The Way Forward Team

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    Mollie Jahner

    Chief Experience Officer

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    Chris Hughes

    Chief Executive Officer

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    Patrick Hughes

    Chief Operations Officer

Enterprise Community

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    Cydney Hughes

    Founder & Lead Career Coach

    Colorado Career Academy

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    Brian Weaver

    Founder, Chairman, & CEO

    Torch.AI

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    Scott Cohen

    Chief Executive Officer

    Jaxon AI

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    Michael Hughes

    Founder and CEO

    Rocky Mountain Strategic Solutions

  • Brian Cook

    Brian Cook

    Chief Strategy Officer

    Red Thread X

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    Gary Kerr

    Founder and Principal Consultant, OutFront Consulting

Government Community

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    Kadhim Al-Waeli

    SES Joint Intel

    Foreign Service

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    Hon. Debra Wada

    Assistant Secretary of the Army (R)

    (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)

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    Karyn Eliot

    Senior Executive

    Central Intelligence Agency

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    Jamie Jones Miller

    Senior Executive Service, Congressional Staff

    Pentagon, Capitol Hill, Higher Education

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    Mathew Hermann

    Former Congressional Chief of Staff

    Senior Lobbyist

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    Chris Goode

    TRG Navy Lobbying

  • A man with a beard wearing a navy suit, white shirt, and blue tie smiling outdoors in a park with green trees and grass.

    Kyle Wilkens

    Former Missouri State Director of Rural Development

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    Steve Cann

    Chief Strategy Officer at Cann Strategic Consulting

Military Community

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    Mike Holmes

    Air Force, GEN (R)

    Chairman Of The Board Of Directors at RED 6

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    Jason Evans

    Army, LTG (R)

    Former G9 Army Senior Staff

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    Dave Bassett

    Army, LTG (R)

    Former Director, Defense Contract Management Agency

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    Bob Ashley

    Army, LTG (R)

    Former Director DIA

  • A smiling middle-aged man in a business suit with a striped tie, in a modern office setting.

    Steve Lanza

    Army, LTG (R)

    Former I Corps CG

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    Duke DeLuca

    Army, BG (R)

    US Corps of Engineers and Mentor to the Lebanon National Defense Forces

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    Steve Farmen

    Army, MG (R)

    Supply Chain Management

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    Tim McGuire

    Army, MG (R)

    Army Installation Management Command

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    Bob Whittle

    Army, MG (R)

    Former Commanding General, Army Crops of Engineers

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    Robert Caslen

    Army, LTG (R)

    59th Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy

  • Kathleen Ferguson

    Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Installations, Environment & Energy at US Air Force

Higher Education Community

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    Dr. Clarence Green

    Vice President of Culture and University Police Chief

    NW Missouri State University

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    Dr. Andreia Nebel

    President/CEO

    Clarkson College

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    Dr. Matt Baker

    VP of Student Affairs

    NW Missouri State University

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    Dr. B.K. Taylor

    Assistant Vice President of Health and Wellness

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    Dr. Jim Martin

    Former Chief Academic Officer for the Army’s Staff College and University