COURAGE, COMMITMENT, AND LEADERSHIP FORUM
EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN OF THE U.S. MILITARY – IN THEIR OWN WORDS
FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2019, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
SCOPE ARENA, NORFOLK
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
*PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE
Master Chief Janice Ayers AVCM (AW/SW), USN Ret., first female Command Master Chief of a US Navy ship (USS Shenandoah)
Dr. Margarethe Cammermeyer, Colonel, USA Ret., challenged Army on ban on homosexuals serving in the military and won, resulting in a major step forward in equality for the LGBTQ community in the Armed Forces
Diane Carlson Evans, RN, Captain, USA Nurse Corps, Vietnam Veteran, founder of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial
Colonel Jane Carson, USA Nurse Corps, Vietnam Veteran, first Active Duty Chief Nurse of the Army National Guard
Lauran Glover, Captain, USA, first female commander of the U.S. Army Drill Team, 4th Battalion, 3d Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard)
Rear Admiral Ann Phillips, USN Ret., first female Director of Surface Warfare, Special Assistant to Virginia’s Governor for Coastal Adaptation and Protection
General Lori Robinson, USAF Ret., first female commander of a Unified Combatant Command
Force Master Chief Susan Whitman, USN Ret., Pacific Fleet's first female Fleet Master Chief
Lieutenant General Frances Wilson, USMC Ret., Former President of the National Defense University
Ensign Matice Wright, USN Veteran, first female African-American naval flight officer, appointed a White House Fellow and to the United States Naval Academy Board of Visitors
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*Participants subject to change