Joshua Landis is Director of the Center for Middle East Studies and Professor at the University of Oklahoma's College of International Studies.
NASA's Former Chief Principal Engineer, Evelyn Miralles, will discuss recent developments in the space industry, sharing her perspective on developments in space technology, commercialization and regulations as we grow our presence in space.
Dr. Peniel Joseph holds a joint professorship appointment at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and the History Department in the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin.
John Gans, PhD., is a former Pentagon Chief Speechwriter and current Director of Communications and Research at the University of Pennsylvania's Perry World House global policy center.
United States Institute of Peace President and CEO Nancy Lindborg will address students and teachers along with a national audience on the unprecedented threats the coronavirus poses to fragile states and the important opportunities the pandemic offers to help fragile states recover better.
James M. Olson served for over thirty years in the Directorate of Operations of the Central Intelligence Agency, mostly overseas in clandestine operations.
Bill Browder, founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, was the largest foreign investor in Russia until 2005.
The World Affairs Council of Greater Houston is pleased to honor an individual who, in the spirit of Jesse H. and Mary Gibbs Jones, has contributed to the international spirit of our city.