Leadership Dinners

INSA Leadership Dinner with CIA Director John Brennan on July 19, 2016.

INSA created the Leadership Dinner series to provide key Intelligence Community leaders the opportunity to discuss important issues related to their specific agency as well as broader national security issues and challenges.

INSA annually holds two or three Leadership Dinners, routinely drawing more than 450 INSA members and guests from the public, private, and academic sectors.

Since 2013, featured Leadership Dinner speakers have included:

• Gen. Keith Alexander, Director, National Security Agency
• John Brennan, Director, Central Intelligence Agency
• Robert Cardillo, Director, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
• Lt Gen James Clapper, USAF (Ret.), Director of National Intelligence
• Jim Comey, Director, FBI
• Marcel Lettre, Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
• Michael Pompeo, Director, CIA
• ADM Michael Rogers, USN; Director, NSA
• General Raymond A. Thomas III, USA, Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command
• Betty Sapp, Director, National Reconnaissance Office
• LtGen Vincent Stewart, USMC; Director, Defense Intelligence Agency

 Leadership Dinner Recaps

NSA Director Shares His Vision for NSA and USCYBERCOM

General Nakasone discussed how NSA is mitigating insider threats, modernizing the acquisition process, and developing a model for cyber deterrence. When asked whether the 2020 elections will be secure, General Nakasone asserted that NSA is committed to combating foreign interference.

DIA Director: Agency "Provides Leaders with Decision Advantage"

U.S. Army LTG Robert P. Ashley, Jr., Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), was INSA’s honored guest and keynote speaker at its Leadership Dinner on Thursday, March 8, 2018.

General Thomas Discusses Global Threats at INSA Leadership Dinner

U.S. Army General Raymond A. Thomas III, Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), was the honored guest and keynote of INSA’s final Leadership Dinner of 2017 on Wednesday, December 13. 

CIA Director Pompeo: Agency Seeks Officers of “Majestic Intellect” to Meet Its Mission

CIA Director Michael Pompeo outlined top national security priorities Tuesday, July 11, 2017, at an INSA Leadership Dinner at the Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner in McLean, VA.