With Moderator

Congressman Jim Cooper (TN-5th)
House Armed Services Committee
Chair, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces

And Panelists

Ms. Casey Santos
CIO, Asurion

Mr. Paul Connelly
VP Information Protection and Security at HCA Healthcare

Dr. Brandon Prins
Political Science Department Head, University of Tennessee Knoxville

Curtis Clan
Chief Information Security Officer
State of Tennessee 

The threat of malicious cyber activities against the United States – governments, businesses and individuals – will be on the agenda as Navy Admiral Michael Rogers talks with the Nashville community. Rogers, a retired four-star, completed his 37 years in uniform serving four years as Director of the National Security Agency and Commander of the United States Cyber Command.

Admiral Rogers will lead a panel discussing cyber threats hosted by the Tennessee World Affairs Council and Belmont University’s Center for Global Citizenship at 1:30 p.m. CT, November 8, 2022. The panel will be moderated by Congressman Jim Cooper, who serves on the House Armed Services Committee and as Chair of the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.

The cyber threat panel will feature speakers representing industry, government and academia including: Ms. Casey Santos, CIO of Asurion; Mr. Paul Connelly, VP Information Protection and Security at HCA Healthcare, Dr. Brandon Prins, Political Science Department Head, University of Tennessee Knoxville; and Curtis Clan, Chief Information Security Officer, State of Tennessee.

The panel will follow a luncheon at Belmont featuring Admiral Rogers, and is set for the conference room at Belmont’s Janet Ayres Conference Center. Both programs are open to the public and information and registration is on the Tennessee World Affairs Council Web site (TNWAC.org). Contact TNWAC President Patrick Ryan for information on corporate sponsorship of Admiral Rogers’ visit and programs. ([email protected])

Admiral Michael Rogers retired in June 2018 after nearly 37 years of service, culminating his career with more than four years leading U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency (NSA). Starting his career as a surface warfare officer and ultimately transitioning to duty as a cryptology warfare officer, he served around the globe afloat and ashore, focusing on maritime operations, intelligence, and cyber.

Admiral Rogers is an NROTC graduate of Auburn University, holds a master of science in national security, is a distinguished graduate of the National War College, and is a graduate of highest distinction from the Naval War College. He is a Seminar XXI Fellow and a Harvard Senior Executive in National Security alum. He has commanded at the unit, numbered fleet, and service component level and at the sub-unified level and ran the largest intelligence organization in the U.S. government at NSA, as well as its newest unified command in U.S. Cyber Command.