General Martin E. Dempsey was the 37th Chief of Staff of the Army and the 18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Following 41 years of military service he now teaches leadership at Duke University and consults for the National Basketball Association on leader development and social responsibility. He also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of U.S.A. Basketball, the National Governing Body for all of our country’s international basketball competition.
He is a best-selling author, a decorated Soldier, and among other foreign awards, a Knight of the British Empire.
He and his high school sweetheart, Deanie, have been married for 50 years and live in Wake Forest, North Carolina. They have three children—each of whom served in the Army—and nine grandchildren.
With additional speakers Meghan Sullivan (Inst. for Ethics and Common Good) and Michael Desch (ONDISC).