Executive Program in Global Space and Defense: 2021-2022
MDAA is honored and excited to announce our principal engagement with the Executive Program in Global Space and Defense as a joint program with the University of Southern California’s Price School of Public Policy and Viterbi School of Engineering. This 8-month program is designed to educate aspiring senior leaders from the military, government, and innovation technological communities about the intersection of public policy and engineering. It is designed to close the widening gap between theory and the practical application of National Security constructs.
Program Schedule
Week 1: September 24-25, 2021 (Online Interactive)
Guest Speakers:
September 24th:
John Rood, Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Vice Admiral Jon A. Hill, Director of the Missile Defense Agency
September 25th:
Lt. Gen L. Neil Thurgood, U.S. Army, Director of Hypersonics, Directed Energy, Space, and Rapid Acquisition
Week 2: October 29-30, 2021 (Online Interactive)
Guest Speakers:
October 29th:
Rear Adm. (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, U.S. Navy, Director of Operations (J3) at U. S. Pacific Command
Lt. Gen Stephen Sklenka, USMC, Deputy Commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
Week 3: November 18-20, 2021 (Fall USC Residency)
Guest Speakers:
November 18th:
Lt. General Michael Guetlein, U.S. Air Force, Commander of Space Systems Command
November 19th:
Rear Adm. (Ret.) Victorino Mercado, U.S. Navy, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities
Lt. Gen. (Ret) Jon Thomas, U.S. Air Force, Deputy Commander, Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, and the Deputy Theater Air Component Commander to the Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
Rear Adm. (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, U.S. Navy, Director of Operations (J3) at U. S. Pacific Command
November 20th:
Field Trip: Vandenberg Space Force Base
Week 4: January 21-22, 2022 (Online Interactive)
Guest Speakers:
January 21st:
Lt. Gen. (Ret) Jon Thomas, U.S. Air Force, Deputy Commander, Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, and the Deputy Theater Air Component Commander to the Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
Rear Admiral Dan Cheever, Director of Plans, Policy and Strategy, North American Aerospace Defense Command/Director of Plans, Policy and Strategy, U.S. Northern Command
Maj. Gen. Kevin Huyck, Director of Operations for headquarters, U.S. Northern Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
Week 5: February 25-26, 2022 (Online Interactive)
Guest Speakers:
February 25th
John Rood, Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
(Ret.) Gen. John E. Hyten, U.S.A.F, Former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Patrick M. Shanahan, Former Deputy Secretary of Defense
Week 7: April 28-30, 2022 (Spring USC Residency)
Guest Speakers and events
April 28th
Site Visit: Space Systems Command at Los Angeles Space Force Base
April 30th
BG Shane Reeves, Dean of the United States Military Academy
Riki Ellison, Chairman & Founder of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance
Lt. Gen. (Ret) Jon Thomas, U.S. Air Force, Deputy Commander, Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, and the Deputy Theater Air Component Commander to the Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
Rear Adm. (Ret.) Victorino Mercado, U.S. Navy, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities
Rear Adm. (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, U.S. Navy, Director of Operations (J3) at U. S. Pacific Command