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<div align="center"><b><font
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Michele Flournoy</span></font></b><span
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and Managing Partner<br>
WestExec Advisors</div>
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<div align="center"><strong
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Under Secretary of Defense
for Policy</strong> </div>
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</span><span lang="EN-US">Humanity,
Liberty, Peace and Security
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<u><font size="+1">The
Korean Peninsula Issues
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5:00 PM - 6:00 PM EST
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We are pleased to share with
you that Michele Flournoy will
virtually address the<i> ICAS
</i>Spring Symposium Special
slated <u>May 13, 2021</u> in
Washington DC. </font><span
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<font size="+1"
face="Arial,sans-serif">Michèle
Flournoy is Co-Founder and
Managing Partner of
WestExec Advisors, and
former Co-Founder and
Chief Executive Officer of
the Center for a New
American Security (CNAS),
where she currently serves
on the board.<br>
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<div> <font size="+1"
face="Arial,sans-serif">Michèle
served as the Under
Secretary of Defense for
Policy from February 2009
to February 2012. She was
the principal advisor to
the Secretary of Defense
in the formulation of
national security and
defense policy, oversight
of military plans and
operations, and in
National Security Council
deliberations. Michele led
the development of the
Department of Defense’s
2012 Strategic Guidance
and represented the
Department in dozens of
foreign engagements, in
the media and before
Congress.<br>
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<div><font size="+1"
face="Arial,sans-serif">Prior
to confirmation, Michèle
co-led President Obama’s
transition team at the
Defense Department.</font><br>
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<div><font size="+1"
face="Arial,sans-serif">In
January 2007, Michèle
co-founded CNAS, a
bipartisan think tank
dedicated to developing
strong, pragmatic and
principled national
security policies. She
served as CNAS’ President
until 2009, and returned
as CEO in 2014. In 2017,
Michele co-founded
WestExec Advisors, a
strategic advisory firm.<br>
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<div><font size="+1"
face="Arial,sans-serif">Previously,
she was senior advisor at
the Center for Strategic
and International Studies
for several years and,
prior to that, a
distinguished research
professor at the Institute
for National Strategic
Studies at the National
Defense University (NDU).<br>
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<div><font size="+1"
face="Arial,sans-serif">In
the mid-1990s, Michele
served as Principal Deputy
Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Strategy and
Threat Reduction and
Deputy Assistant Secretary
of Defense for Strategy.<br>
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<div><font size="+1"
face="Arial,sans-serif">Michèle
is the recipient of
numerous honors and
awards, including: the
American Red Cross
Exceptional Service Award
in 2016; the Department of
Defense Medal for
Distinguished Public
Service in 1998, 2011, and
2012; the Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff’s
Joint Distinguished
Civilian Service Award in
2000 and 2012; the
Secretary of Defense Medal
for Outstanding Public
Service in 1996; and
CARE’s Global Peace,
Development and Security
Award in 2019. She has
edited several books and
authored dozens of reports
and articles on a broad
range of defense and
national security issues.
Michèle appears frequently
in national and
international media,
including CNN’s State of
the Union, ABC’s This
Week, NBC’s Meet the
Press, BBC News, NPR’s
Morning Edition and All
Things Considered and PBS’
News Hour, and is
frequently quoted in top
tier newspapers.<br>
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<div><font size="+1"
face="Arial,sans-serif">Michèle
serves on the boards of
CNAS, Booz Allen Hamilton,
Amida Technology
Solutions, The Mission
Continues, Spirit of
America, and CARE. She
serves on the advisory
boards PIMCO and
Opentrons, and on the
honorary advisory
committee of The
Leadership Council for
Women in National
Security. Michèle is also
a former member of the
President’s Intelligence
Advisory Board, the CIA
Director’s External
Advisory Board, and the
Defense Policy Board, and
is currently a member of
the Council on Foreign
Relations and the Aspen
Strategy Group, and is a
Senior Fellow at Harvard’s
Belfer Center for Science
and International Affairs.<br>
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<div><font size="+1"
face="Arial,sans-serif">Michèle
earned a bachelor’s degree
in social studies from
Harvard University and a
master’s degree in
international relations
from Balliol College,
Oxford University, where
she was a Newton-Tatum
scholar.</font><font
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you.<br>
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Sincerely,<br>
<br>
Sang Joo Kim<br>
Senior
Fellow & Executive Vice
President<br>
<i> ICAS</i></font><span
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