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Professor Ash is Assistant Professor of Law at Regent University's School of Law. His many fields of expertise include national security law, public international law, comparative law, and first amendment law.

Professor Ash holds a B.S. from the United States Military Academy, a Master of International Public Policy from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, and a J.D. (cum laude) from Regent University School of Law in 1997.

Larry Baucom leads the Booz Allen Hamilton consulting support to Navy Operational Commands in Norfolk, VA including Commander Fleet Forces Command, Commander Second Fleet, Commander Strike Force Training Atlantic, and Commander Navy Warfare Development Command as well as Commander Operational Test and Evaluation Force and Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Norfolk. He also provides Subject Matter Expert assistance and interagency process leadership to OSD Homeland Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, and US Joint Forces Command and leads the Norfolk office support to the Naval Aviation Enterprise.

Prior to joining Booz Allen he was the Director of Geospatial Systems Integration and Homeland Security, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, on assignment from South Carolina Research Authority under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act. He identified and incorporated best business practices and geographic information system data sharing partnering initiatives with other services and with federal and state agencies. He authored, developed, and implemented the US Navy's "GeoReadiness" concept and strategy for installation, and range management using integrated geospatial information systems to enhance efficiency and provide situational understanding at every level of command.

As an active duty Flag Officer, Rear Admiral Baucom was the Navy's Director of Environmental Protection, Safety, and Occupational Health. He was leader of the Navy and DOD effort to tackle environmental challenges to training and readiness on ranges and in operating areas. Prior to that he was the NATO Supreme Allied Command Atlantic Assistant Chief of Staff for Plans and Policy, and was a major contributor to development of NATO's 21st Century Strategic Concept and Defense Capabilities Initiative.

Mr. Baucom's operational commands at sea include USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70), USS TRENTON (LPD 14) and Fighter Squadron 143. In CARL VINSON, his deployment to the Arabian Gulf included combat operations in support of Operation Desert Strike. He completed his flying career with over 3500 hours and 900 carrier landings in Navy fighter aircraft (F-4/ F-14).

He holds a BS in Naval Science from the US Naval Academy, an MS in Systems Management from the University of Southern California and an MA in National Security and Strategic studies from the Naval War College. Additionally he is a graduate of the US Naval Test Pilot School and the Navy Nuclear Propulsion Training Program.

Admiral Vern Clark completed a distinguished 37-year Navy career in 2005. His Navy experience spans his early days in command of a Patrol Gunboat as a Lieutenant and concluded in the halls of the Pentagon as the Chief of Naval Operations and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In between, he commanded ships, two destroyer squadrons, the Atlantic Fleet's Anti-Submarine Warfare Training Center, a Carrier Battle Group, the Second Fleet, NATO's Striking Fleet, and the Atlantic Fleet. His career is also marked by an unusual amount of joint service. In the decade of the 1990's, seven of the 10 years were in the joint and combined area culminating in his assignment as the Director of the Joint Staff in Washington D.C.

Admiral Clark's tenure as CNO was a period of significant change and renewed vision. In addition, he was the first CNO to be extended in office under the Goldwater-Nichols framework and he became the second longest serving CNO in history. In 2002 he charted a course for the future by publishing Sea Power 21, a vision for the first part of the 21st century to exploit the advantages of operating from the world's oceans. His number one priority was to "win the battle for people," which led to the development of a 21st century human capital strategy and revolution of the training, development and assignment processes within the Navy. The result was the best recruiting and retention in history. Finally, he forged an effort to build the Navy into an enterprise which would be able to compete in the 21st century market place leading to billions of dollars in savings for the taxpayers of the nation and the highest operational readiness the Navy had witnessed in decades.

Admiral Clark has received numerous military decorations for his service including four awards of the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, three Navy Distinguished Medals, and three awards of the Legion of Merit. Along with his Navy and Joint awards, he was honored by Distinguished Service Medals received from the United States Army and United States Air Force and international awards received from Germany, Italy, France, South Korea, Japan, Portugal, Singapore, and the Netherlands. Since his retirement he has been honored with the Eisenhower Award from the Business Executives of North America and the Distinguished Sea Service Award from the Naval Order of the United States.

Admiral Clark now serves on the Board of Directors of Raytheon Company, Rolls Royce North America, Stanford Research Institute International, Horizon Lines, the Armed Forces YMCA and the World Board of Governors of the USO. In the world of education he was named a Distinguished Professor in the schools of Government and Leadership at Regent University and elected to the Board of Trustees. He is also a member of the Board of Visitors at Air University. He serves on the Defense Policy Board, the advisory boards of @Monster.com, Computer Science Corporation, Whitney, Bradley & Brown, Inc., the Comptroller General's Advisory Board of the GAO, and serves on the Executive Committee of Military Ministry.

Admiral Clark earned his undergraduate degree from Evangel College in Springfield, Missouri, and an MBA from the University of Arkansas. He has since received Honorary Doctorate degrees from the University of Toledo, Old Dominion University, Northwest University and Palm Beach Atlantic University.

Representative Thelma Drake was re-elected to her second term on November 7, 2006 to represent Virginia's Second Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Second District includes all of the City of Virginia Beach, parts of the cities of Norfolk and Hampton, and Virginia's Eastern Shore.

In the 110th Congress, Thelma Drake has been appointed to serve on the House Armed Services Committee and House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee. In addition to her seats on these key committees, Representative Drake will be a member of the House Republican Policy Committee, which plays an integral role in shaping the House Republican position on major policy initiatives.

Representative Drake's position on the House Armed Services Committee is of tremendous importance to the significant military presence in Virginia's Second District. As a member of the Personnel Subcommittee, she is quickly becoming known as a leader and strong advocate for military personnel and their families, and for military retirees. As a member of the Terrorism & Unconventional Threats subcommittee, Thelma Drake is well-positioned to influence military issues of importance for our national security and for the Hampton Roads region.

Dale Hurd began his career as a part-time news reader at a small daytime only AM radio station in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He joined CBN news in 1987. Since that time, Dale has reported from the Soviet Union during the Cold War and from China during it's opening to the west in the 90s. He has worked as a reporter on Capitol Hill and in the White House press corps during the Clinton Administration, investigating many of the Clinton scandals.

Since 9/11 he has covered the war on terror and monitored Islamic groups in the United States and Europe. He's reported from most of the major European capitals (London, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, The Hague, Berlin, and Stockholm.

Hurd's single brush with death in the line of duty, aside from many a rough airplane landing, came in Sarajevo in 1995, during the Bosnian civil war. Fortunately, a Serb sniper's bullet missed.

While other kids read comic books, Dale as a boy read pictorial histories of World War 2 (and a few comic books). He chose journalism as a way of covering and participating in current history.

Professor Jefferis came to Regent University from Boston University, where she is completing a Ph.D. in Political Science. She specializes in Middle Eastern politics, religion in social movements, and international relations. She is currently exploring the relationship between religion and political violence, endeavoring to identify circumstances under which religious social movements will use violence to pursue their political goals. She has spent time researching and studying Arabic in Egypt.

Professor Jefferis holds a B.A. from Grove City College and is a political science doctoral candidate at Boston University

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William Kristol is editor of the influential Washington-based political magazine, The Weekly Standard. Widely recognized as one of the nation's leading political analysts and commentators, Mr. Kristol regularly appears on FOX News Sunday and FOX News Channel. As an advocate for a strong American foreign policy, he has pushed forward the foreign policy debate since September 11th, and continues to drive the conversation as co-author of New York Times bestseller The War Over Iraq. He edited the well-received anthology The Weekly Standard, A Reader: 1995-2005, and in 2007, he was a regular columnist for TIME magazine. In January 2008, he became a regular Op-Ed page columnist for The New York Times.

Dr. Moreno-Riano is Associate Professor of Government and Chair of the Department of Government, History and Criminal Justice in the School of Undergraduate Studies at Regent University. Dr. Moreno-Riano served as Academic Fellow in the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (2005) allowing him to travel to Israel for counter-terrorism education and training. He has been a fellow of the Center for Political Studies (Cedarville University) and the Center for the Study of Democratic Citizenship (University of Cincinnati). He is also recipient of a prestigious Templeton Enterprise Award granted by The John Templeton Foundation and the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. Dr. Moreno-Riano's current research investigates the role of digital technologies within democratic politics and citizenship.

Dr. Moreno-Riano holds a B.A. (cum laude) from Cedarville University and a M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from the University of Cincinnati.

Amanda Ross is a 2007 graduate of Christopher Newport University. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Science with a focus in Biology and Chemistry and participated in the development of a nanocomposite materials patent used for environmental remediation processes. She was selected for co-op appointment as a Physical Chemist in the Applied Sciences Branch of NASA and served as Science Projects Director with NASA Develop. Develop is a student organization in which NASA technologies are applied to community benefits at the state and local government level. Immediately prior to undergraduate studies and NASA, Amanda served 5+ years Active Duty Navy. Amanda is currently a Senior Consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton, providing Homeland Security (HLS)/Homeland Defense (HD) geospatial support to the Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense (OASD), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), and the US Geological Survey (USGS). Her experience includes Government strategy consulting as a Homeland Infrastructure Foundation Level-Data (HIFLD) working group staff member. The HIFLD WG is 2,000+ member interagency body focused on geospatial data requirements and sources to build a common homeland infrastructure picture for the HLS/HD Community. Played a significant role in acquisition and compilation of authoritative homeland infrastructure data as part of NGA's Homeland Security Infrastructure Program (HSIP) Gold v3.

Dr. Stacey is Associate Professor of Government at Regent University's Robertson School of Government. Among other academic and administrative duties, he teaches the School's cornerstone course, Christian Foundations of Government, as well as various courses in public policy, strategic intelligence, and political theory. His current research focuses on the inherent tension between liberty and security and how these two vital interests can be balanced in an age of modern terrorism.

Dr. Stacey took his B.A. (cum laude) at the University of Pennsylvania and his M.A. and Ph.D. in government at the University of Virginia.

Mr. Tamm is an Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton and recently retired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after 29 years of service.

Mr. Tamm served in the organized crime section of the Philadelphia Field Division and Cherry Hill, NJ, where he specialized in labor racketeering investigations. He became a member of the U.S. Department of Justice's Boston, MA Justice Task Force and was also assigned to supervise the reactive investigation of the 09/11/2001 hijackings of American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines 175 in Boston, MA.

Mr. Tamm was selected by the Chairman and Executive Director of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9-11 Commission) to serve on the professional staff of the Commission, in April 2003. As such, Mr. Tamm was the FBI's liaison to the 9-11 Commission and was responsible for investigating analyzing and interpreting U.S. Government procedures and policies, in counter-terrorism and related criminal and counter-intelligence investigations.

Mr. Tamm holds a B.A. from the George Washington University and has completed graduate level instruction at the University of Oklahoma, Rutgers University, and Harvard University.

Matthew Tisdale graduated from Christopher Newport University in 2006 with a degree in Computer Science and Computer Engineering. From 2002 to 2006 he was a student intern at NASA working with the DEVELOP program. He focused on various projects such as urban heat islands, air pollution, and 3D visualization technologies. After DEVELOP, Matt began working at Booz Allen Hamilton providing geospatial support to the Homeland Security (HLS) and Homeland Defense (HD) community. He has supported various geospatial efforts including the Homeland Security Infrastructure Program (HSIP) Gold dataset which consists of over 300 authoritative HD/HLS data layers for use in various geospatial applications.

Darrell H. White was promoted to Chief Inspector for the Threat Management Center/Investigations Branch of the Office of Protective Intelligence, Judicial Security Division, United States Marshals Service (USMS), on May 1st, 2006. In this role, Mr. White is responsible for the oversight and management of a national USMS program that investigates, assesses, and manages threats to the federal judicial process, to include USMS protected personnel and facilities.

A native of Bethesda, Maryland, Mr. White was born November 14th, 1968. Upon graduation from high school, Mr. White enlisted in the United States Army, and served as a non-commissioned officer stationed with the 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division located at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. Mr. White's decorations include the National Defense Service Medal, the Army Good Conduct Medal, and the Multi-National Forces Medal.

Mr. White entered on duty with the United States Marshals Service on October 21, 1991, where he was initially assigned to Superior Court, District of Columbia. Prior to his promotion to Chief Inspector, Mr. White worked in Superior Court, District of Columbia and the Northern District of West Virginia, as well as other Headquarters assignments. These assignments included details to several combined agency task forces such as INTERPOL. In 2003 Mr. White served as the United States Marshals Service representative to the Central Intelligence Agency's Counterterrorism Center. While in this assignment he received two Exceptional Performance Awards for his significant contributions to this agency's critical mission. This two year assignment was followed by a detail to the National Counterterrorism Center.

Mr. White has been a member of the Fraternal Order of Police, and the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association. He holds an Associate Degree in Criminal Justice that he obtained while working with the Marshals Service.

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