Speaker and Visitor Program
A key component of the Patterson School experience is our rich speaker and visitors program. Policymakers, professors, corporate officials, and political activists — from the United States and abroad — are brought to campus not only to speak, but also to actually meet our students. Many guest speakers make two presentations: a major session open to the public and another (frequently off the record) small event with just Patterson School students. Indeed, those experts participating in the annual Fall Conference normally do no open-to-the-public events. These more intimate, relaxed sessions facilitate greater candor and deeper insights. Finally, visitors usually dine during their stay with a small Patterson School group (six to eight people — primarily students), enabling close personal contact and increased networking possibilities.
A signature event each year is the Patterson School's Vince Davis Lecture. This brings to Lexington leading policymakers and scholars working at the forefront of foreign and security policy. The 2009 speaker was renowned diplomatic historian George C. Herring. Admiral Mike Mullen, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke in 2008.
In addition to Patterson School events, many notable guests to the University of Kentucky and this area give major addresses on political and international themes. Recent examples include former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, former Indian President Abdul Kalam, former USSR President and Nobel Laureate Mikhail Gorbachev, former Secretary of State and CJCS Colin Powell, actress Ashley Judd (on her work as a "Goodwill Global Ambassador" for YouthAids), and CNN international correspondent Christiane Amanpour.
Finally, the Patterson School's close relationships with the Henry Clay Center for Statesmanship, the World Affairs Council of Kentucky and Southern Indiana, and the Kentucky World Trade Center provide students with additional opportunities for professional engagement and growth.
2009-2010 Speakers/Visitors
Anita Balas, Foreign Desk Journalist, Slovenian Press Agency.
Rusty Barber, Director of Iraq Programs, US Institute of Peace.
Kevin Brady, Afghan Desk, US Department of State.
Carl Brown, Professor emeritus, Princeton University.
Valentin Budau, Advisor, Romanian Presidential Administration.
David Byrne, former Irish Attorney General, EU Commissioner, and WHO Special Envoy.
Dan Campbell, consultant, US-Canada trade negotiations, Weyerhauser Corporation.
Jason Cummins, LTC US Army (former XO 101st Air Assault Division, Bagram, Afghanistan).
William Daugherty, retired CIA officer.
Igor Filimonov, Russian “Tak, Tak, Tak” human rights social network.
Hesna Al Ghaoui, Foreign Editor–Reporter, Hungarian Public Television.
Michael Haner, political advisor, Office of the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Sevak Karamyan, Professor, Yerevan State University, Armenia.
Ekaterina Karavaeva, co-editor, Russian “Tak, Tak, Tak” human rights social network.
Ali Ahmed Kurd, President, Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association, Islamabad.
Caitriona Ingoldsby, First Secretary, Irish Abroad Unit, Irish Department of Foreign Affairs.
Deian Iotov, International Editor, Trud Daily (Bulgaria).
Bruce Laingen, former President American Academy of Diplomacy.
John Limbert, former US Ambassador and Professor US Naval Academy.
David Mack, scholar, Middle East Institute.
E. Wayne Merry, “Engaging Moscow,” Senior Associate, American Foreign Policy Council.
David Kaluba, Ministry of Finance, Zambia.
Ehud Olmert, former Israeli Prime Minister and Mayor of Jerusalem.
Robert Pringle, retired CIA officer.
Stella Prudente, Diplomatic Correspondent, Corriere della Sera magazine; APCom News Agency-Rome.
Charles Ray, US Ambassador to Zimbabwe, former Ambassador to Cambodia.
Oxana Silantyeva, Altapress Publishing, Barnaul, Russia.
Barbara Slavin, Managing Editor for National Security, Washington Times.
Harold Saunders, President of International Institute for Sustainable Dialogue.
S. Frederick Starr, Research Professor, SAIS Johns Hopkins University.
Eleanor Sutter, former Foreign Service Officer, American Embassy Moscow.
Phillip Wilcox, President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace.
Viktor Yukechev, Director, Press Development Institute of Siberia.
Ekaterina Yukecheva, Novosibirsk State Technical University.
2008-2009 Speakers/Visitors
Martin Adams, Political Advisor to NAVCENT and VADM William Gortney, Commander Fifth Fleet.
Naoyuki Agawa, journalist and former official, Embassy of Japan, Washington, DC.
Katherine Almquist, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Africa, U.S. Agency for International Development.
Terry Anderson, former Associated Press correspondent and hostage in Lebanon.
David Axe, freelance war correspondent, The Washington Times, C-SPAN, BBC Radio, Wired.
Rusty Barber, Director of Iraq Programs, U.S. Institute of Peace.
Peter Beinart, "The New U.S. President: Election Results and Priorities Ahead," Editor at Large, The New Republic.
Stephen Burgess, Associate Professor of International Security, U.S. Air War College; Associate Director of the U.S. Air Force Counterproliferation Center.
Kent Clizbe, former CIA Clandestine Service officer.
Jose de Arimateia da Cruz, Associate Professor of Political Science, Armstrong Atlantic State University.
Gerrit Dielissen, Professor, Utrecht University and Fulbright-Schuman E.U. Scholar in Residence, Vanderbilt University.
Robert G. Gard, Lt. General (USA Ret.), "Strengthening U.S. Security in a New Era," Chairman, Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.
Anthony W. Gambino, former USAID Mission Director, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Robert Griffiths, Associate Professor Political Science, University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
James Gilmore, former Governor of Virginia and Chairman, Republican National Committee.
William Hauser, Colonel (USA Ret.), Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation.
George Herring, "From Colony to Superpower," Professor Emeritus, University of Kentucky.
Larry Hopkins, Retired U.S. Congressman (R-KY) 1979-1993; responsible for the House Armed Services Committee review of the Intelligence Community.
Sean Jacobs, Assistant Professor of Communications Studies and Afro-American and African Studies, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
Theodore Jordan, LTC (USA Ret.), 82nd Airborne Division and JSOC-Afghanistan.
Krista Johnson, Assistant Professor of African Studies, Howard University.
Ousman M. Kobo, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Ohio State University.
Jerry Lanier, Foreign Policy Advisor to U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) Commanding General, Stuttgart.
Scott Lasensky, "Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace: American Leadership in the Middle East," Senior Research Associate, Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention, U.S. Institute of Peace.
Gerald LeMelle, "What is our Vision for Africa?" Executive Director, Africa Action.
Alan Lovell, Senior Member of Ministry of Defense and Counselor, Embassy of the United Kingdom, Washington, DC.
Pearse Lyons, "Globalization and the Challenges Faced Today in International Commerce," President and Founder, Alltech.
Terry Mays, Associate Professor of Political Science, The Citadel.
Louis Mazel, Director, African Regional and Security Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
Samuel S. Moore, Vice President, International Trade Finance, Fifth Third Bank.
Donald J. Mullineaux, DuPont Chair in Banking and Financial Services, Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky.
Boubacar N'Diaye, Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Political Science, College of Wooster.
Bree Pearson, human trafficking outreach advocate.
Steven Pifer, Ambassador (Ret.), Senior Adviser, Russia and Eurasia Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Terry Rusch, Director, Office of Admissions, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, U.S. Department of State.
Reuben Wendell Snyder, Manager, Bechtel.
Isabel Taylor, multicultural affairs coordinator, Lexington.
William Tsutsui, "War and the Environment," Professor of History, University of Kansas.
Holly Vineyard, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Max Wise, Professor of Political Science, Campbellsville University (former FBI Special Agent).
James S. Welch, Jr., Vice Chairman, Brown-Forman.
Richard A. Wynne, Director of Business Strategy, Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
Mona Yacoubian, Special Advisor, Muslim World Initiative, Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention, U.S. Institute for Peace.
Sherifa D. Zuhur, Research Professor of Islamic and Regional Studies, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College.
2007-2008 Speakers/Visitors
Dave Baker, Anchor and reporter, WKYT-TV (CBS affiliate) Lexington.
Karol Boubreaux, "African Development: Rwanda," Mercatus Center, George Mason University.
Ian Bremmer, President, Eurasia Group, author of The J-Curve.
David Byrne, "Peace Accords of Northern Ireland," former E.U. Commissioner and Irish Attorney General.
Sarah Devlin, Foreign Service Officer, American Embassy Manila.
Nicholas Forte, Economist, CIA.
Hashim Gafarov, Caucasus Research Fellow - Azerbaijan, World Security Institute.
Henry Gaffney, Director of Strategy and Concepts, Center for Naval Analyses.
Eugene Gholz, Professor at LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin.
Louis Jacobson, Editor, CongressNow.
Donald Jensen, Research Director, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Inc.
Jeremy Jones, Author, Negotiating Changes.
Adna Karamehic, Program Associate, Open Society Institute (Soros).
Stuart Kaufman, Professor of Political Science, University of Delaware.
Daniel Kazmer, Economist, CIA.
Lawrence J. Korb, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress.
Steve LeVine, journalist (Wall Street Journal) and author of The Oil and the Glory.
Michael Metrinko, Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute, U.S. Army War College (former American FSO and Iranian hostage).
John Mueller, Woody Hayes Professor of Political Science, Ohio State University.
Arman Musinyan, Caucasus Research Fellow - Armenia, World Security Institute.
Oddo Oghale, Peace Corps Country Director, Fiji.
William R. Polk, author, Violent Politics.
Robert Pringle, Intelligence Analyst (Ret.), CIA.
Paul Simpson, Big Ass Fans, Inc.
George Staples, Ambassador and former Director General of the U.S. Foreign Service, "Transformational Diplomacy."
Joseph Varuolo, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S, Air Force, Office of Defense Cooperation, U.S. Embassy Moscow.
Marco Vicenzino, Director, Global Strategy Project.
Mary Warlick, Senior Director for Russia, National Security Council, "U.S. Russia Relations: New Challenges, New Realities."
Richard Wynne, Boeing (Commercial Aircraft), "Boeing: Challenges and Opportunities in Global Aerospace."
Charles Ziegler, Chair and Professor of Political Science, University of Louisville.
2006-2007 Speakers/Visitors
Josh Ackerman, Lexmark International, "Traveling and Managing Accounts Overseas."
Daniel Bon, Director General (Ret.), Policy Planning, Canadian Department of Defense.
John J. Boyd, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, "Service in Iraq."
Joseph DeTrani, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Mission Director for North Korea.
Robert L. Gallucci, Dean, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, "The Evolving Threat to the National Security: Hard Choices Ahead."
William Helkie, Senior Advisor, Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy.
Steve Heyneman, Professor of International Education Policy, Peabody Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Vanderbilt University. "Foreign Aid and Education."
Michele Hendrix, Senior Economist, U.S. Government.
Brady Kiesling, former U.S. Foreign Service Officer and author of Diplomacy Lessons: Realism for an Unloved Superpower, Reshaping America's Threat Environment.
Patrick Kennedy, Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Management, Washington, DC.
Yoshiki Kobayaski, Political Officer, Embassy of Japan to the United States , "Overview of the Intelligence Community in Japan."
Bruce Laingen, former U.S. Foreign Service Officer; President of the American Academy of Diplomacy.
Scott Lemieux, Professor of Political Science, Hunter College, "Executive Power and the War on Terror."
Albert Mauroni, Senior Policy Analyst, Northrop Grumman Information Technologies.
Thomas McCluskey, Director of Human Resources, Central Intelligence Agency.
Nelson Messone, Political Advisor, Conseiller du Secretaire General, Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, Paris.
Dmitry Pozhidaev, UN Department of Civil Administration, "Views of the United Nations: A View from Kosovo."
Edward O'Donnell, Ambassador and Special Envoy to the Organization of American States, Washington, DC. "Pillars of U.S. Policy toward Latin America."
Robert Pringle, Intelligence Analyst, CIA (Ret.).
Tom Ruby, Lieutenant Colonel, Vice Dean for Operations, Air Command and Staff College, United States Air University.
Joseph Ruth, Foreign Service Officer, Employee Recruitment, U.S. Department of State.
Kailash Satyarthi, Human Rights Activist, Dehli, India, "Child Labor and the Quadrangular Paradigm."
Sergy Sevastyanov, Director, International Studies Center, Vladivostok State University, " Russia and Putin after 2008."
Danny R. Smith, Law Enforcement Coordinator for the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky. "Criminal Justice in Kentucky and Relationships with Domestic and International Intelligence."
Robert Smolik, U.S. Foreign Service Officer, "U.S. State Department and Foreign Service Employment."
Amul R. Thapar, U.S. Attorney for Eastern District of Kentucky.
Kathleen Trask, Development Economist, "Development: A View from the Field-Africa to Afghanistan."
Angela Van Berkel, UN Information Office in Washington, DC, "Views of the United Nations: A View from Washington."
Jennifer Viau, Press Relations Specialist, U.S. Department of State.
Scott Wallsten, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute and Senior Fellow, AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies Institute.
Alecia Webb-Edgington, Director, Kentucky Homeland Security.
Tarik Yousef, Professor of Economics, Georgetown University and Dean, Dubai School of Government.