Keynote Speakers

Monday, June 28

Colonel Jack Jacobs (ret.)

Jack Jacobs was born in Brooklyn, New York. He holds  Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Rutgers University  and entered the U.S. Army in 1966 as a Second Lieutenant through the  ROTC program. He served as a platoon leader in the 82nd Airborne Division,  executive officer of an infantry battalion in the 7th Infantry Division,  and commanded the 4th Battalion 10th Infantry in Panama. A member of  the faculty of the US Military Academy, Jacobs taught international  relations and comparative politics for three years, and he was a member  of the faculty of the National War College in Washington, DC. He was  in Vietnam twice, both times as an advisor to Vietnamese infantry battalions,  and he is among the most highly decorated soldiers from that era, having  earned three Bronze Stars, two Silver Stars and the Medal  of Honor, the nation's highest combat decoration.

Jacobs retired as a Colonel in 1987. He was a founder  and Chief Operating Officer of AutoFinance Group Inc, one of the firms  to pioneer the securitization of debt instruments; the firm was subsequently  sold to Key Bank. He was a Managing Director of Bankers Trust and of  Lehman Brothers, retiring in 1996 to pursue investments. He is a principal  of The Fitzroy Group, a firm that specializes in the development of  residential real estate in London and invests both for its own account  and in joint ventures with other institutions. He serves on the boards  of directors of a number of charitable organizations and is the Secretary/Treasurer  of the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation. Jacobs is an on-camera  military and political analyst for NBC, and he is the McDermott Professor  of Politics at the US Military Academy. COL Jacobs is a member of the  Council on Foreign Relations.

Tuesday, June 29

John Morton
Assistant Secretary
U.S. Iimmigration and Customs Enforcement

John Morton is the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He leads the principal investigative component of the Department of Homeland Security and the second largest investigative agency in the federal government, with more than 19,000 employees and an annual budget of more than $5 billion.

Mr. Morton came to ICE with an extensive background in federal law enforcement and immigration law and policy.  Mr. Morton, who began his federal service in 1994, has held a variety of positions within the Department of Justice, including as a trial attorney and special assistant to the general counsel in the former Immigration and Naturalization Service and as counsel to the deputy attorney general.

From 1999 to 2006, Mr. Morton prosecuted criminal cases as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, first in the Major Crimes Unit and later in the Terrorism and National Security Unit.  From 2006 to mid-2009, Mr. Morton served in the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice, first as the Acting Chief of the Domestic Security Section and then as the Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General.
Mr. Morton is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law.

We will also have sessions with:
Dr. Jack Enter who provides training for law enforcement and other professions that focuses upon skills that make individuals more effective in their work and personal lives.

Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, U.S. Army (Ret.) is an internationally recognized scholar, author, soldier, and speaker who is one of the world's foremost experts in the field of human aggression and the roots of violence and violent crime.