Frank Straub, Ph.D. is Director of the Center for Mass Violence Response Studies, the National Police Foundation and Fellow at the Combatting Terrorism Center at West Point. He is former Police Chief, Spokane Police Department, and former Director of Public Safety for the City of Indianapolis.
Greg Myers is the Vice President at Microsoft Corporation responsible for the Federal Government business worldwide. Greg works closely with top government customers and defines the strategy and oversees the execution of sales, contracting, pre-sales technical support, product marketing, customer satisfaction, and performance of Microsoft’s US Federal Government business worldwide. Greg joined Microsoft in April 2009 as General Manager of the US Federal Civilian and Healthcare Sales and Operations. In that role, he was responsible for the overall sales vision and creating successful strategies for a critical set of Federal customers. Greg previously served as Senior Vice President of Worldwide and Government Sales at Approva Corporation, a dedicated Microsoft partner in the Washington D.C. area.
Kay Ledbetter is an associate editor/communication specialist for Texas AgriLife Research and Texas AgriLife Extension Service in Amarillo & Vernon. She worked 23 years at the Amarillo Globe-News as a general assignments reporter, farm and ranch reporter and editor, and assistant regional editor before joining the Texas A&M System in 2005. She earned a bachelor of science degree at West Texas State University in Canyon. She is responsible for writing news releases and feature articles from science-based information generated or provided by Research & Extension faculty at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Amarillo and at Vernon.