Focus: Military/Security

Guy Disney

Guy Disney is a military veteran, disability advocate, explorer, and horse jockey. In command on his first tour in Afghanistan, an ambush resulted in the amputation of Guy’s right leg. This has given him a passion for challenging perceptions about disability. He skied to the North Pole as part of a team of war wounded veterans and led an expedition to the South Pole; both expeditions were world firsts. After completing his second and final tour in Afghanistan as an amputee, Guy now works in Africa dividing his time between conservation, veteran’s rehabilitation, and supporting marginalized youth. In each area he seeks to use his experience overcoming adversity to respectively…

Hamish Falconer

Hamish Falconer is a MP for Lincoln in the UK and a former member of Britain’s diplomatic service. He has led the Foreign Office’s Terrorism Response Team, UK efforts to start a peace process in Afghanistan and served in Pakistan and South Sudan. He has worked for the UK’s Department for International Development and National Crime Agency on humanitarian response, state building, and human trafficking investigations. Before joining government service Hamish was a campaigner and activist. He studied at Cambridge University and Birkbeck University.

Tianyi Xin

Tianyi "Tian Tian" Xin is a litigation associate at the Washington DC based law firm of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer. She graduated from Yale Law School in 2019. Before law school, she served for five years as an active duty Military Intelligence Officer in the US Army. Most recently in uniform, she worked as a speechwriter to the Commanding General of Fort Hood and III Corps, where she deployed in 2016 to Baghdad as part of the counter-ISIL coalition. Prior to working as a speechwriter, she was stationed in Camp Red Cloud, South Korea and deployed in 2014 as individual augmentee to the 2nd Ranger Battalion in eastern Afghanistan….

Marvin Dames

The Honourable Marvin Dames currently serves as the Minister of National Security for The Commonwealth of the Bahamas. He previously served as 23-year veteran of the Royal Bahamas Police Force with his last post as the Deputy Commissioner of Police. In 2011, Marvin joined the corporate team responsible for opening the luxury resort, Baha Mar, in Nassau. In this executive role, he was responsible for providing advice and direction on Baha Mar's security-related needs during all phases of the project from design to operations. Marvin has received training from the FBI Academy in the United States, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police College in Ottawa, Canada, and a five-month Strategic Leadership…

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