CHDS
Morgan James
CHDS
Lauren Fernandez
CHDS Faculty
Aleksandar Matovski
NPS Faculty
Rosemary McDonnell
CHDS
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.)
