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SUMMARY:The New Rules of Global Commerce: Why Adaptability Is the New Competitive Advantage
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n \nFor decades\, global commerce was built on a simple premise: optimize for efficiency. Businesses designed supply chains to move products faster\, cheaper\, and more predictably—fueling unprecedented economic growth and global connectivity. But today’s world operates by a different set of rules. Geopolitical shifts\, technological disruption\, climate events\, and evolving customer expectations have fundamentally changed how organizations compete and collaborate. In this keynote\, Laura Ritchey\, President & CEO of GEODIS in the Americas\, explores why adaptability\, not efficiency alone\, has become the defining competitive advantage for businesses\, communities\, and nations. \nDrawing on her leadership at one of the world’s leading logistics providers\, Laura offers a compelling perspective on how resilient supply chains have become a lens for understanding economic security\, innovation\, workforce development\,artificial intelligence\, and public policy. Attendees will gain insights into the forces reshaping global commerce\, the strategic opportunities emerging for Tennessee and the broader region\, and what it will take for business leaders\, policymakers\, educators\, and students to succeed in an increasingly interconnected world. \nWednesday\, September 2  I 11:00 am – 1:00 pm\n* Luncheon Event *\nVenue: \n \n501 Commerce St\, Nashville\, TN 37203 \n  \n\nFeatured Speaker: Laura Ritchey (President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO)\, GEODIS Americas Region)\n \nLaura Ritchey joined GEODIS in July 2025 as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Americas region. Laura is responsible for overseeing the region’s freight forwarding\, contract logistics\, and transportation business units\, along with engineering and technology\, IT\, and ProVenture (U.S.-based subsidiary of GEODIS focusing on industrial real estate) and Material Handling Resources (one of the country’s leading material handling distributors owned by GEODIS). In total\, Laura oversees GEODIS Americas’ expansive operations\, including nearly 20\,000 employees and more than 230 sites across eight countries. \nLaura brings over 30 years of experience to GEODIS\, with 15 focused on supplychain management in both retail and third-party logistics. Laura began her careerin finance before transitioning to supply chain operations\, including sourcing\,distribution\, and strategic transformation. Prior to her current role\, Laura was most recently CEO at Radial\, Inc.\, a leader in e-commerce fulfillment solutions\, where she drove revenue growth and profitability through operational excellence. At Radial\, she led the North American P&L for a $1.4B e-commerce logistics division\, responsible for relationships with over 170 clients across four service lines. \nBefore joining Radial\, she held leadership positions at L Brands\, FullBeauty Brands and Centric Brands. Laura is on the Dean’s Advisory Council at Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University and is an active board member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s Nashville Branch. Additionally\, she is actively involved with C200 whose mission is to inspire\, educate\, support and advance current and future women leaders. Laura earned her J.D.\, MBA and bachelor’s degree from The Ohio State University. Additionally\, Laura is accredited as a certified public accountant and admitted to the bar in Ohio.
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/the-new-rules-of-global-commerce/
LOCATION:AllianceBernstein\, 501 Commerce St\, Nashville\, TN\, 37203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:The Middle East After the Iran War: A New (Dis)Order Emerging?
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n \nThe Middle East is at a “hinge moment\,” a period of transformative change where the old order is collapsing\, and a new\, region-driven multipolar order is emerging. The war with Iran is the most dramatic and consequential development shaping this emerging order; its trajectory and outcome will be definitive not only for the region but for the world. The conflict has reverberated in significant ways: U.S. and Israeli strikes have inflicted major damage on Iran\, while Iran’s de facto control over the Strait of Hormuz and its ability to strike its Arab Gulf neighbors have enhanced its asymmetric leverage\, potentially reordering regional power dynamics.    \nThe Middle East’s changing order heralds a time of greater volatility\, dynamism\, and uncertainty. Currently\, this transformative moment is marked by deepening conflict. Yet\, it also holds the potential for new opportunities for peace and prosperity. In this volatile mix\, spoilers one day can become champions for peace the next—and vice versa. Understanding the dynamics at play in the Middle East\, the motivations of the region’s key stakeholders\, and the inherent risks and opportunities embodied in the changing order will be critical to ensuring that the region ultimately embarks on a path toward peace and prosperity. \n————– \nTuesday\, September 15 I 11:00am-1:00pm\n* Luncheon Event *\nVenue:  \nBass Berry & Sims – 21 Platform Way S\, Suite 3500\, Nashville\, TN 37203 \n  \n\n \nFeatured Speaker: Mona Yacoubian\, Director and Senior Advisor of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)\n \nMona Yacoubian is Director and Senior Advisor of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). She has more than thirty years of experience working in the Middle East and North Africa\, with a focus on conflict analysis\, governance and stabilization challenges\, and conflict prevention. She was previously vice president of the Middle East and North Africa Center at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP)\, where she managed field programming in Iraq\, Libya\, and Tunisia as well as Washington\, D.C.–based staff. In 2019\, she served as executive director of the congressionally appointed Syria Study Group. From 2014 to 2017\, Yacoubian served as deputy assistant administrator in the Middle East Bureau at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)\, where she had responsibility for programming across Syria\, Jordan\, Lebanon\, and Iraq. Prior to joining USAID\, Yacoubian was a senior adviser at the Stimson Center and a special adviser on the Middle East at USIP. \nFrom 1990 to 1998\, Yacoubian served as the North Africa analyst in the Department of State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Her opinion pieces have appeared in the New York Times\, Foreign Affairs\, Foreign Policy\, and various other outlets\, and she has testified to Congress six times. Yacoubian was a Fulbright scholar in Syria\, where she studied Arabic at the University of Damascus from 1985 to 1986. She has held an international affairs fellowship with the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and is a CFR member. She earned a master’s in public administration from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and a bachelor’s in public policy from Duke University. \n\n  \n 
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/the-middle-east-after-the-iran-war/
LOCATION:Bass\, Berry & Sims – New Location\, 21 Platform Way South\, Suite 3500\, Nashville\, TN\, 37203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Over the Horizon at BNA
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nA look at how Nashville International Airport® (BNA®) is working to meet demand over the next 10 years and beyond. With the New Horizon capital program well underway\, the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA) is looking decades into the future as travel to and from the city\, region\, and state through BNA surpasses 40 million annual passengers. MNAA is proud to serve the community at both the Nashville International Airport and John C. Tune Airport® (JWN®)\, in more ways than just air travel. Discover how completed improvements from BNA® Vision and New Horizon programs have given Nashville a solid foundation and flight plan for executing what is Over the Horizon at BNA. \n  \nWednesday\, September 30\, 2026 I 11:00am-1:00pm\n* Luncheon Event *\nVenue: \n \n21 Platform Way South – 23rd FloorNashville\, TN 37203 \n– \n\n \nFeatured Speaker: Douglas E. Kreulen\, A.A.E. (President and CEO\, Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority)\nDoug Kreulen is president and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority\, responsible for both Nashville International Airport® (BNA®) and John C. Tune Airport® (JWN®). Kreulen joined the airport authority in 2012 and was named president & CEO in December 2017. \nBefore joining MNAA\, Kreulen served four years as director of Operations for the Huntsville-Madison County Airport Authority. Prior to beginning his career in the commercial aviation sector\, Kreulen served in the United States Air Force for 27 years. \nAn Accredited Airport Executive (A.A.E.)\, Kreulen is active in a variety of civic organizations including the Airports Council International – North America Large Hub Committee (Chair)\, American Association of Airport Executives Policy Review Council\, Tennessee Association of Air Carrier Airports (President)\, Nashville Convention and Visitors Corporation Board of Directors\, Auburn University Aviation Advisory Board\, and is an alum of both Leadership Huntsville and Leadership Nashville. \nKreulen earned Master of Science degrees from National War College and Troy University and a Bachelor ofScience from Auburn University.
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LOCATION:Pinnacle Financial Partners\, 21 Platform Way South - 23rd Floor\, Nashville\, TN\, 37203\, United States
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SUMMARY:All the Presidents’ Wars | 25 Years of America’s War on Terror with Peter Bergen (Webinar)
DESCRIPTION: \n  \nHow did the War on Terror reshape America – and the world? \nPeter Bergen\, the journalist who conducted the first televised interview with Osama bin Laden in 1997 and author of All the Presidents’ Wars\, joins WorldNow with Jim Falk to examine the decisions of four U.S. presidents over 25 years of conflict and their lasting consequences: from the rise of ISIS and the Taliban’s return to Afghanistan to today’s war with Iran. \nThursday\, October 8 I 6:00pm – 7:00pm CT\nRegister Here \n \n\n \nFeatured Speaker: Peter Bergen\n \n  \nPeter Bergen is the author of seven books\, including Manhunt\, one of three New York Times bestsellers. Bergen is vice president at New America\, professor at Arizona State University\, and CNN national security analyst. \nHe is the author of All the Presidents’ Wars: Twenty-Five Years of America’s War on Terror\, available September 8th\, 2026. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nFeatured Moderator: Jim Falk\n \n  \nJim Falk is Vice Chairman of the Board of Global Santa Fe\, a member organization of the World Affairs Councils of America. He is the host of WorldNow with Jim Falk and the producer and host of The Forum\, the weekly public affairs program on KSFR-FM\, Santa Fe Community Radio (KSFR.org). A member of the Council on Foreign Relations\, Falk led the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth as President and CEO from 2001 to 2021\, helping expand the organization’s role as one of the nation’s leading forums for international affairs and public policy. His guests have included diplomats\, senior intelligence officials\, policymakers\, military leaders\, scholars\, journalists\, and bestselling authors from around the world. Through WorldNow and The Forum\, he continues his commitment to fostering informed\, civil dialogue on the international\, political\, social\, and cultural issues shaping our world. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/all-the-presidents-wars/
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SUMMARY:Brink: Inside the Race to Free the October 7th Hostages with Brett McGurk (Webinar)
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nBrett McGurk\, former White House Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa and author of Brink (available Oct. 6\, 2026)\, takes us inside the high-stakes negotiations to free the October 7 hostages and secure a ceasefire in Gaza. \nMcGurk led U.S. diplomacy on some of the region’s most consequential challenges\, offering a rare firsthand look at the negotiations and decisions that continue to shape the Middle East today. \nThursday\, October 15 I 6:00pm – 7:00pm CT\nRegister now\n \n\nFeatured Speaker: Brett McGurk\n \nBrett McGurk served as a top national security advisor under Presidents George W. Bush\, Barack Obama\, and Donald Trump. He has been involved in U.S. military strategy\, diplomacy\, and foreign policy for nearly two decades\, most recently as Obama and Trump’s envoy leading the campaign to defeat ISIS. He served as a law clerk to Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist on the U.S. Supreme Court from 2001 to 2002\, and was at the Court on the morning of 9/11\, a day that changed history and his life. McGurk is currently the Payne Distinguished Lecturer at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute\, where he teaches and lectures on presidential decision-making in wartime.He is the author of the forthcoming book Brink: Inside the Race to Free the October 7 Hostages\, available October 6th\, 2026. \nFeatured Moderator: Jim Falk\n \nJim Falk is Vice Chairman of the Board of Global Santa Fe\, a member organization of the World Affairs Councils of America. He hosts WorldNow with Jim Falk and produces and hosts The Forum\, the weekly public affairs program on KSFR-FM\, Santa Fe Community Radio (KSFR.org). A member of the Council on Foreign Relations\, Falk led the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth as President and CEO from 2001 to 2021\, helping expand the organization’s role as one of the nation’s leading forums for international affairs and public policy. His guests have included diplomats\, senior intelligence officials\, policymakers\, military leaders\, scholars\, journalists\, and bestselling authors from around the world. Through WorldNow and The Forum\, he continues his commitment to fostering informed\, civil dialogue on the international\, political\, social\, and cultural issues shaping our world. \n  \n  \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:The Kurds: U.S. Relations\, Regional Change\, and the Kurdish-American Experience
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n  \n\n\n  \nThe Kurdish people have played an important role in the history and politics of the Middle East\, while their relationship with the United States has evolved through decades of regional conflict\, cooperation\, and changing geopolitical priorities. This panel will examine the recent history of U.S. engagement with the Kurdish people\, U.S. policy toward Kurdistan\, and the political challenges facing Kurdish communities across the Middle East. The speakers will also consider what recent developments in the region may mean for the future of the Kurdish people. \nThe conversation will also bring the discussion closer to home by exploring the Kurdish- American experience. The panel will discuss the establishment and growth of Kurdish communities in the United States and the contributions Kurdish Americans make to the cultural\, economic\, and civic life of their communities. With Nashville home to a significant Kurdish community\, the discussion will connect international affairs with Tennessee\, offering perspectives on how developments in the Middle East resonate within our own community. \nTuesday\, November 3 I 11:00 am – 1:00 pm\n* Luncheon Event *\nVenue: \n \n1221 Broadway\, Suite 1300\, Nashville\, TN 37203 \n  \n    \n    \n    \n        Register Now    \n    \n  \n\n \nFeatured Moderator: Dr. Breck Walker\n \nBreck Walker pursued a twenty-year career in international business\, law\, and finance before turning to academia. For several years\, he taught foreign policy courses at Sewanee\, The University of the South\, and worked as a contract historian for the Office of the Secretary of Defense Historical Office\, researching and writing on early Pentagon policies in the computer security and cyber areas. Dr. Walker is currently retired. \n\n  \n\n  \n\n  \n  \n  \n \n \nFeatured Panelist: Tabeer Taabur (President\, Tennessee Kurdish Community Council)\nTabeer Taabur is a community leader\, advocate\, and public servant dedicated to strengthening the visibility\, well-being\, and civic engagement of Kurdish and New American communities in Tennessee. With a master’s degree in Criminal Justice and Public Administration\, Tabeer serves as President of the Tennessee Kurdish Community Council\, where he promotes cultural preservation\, community unity\, youth and family engagement\, and greater Kurdish representation in civic life. He also serves on the New Americans Advisory Council Committee and the Nashville PBS Community Advisory Board\, contributing his perspective to efforts that advance inclusion\, access\, and diverse representation. A committed advocate for the Kurdish community\, Tabeer works with policymakers\, civic leaders\, and community partners to raise awareness of Kurdish history\, culture\, human rights\, and democratic aspirations while fostering constructive U.S.–Kurdish relations. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nFeatured Panelist: LT COL Michael Trotter (CENTCOM Theater Engagement and Regional Expertise Instructor\, 5th Special Forces Group Airborne)\nLieutenant Colonel Michael Trotter retired in 2016 after 24 years of service with the US Army as a Special Forces Officer. His Army assignments included more than seven years of deployments to the CENTCOM AOR and eight combat tours. Since retirement\, he has served as an Instructor for the CENTCOM Special Operations Forces Theater Engagement Course at the US Air Force Special Operations School at Hurlburt Field\, Florida\, and as an Instructor with the NATO Special Operations School at Chievres Air Base in Belgium. He currently serves as the CENTCOM Theater Engagement and Regional Expertise Instructor for the 5 th Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Campbell\, Kentucky. He is married to RuthAnn Trotter\, and they have two children\, Jack (23) and Annaleigh (19). \n  \n  \n  \n_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/the-kurds-and-the-kurdish-american-experience/
LOCATION:First Bank\, 1221 Broadway\, Suite 1300\, Nashville\, 37203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:The Best and the Worst: 250 Years of U.S. Foreign Policy
DESCRIPTION:For two and a half centuries\, the United States has faced a challenging world. Some of its responses have advanced U.S. interests and values. Others have not. The Council on Foreign Relations asked members of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations\, the world’s foremost organization dedicated to the scholarly study of the history of American foreign relations\, to identify and rank what in their judgment were the ten best and ten worst U.S. foreign policy decisions since the writing of the Declaration of Independence. The Marshall Plan\, the creation of the United Nations\, and the 1778 Treaty of Alliance with France topped the list of the ten best U.S. foreign policy decisions. The invasion of Iraq and the deployment of combat forces to Vietnam led the list of the top ten worst decisions. As the United States celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding\, the survey results provide an opportunity to learn more about the foreign policy choices past generations made\, to assess what has and has not worked with America’s engagement with the world\, and to consider how the United States can best meet the challenges of today. \nTuesday\, November 10  I 11:00 am – 1:00 pm\n* Luncheon Event *\nVenue:\nBass\, Berry & Sims \n21 Platform Way S.\, Suite 3500\, Nashville\, TN 37203 \n    \n    \n    \n        Register Now    \n    \n  \n\nModerator: Karl Dean\n \nKarl Dean served as the sixth Mayor of Nashville and Davidson County. He was elected in 2007 and re-elected in 2011. Dean first held public office when he was elected as Nashville’s Public Defender in 1990. He was re-elected in 1994 and 1998. He served as Metro Law Director from 1999 to January 2007\, when he resigned to run for the office of mayor. Karl Dean has taught at Vanderbilt Law School\, Belmont University\, and Boston University. \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nFeatured Speaker: Dr. James Lindsay (Senior Fellow\, Council on Foreign Relations)\n \nJames M. Lindsay is the Mary and David Boies Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). His scholarly work examines U.S. national security policy\, the U.S. foreign policymaking process\, and the domestic politics of U.S. foreign policy. From 2009 to 2024\, Lindsay served as senior vice president\, director of studies\, and Maurice R. Greenberg chair at CFR\, where he oversaw more than six dozen fellows in CFR’s David Rockefeller Studies Program. From 2024 to 2025\, he also served as director of Fellowship Affairs\, where he supervised CFR’s fourteen external fellowship programs. Before returning to CFR in 2009\, Lindsay was the inaugural director of the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas at Austin\, where he held the Tom Slick chair for international affairs at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. From 2003 to 2006\, he was vice president\, director of studies\, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair at CFR. He previously served as deputy director and senior fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program at the Brookings Institution. From 1987 until 1999\, he was a professor of political science at the University of Iowa. From 1996 to 1997\, Lindsay served as director for global issues and multilateral affairs on the National Security Council staff. He has also served as a consultant to the United States Commission on National Security/21st Century (Hart-Rudman Commission) and as a staff expert for the United States Institute of Peace’s congressionally mandated Task Force on the United Nations. Lindsay has written and edited more than a dozen books on U.S. politics\, foreign policy\, and international relations. His most recent book\, co-authored with Ivo H. Daalder\, is The Empty Throne: America’s Abdication of Global Leadership. His previous book with Ambassador Daalder\, America Unbound: The Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy\, won the 2003 Lionel Gelber Prize\, was named a finalist for the Arthur S. Ross Book Award\, and was selected as a top book of 2003 by The Economist. He has also contributed articles to many major newspapers and magazines\, including Foreign Affairs\, the New York Times\, the Washington Post\, and the Los Angeles Times. He hosts the weekly podcast The President’s Inbox. Lindsay holds an AB in economics and political science with highest distinction and highest honors from the University of Michigan and an MA\, MPhil\, and PhD from Yale University. \n______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/the-best-and-the-worst/
LOCATION:Bass\, Berry & Sims – New Location\, 21 Platform Way South\, Suite 3500\, Nashville\, TN\, 37203\, United States
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