Steven A. Cohen

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President

Steven A. Cohen is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Point72, a 1,250+ person registered investment advisor. Mr. Cohen founded S.A.C. Capital Advisors in 1992 and converted his investment operations to the Point72 Asset Management family office in 2014. Point72 began managing outside capital in 2018.

An avid philanthropist and entrepreneur, Mr. Cohen has founded and holds active leadership roles in a number of nonprofit organizations.

Mr. Cohen and his wife, Alexandra, founded the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation in 2001. The Cohen Foundation is committed to achieving lasting and meaningful change through commitments to children’s health, education, veterans, and the arts. Mr. Cohen created Cohen Veterans Network and Cohen Veterans Bioscience in 2015 to improve the mental healthcare, treatment, and quality of life for recently-returned veterans and their families.

Mr. Cohen also serves on the Board of Trustees at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles, the Emeritus Board of the Robin Hood Foundation, and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Board of Trustees.

Mr. Cohen received a B.S. in Economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He began his investing career at Gruntal & Co., where he managed proprietary capital for 14 years before starting his own investment business.

General Joseph L. Votel

GENERAL JOSEPH L. VOTEL

COMMANDER, UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND

General Votel attended the United States Military Academy and was commissioned in 1980 as an Infantry Officer. His initial assignments were to the 3d Infantry Division in Germany where he served as a Rifle Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, Battalion Adjutant and Rifle Company Commander. Following this he served as a Small Group Tactics Instructor at the Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia before being assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment as a Plans / Liaison Officer where he participated in Operation JUST CAUSE.  He was next posted to the 1st Ranger Battalion where he served as the Battalion Liaison Officer, Operations Officer and Executive Officer.

Following this he was assigned to HQs, Allied Forces Southern Europe, Naples, Italy and the NATO Peace Implementation Force (IFOR) in Sarajevo. He commanded the 2d Battalion, 22d Infantry (Light) at Fort Drum, New York and was subsequently selected to command the 1st Ranger Battalion at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia. Following attendance at the Army War College General Votel commanded the 75th Ranger Regiment and participated in Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, Afghanistan and Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq.

As a general officer he served in the Pentagon as the Director of the Army and Joint IED Defeat Task Force and subsequently as the Deputy Director of the Joint IED Defeat Organization established under the Deputy Secretary of Defense.  He served as the Deputy Commanding General (Operations), 82d Airborne Division / CJTF-82, Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, Afghanistan, was subsequently assigned as the Deputy Commanding General of the Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He moved to MacDill Air Force Base where he served as the Chief of Staff at United States Special Operations Command.  He returned to Fort Bragg as the Commanding General of the Joint Special Operations Command.  He most recently served as the Commanding General of U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.

General Votel is a graduate of the Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, United States Army Command and General Staff College, and the United States Army War College.

He is married to the former Michele Belair of Saint Paul, Minnesota and they have two adult sons, Scott and Nicholas. Scott is married to Moira and they are busy raising Penelope

United States Special Operations Command Warrior Care Program (Care Coalition)

The U.S. Special Operations Command Warrior Care Program (Care Coalition) was established in 2005 to provide Special Operations Forces (SOF) wounded, ill or injured Service Members and their families advocacy after life changing events in order to navigate through recovery, rehabilitation and reintegration as quickly as possible, strengthening SOF readiness. Whether you are returning operational status, moving into a different field or transitioning into veteran status, the USSOCOM Warrior Care Program will help you get there.

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COL Cary C. Harbaugh, Director, Warrior Care Program (Care Coalition), USSOCOM

Colonel Cary C. Harbaugh is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He first served as an enlisted soldier and noncommissioned officer in Airborne and Special Operations units from 1978-1987. He was commissioned as a Distinguished Military Graduate through the ROTC program at The Ohio State University in 1987.

His military education includes the Italian War College (Foreign Exchange); and the Army War College in Fellowship at the CIA where he also completed the National Clandestine Service’s Graduate Studies Program.

Colonel Harbaugh’s service has included deployments from Operations Just Cause and Desert Shield/Storm to Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom (Trans Sahel). From 2001-2004 he served as the Director of Intelligence (J2) at US Special Operations Command Europe. From 2007 to 2009 he served as liaison officer to the US Congress representing JSOC. In 2009 he assumed duties as the first Director/Commander of the Joint Intelligence Center, USSOCOM (JICSOC). After a NATO tour to Italy, he returned to USSOCOM in 2013 and now serves as the Director of USSOCOM’s Care Coalition supporting Special Operations wounded, ill, and injured service-members and their families.

Colonel Harbaugh is married to Daniela Di Ciccio-Harbaugh, a retired Army officer. They have four children: SSG Robert Harbaugh, US Army; and daughters – Alexa, 18; Jesse, 16; and Mia, 13.

General Raymond A. Thomas III, Commander, United States Special Operations Command

General (Ret.) Raymond A. Thomas III most recently served as the 11th Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.

Prior to assuming command of USSOCOM, Gen. Thomas served as Commander, Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), Fort Bragg, N.C.

GEN Thomas’ other assignments as a general officer include:  Associate Director for Military Affairs at the Central Intelligence Agency; Commanding General, NATO Special Operations Component Command – Afghanistan; Deputy Commanding General, JSOC; Deputy Director for Special Operations, The Joint Staff in the Pentagon; Assistant Division Commander, 1st Armor Division in Iraq; and Assistant Commanding General, JSOC.

Prior to being promoted to brigadier general, Gen. Thomas also served as the JSOC Chief of Staff and Director of Operations.  His other formative and key, joint and special operations assignments include:  Commander, Joint Task Force – Bravo, Soto Cano, Honduras; Commander, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Savannah, Ga.; and Commander, B Squadron, 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment – Delta, Fort Bragg, N.C.

He is a graduate of the US Army War College, Carlisle, Penn., and the Naval Command and Staff College, Newport, R.I.

Gen. Thomas is a native of Philadelphia, Pa.  He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., and was commissioned an infantry second lieutenant upon graduation in 1980.

Gen. Thomas and his wife Barbara have two sons – Tony and Michael.

Ranger Special Operations Combat Medics (68 Whiskey – Whiskey 1) “Docs”

Ranger Special Operations Combat Medics are affectionately called “Doc” by the men. This is an exclusive group of men who, in addition to all the Special Operations tactical training they receive in order to become an elite Army Ranger, they volunteer, qualify and are selected, for an extensive 9-12 months (36 weeks is the standard length of the SOCM course, 12 months would be if you recycle) of additional Combat Medic training.  With their ‘Service before Self’ motto, these men have saved many lives, several of whom will be in attendance that evening.

A unique aspect about the Ranger medics is that he must volunteer for and pass 5 separate stages: Basic Training/Advanced Individual Training, Airborne, Ranger Assessment and Selection Program, Pre-Special Operations Combat Medical training, Special Combat Medical training. In order to be assigned to the unit he must have completed each phase which is 80 total weeks of training. Once assigned to the unit, Ranger medics are continually assessed and trained in order to validate their ability to perform to the stringent requirements of the 75th Ranger Regiment and the United States Special Operations Command.

 

Coach Mike Krzyzewski “Coach K”

Winning seasons, superb graduation rates for his players and a basketball team that is as close as family, are all attributes that reflect on the man who is now in his 36th season as the head coach of the Blue Devils, Mike Krzyzewski. Although some still stumble with pronouncing and spelling his name, when people speak of the highest level of success in the college basketball world, the name Krzyzewski (Sha-shef-skee) immediately comes to mind.

Coach K solidified his status in the upper echelon of coaching on Nov. 15, 2011, when he became the winningest coach in college basketball history with a 74-69 Duke win over Michigan State at Madison Square Garden. Krzyzewski returned to MSG on January 25, 2015, to achieve another historic milestone when he became the first NCAA Division I men’s basketball coach to reach 1,000 career wins with a 77-68 victory over St. John’s.

He began his coaching career in 1975 as the head basketball coach at Army, where he played from 1966 to 1969 under Bob Knight. Since 1980, he has served as the head men’s basketball coach at Duke University where he led the Blue Devils to five NCAA Championships, 12 Final Fours, 12 ACC regular season titles, and 13 ACC Tournament championships. Krzyzewski is also the coach of the United States men’s national basketball team, which he led to two gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. He was the head coach of the American team that won the gold medals at the 2010 FIBA World Championship and the 2014 FIBA World Championship. He was also an assistant coach for the 1992 “Dream Team”.

Although he has earned nearly every award imaginable, Krzyzewski was rewarded with the ultimate honor in basketball in 2001 when he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Since that induction, Krzyzewski has also been inducted into the Army Sports Hall of Fame (Sept. 11, 2009), Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame (2010) and Duke Athletics Hall of Fame (2011).

In 2005, Krzyzewski became the youngest recipient of the Distinguished Graduate Award at the United States Military Academy. He garnered another prestigious military honor in 2014 when he was awarded the George Catlett Marshall Medal, the highest award presented by the Association of the United States Army. The Marshall Medal is awarded annually to an individual, who has exhibited selfless service to the United States of America.

CSM (Ret.) Michael Hall

A retired Command Sergeant Major, Mike Hall is the former Senior Enlisted Leader of the U.S. and International Security Assistance Force Afghanistan, the United States Army Special Operations Command, the Joint Special Operations Command and the 75th Ranger Regiment , the only soldier to hold all four of those positions, with over 20 years of service with the Rangers. CSM Hall retired from the Army with 34 years of service, and is currently an independent consultant.

CSM Hall resides in Columbia, Tennessee, with his wife of 36 years, Brenda.

General (Ret.) Stanley A. McChrystal

A one-of-a-kind commander with a remarkable record of achievement, General Stan McChrystal is
widely praised for creating a revolution in warfare that fused intelligence and operations. He is also
known for developing and implementing the counter-insurgency strategy in Afghanistan and for
creating a comprehensive counter-terrorism organization that revolutionized the way military
agencies interact and operate.

A four-star general, he was the former commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan and
the former leader of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), which oversees the military’s most
sensitive forces. His leadership of JSOC is credited with the 2003 capture of Saddam Hussein and the
2006 location and killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq.

He is also the author of the bestselling leadership books, My Share of the Task: A Memoir and Team
of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World. Exclusively represented by Leading
Authorities speakers bureau, McChrystal, a former Green Beret, is known for his candor, innovative
leadership, and going the distance. Called “one of America’s greatest warriors” by Secretary of
Defense Robert Gates, few can speak about leadership, teamwork, and international affairs with as
much insight.

Thirty-four years of service. The son and grandson of Army officers, McChrystal graduated from West
Point in 1976 and trained at the Special Forces School in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He was later
commissioned as an infantry officer and spent much of his career commanding special operations and
airborne infantry units. During the Persian Gulf War, McChrystal served in a Joint Special Operations
Task Force and commanded the 75th Ranger Regiment.

He also completed year-long fellowships at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1997
and at the Council on Foreign Relations in 2000. He was promoted to brigadier general in 2001. In
2002, he was appointed chief of staff of military operations in Afghanistan. Two years later,
McChrystal was selected to deliver the nationally televised Pentagon briefings about military
operations in Iraq. From 2003-2008, he commanded JSOC and was responsible for leading the
nation’s deployed military counterterrorism efforts around the globe, assuming command of all
international forces in Afghanistan in June 2009. President Obama’s order for an additional 30,000
troops to Afghanistan was based on McChrystal’s assessment of the war.

Supporting military families and national service. McChrystal retired from the military in 2010. He
now serves on the board of directors for JetBlue Airways, Navistar, and the Yellow Ribbon Fund. He is
also the chairman of the board for Siemens Government. A passionate advocate for national service
and veterans’ issues, Stan is the Chair of the Board of Service Year Alliance. In this capacity, he
advocates for a future in which a year of full-time service—a service year—is a common expectation
and opportunity for all young Americans. He is also a senior fellow at Yale University’s Jackson
Institute for Global Affairs, where he teaches a popular course on leadership.

From the battlefield to the boardroom. General McChrystal founded the McChrystal Group in
January 2011 in order to capture the lessons he and his colleagues learned and translate them to
business. Recognizing that companies today are experiencing parallels to what he and his colleagues
faced in the war theater, General McChrystal established this advisory services firm to help
businesses challenge the hierarchical, command and control approach to organizational
management. McChrystal Group’s mission is to help organizations build adaptable teams that are
capable of solving the world’s most complex leadership challenges. The group helps shape
organizational functionality and culture through a set of principles, proven process, and leadership
behaviors, based on General McChrystal’s experiences and the lessons captured in their book, Team
of Teams. McChrystal Group has worked with global Fortune 1000 companies across sectors in order
to transform their organizations and improve their performance.

General McChrystal resides in Alexandria, Virginia, with his wife of 37 years, Annie.