Leadership in America
The advances that have positioned the United States as a world superpower have often been initiated in Virginia.
Our Leadership in America lectures feature a wide array of speakers addressing topics of military readiness, economic strength, medical advances, history, and cultural influence. The series will draw heavily from the intellectual talent of the Commonwealth.
2024 speakers:
Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 6:00 p.m.
Security Threats: Government and the Private Sector
with Guest Speaker Adam S. Lee
Adam S. Lee is Dominion Energy’s Vice President and Chief Security Officer.
Before joining Dominion Energy, Lee served as Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Richmond Division. In 2018, he retired from the FBI after a career spanning 22 years in counter-terrorism, counter-intelligence, and cyber operations, in addition to specializing in cases involving political and governmental corruption, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and antitrust violations. Lee previously served as the FBI’s Executive over its national Public Corruption Program, overseeing the FBI’s most sensitive criminal investigations involving elected and appointed officials across the spectrum of government. In 2022, Lee was appointed to serve a four-year term on the Governor’s Information Technology Advisory Council and, in 2023, appointed to the Secure and Resilient Commonwealth Panel.
Lee is a passionate supporter of our nation’s veterans. He serves as Dominion Energy’s executive sponsor of its Veterans Resource Group, and, in 2019, he was appointed to the Board of Directors for the Richmond Fisher House, now serving as vice chair, which supports families of veterans seeking medical care at the Central Virginia VA Healthcare System.
Thursday, June 6, 2024
D+80: Virginians in the Normandy Invasion with Dr. Clay Mountcastle
Clay Mountcastle is Director of the Virginia War Memorial and a retired U.S. Army Officer. He is a 1994 graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and holds a master’s and PhD in history from Duke University. Before joining the Virginia War Memorial, he served as Professor of Military History at the University of Washington in Seattle and as an Assistant Professor of Military History at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Lee (now Fort Gregg-Adams) Virginia.
Dr. Mountcastle will deliver a gallery talk and officially open our newest marquee exhibit about the significant role played by Virginians in the Normandy Invasion.
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Patton’s Prayer with Alexander Kershaw
Alex Kershaw is the widely acclaimed, prize-winning, New York Times best-selling author of twelve books, including The Longest Winter and The Bedford Boys. Kershaw is the resident historian for Friends of the National WWII Memorial, a nonprofit based in Washington D.C., whose mission is to make sure that one of the most inspiring chapters in U.S. history is taught in as many Virginia high schools as possible.
His newest book, Patton’s Prayer tells the story of General Patton’s finest hours during the Battle of the Bulge.
Reservations open this summer.
Please contact our Development offices at 804-786-1482 or dthomas@vawarmemorial.org with any questions regarding these events.