The United States Naval Academy Leadership Conference
February 3-6, 2008
Annapolis , Maryland 

“Leadership Beyond Barriers ”

Featured Speakers of LC08

Dr. Samuel Betances Diversity Consultant and Trainer For the National Guard	Mr. Bryon F. Marchant Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer BET Networks	Mr. Emmitt J. McHenry Founder, Chairman and CEO NetCom Solutions International, Inc.

February 5-7, 2007
Annapolis , Maryland 

“Building the Bonds of Leadership ”

The Focus of LC07

“Building the Bonds of Leadership, people don’t care what you know until they know you care” emphasizes our effort to explore fresh, relevant issues that tomorrow’s leadership will undoubtedly face. There are clear examples in both military and civilian environments where a leader with strong professional bonds with their peers and subordinates are able to achieve goals at a high level. Tomorrow’s leaders are entering a fast paced, highly technological world where bonds have begun to be replaced by leadership through e-mail and text messaging. To be successful in this challenging work force, our leaders will need to find the tough balance between technological efficiency and developing meaningful professional relationships. Core questions that emerge include: How does one develop a strong bond? What boundaries and obstacles are in place to hinder this development? Why is this important part of leadership often avoided? The USNA Leadership Conference 2007 is different from other student leadership conferences in that it directly engages the perspectives of conference attendees, who will become the future leaders of business, government, academia, and the military in order to provide a new voice in this growing conversation and body of research.

Featured Speakers of LC07


Dick Vermeil

ADM Harward	Joe Ehrmann	Bob Pittman	COL Athens

The United States Naval Academy Leadership Conference
February 6-8, 2006
Annapolis , Maryland 

“Leaders of Character: Conflicts, Dilemmas, and Outcomes”

The Focus of LC06

“Leaders of Character: Conflicts, Dilemmas, and Outcomes” emphasized our effort to explore fresh, relevant issues that leaders of tomorrow will undoubtedly face. There are clear examples in both military and civilian environments where a leader with a strong positive character is necessary to lead a situation in the right direction. Tomorrow’s leaders are bound to find themselves in situations where the right answer to a problem may not be clear, or the right answer is clear but there is no one to step up and make the right choice. To be successful in these situations, leaders must rely on a sound foundation of character. Core questions that emerged included: What does it mean to be a leader of character? How does a leader build a culture of character within an organization? How do leaders develop an ethical decision making process? These questions encourage young leaders to study their personal progression toward character centered leadership. This year’s theme was unique in that it directly engaged the perspectives of conference attendees who will become the future leaders of business, government, academia, and the military in order to provide a new voice in this growing conversation and body of research.

Featured Speakers of LC06

Paul McHale Assistant Secretary of Defense For Homeland Security	Dr. Rushworth Kidder Founder and President Institute for Global Ethics	Coleen M. Rowley Former Chief Division Counsel Federal Bureau of Investigation

The United States Naval Academy Leadership Conference
January 26-28, 2005
Annapolis , Maryland 

“Leadership in the Information Age: New Perspectives on a Rapidly Changing Future”


The Focus of LC05

Theme: “Leadership in the Information Age: New Perspectives on a Rapidly Changing Future” emphasizes our effort to explore fresh, relevant issues that tomorrow’s leadership will undoubtedly face. The information and technology revolution of recent years has brought forth an equally dramatic evolution in public and private organizations throughout society. However, it has become apparent that technology and information is often a double-edged sword. On one hand, information and technology have facilitated amazing change and prosperity in the economic, cultural, political, and social landscapes, while on the other hand uncovering and creating entirely new problems and challenges for individual leaders and the organizations they lead. Core questions that emerge include: What is leadership in the information age? How has the face of leadership changed in recent years? Why are these changes important? What are the challenges and unanswered questions facing leadership in the information age? The USNA Leadership Conference 2005 is uniquely different in that it will directly engage the perspectives of conference attendees, who will become the future leaders of business, government, academia, and the military in order to provide a new voice in this growing conversation and body of research.

Featured Speakers of LC05

Mr. Louis Freeh Former Director, FBI	Colonel Arthur J. Athens, USMCR Lakefield Family Foundation DistinguishedMilitary Professor of Leadership	Mr. Howard Lutnick, Chairman and CEO Cantor Fitzgerald & eSpeed	Dr. F. Warren McFarlan Baker Foundation Professor Albert H. Gordon Professor of Business Administration Emeritus Harvard Business School, Harvard University.