Featured Speakers
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Brett Leatherman
Brett Leatherman is the Assistant Director of the FBI’s Cyber Division. Under Presidential Policy Directive 41, the FBI is the lead cyber threat response agency for the United States Government, and in this role, Mr. Leatherman serves as the senior executive managing the FBI’s strategy to impose cost on some of the most sophisticated cyber adversaries targeting US interests.
Prior to this role, Mr. Leatherman held several key leadership roles within Cyber Division and the Dallas Division. Mr. Leatherman entered on duty as an FBI Special Agent in 2003. He first served in the Cleveland and Detroit Field Offices, while also serving as an FBI pilot and hostage negotiator. He graduated from Cornerstone University with a degree in Computer Information Systems and received a master’s degree in Cybersecurity Risk Management from Georgetown University. Mr. Leatherman holds several widely recognized cyber certifications and speaks domestically and internationally on emerging national security and cyber threats.
Stanley Meador
Stanley M. Meador brings nearly three decades of law enforcement and national security experience to his role as Virginia’s Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security. A native of Galax, Virginia, he began his career in 1997 as a Special Agent with the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority and later joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2002. Over more than two decades with the FBI, Meador served in multiple field offices and senior leadership roles, investigating violent crime, gangs, and transnational criminal enterprises. He held key supervisory and executive positions at FBI Headquarters and in major field divisions, including service as Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Richmond Field Office. In that role, he oversaw national security and criminal investigations across the Commonwealth and strengthened partnerships with state, local, and private-sector stakeholders. Meador has received numerous recognitions for his leadership and service, including honors from law enforcement organizations across Virginia. He holds a master’s degree from American University and a bachelor’s degree from Roanoke College, and he is a graduate of the FBI National Executive Institute.
Joshua Gillmore
Joshua Gillmore is a Distinguished Solution Engineer and AI Subject Matter Expert in Salesforce’s Global Public Sector division, specializing in advanced AI solutions for public sector organizations operating in highly secure, classified environments. He advises on strategic AI initiatives across national security and defense mission areas, focusing on integrating generative AI with mission-critical systems, developing AI workflows for threat analysis, and implementing secure AI orchestration. Gillmore has integrated large language models into operational analytics and application environments using context engineering approaches to improve relevance, reliability, and task performance, with expertise in AI integration and Model Control Protocol (MCP). A frequent advisor to senior leadership on next-generation mission platforms, he has established AI demonstration capabilities across multiple classified networks and regularly speaks to defense and intelligence audiences worldwide.
Jon Mangum
Jon Mangum is the Chief Security Officer and Corporate Director of Security and Emergency Management at HII, based in Arlington, Virginia. He previously spent over six years at HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division, where he led emergency management and security operations. Before joining HII, he served 23 years as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Coast Guard, specializing in maritime operations, port security, and disaster recovery. His Coast Guard career included roles as an international liaison, operational planner, and leader in hurricane preparedness and port assessments across the Caribbean.
Edward You
Edward You was a former Supervisory Special Agent with the FBI’s National Counterintelligence Task Force, leading efforts to safeguard emerging technologies, including synthetic biology, AI, and biotechnology. He has advised the White House, NIH, and National Academies, represented the U.S. at the UN and WHO on biosecurity, and serves as a Senior Fellow at Texas A&M’s Scowcroft Institute and lecturer at MIT and George Mason. Before the FBI, he worked in biomedical research and holds a master’s in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from USC.