Meet the 2026 Defense Logistics & Energy Experts

2026 Speakers

Chair: Major General Allan E. Day (Ret.), VP, Logistics/Sustainment Industry Strategy Global Public Sector at Salesforce

Chair: Major General Allan E. Day (Ret.)

VP, Logistics/Sustainment Industry Strategy Global Public Sector
Salesforce

Advisory Board: General USAF Retired Jacqueline Van Ovost, Former Commander at USTRANSCOM

Advisory Board: General USAF Retired Jacqueline Van Ovost

Former Commander
USTRANSCOM

Advisory Board: Colonel (Ret.) Kevin Sampels, Senior Vice President of Operations at Systecon North America

Advisory Board: Colonel (Ret.) Kevin Sampels

Senior Vice President of Operations
Systecon North America

Lieutenant General Mark T. Simerly, Director at Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)

Lieutenant General Mark T. Simerly

Director
Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)

Colonel John T. Greer, Director of Space Force Mobility’s Initial Mission Analysis Team (IMAT) at US Space Force

Colonel John T. Greer

Director of Space Force Mobility’s Initial Mission Analysis Team (IMAT)
US Space Force

Erica H. Plath, Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for Logistics at Office of the Under Secretary of War (Acquisition & Sustainment)

Erica H. Plath

Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for Logistics
Office of the Under Secretary of War (Acquisition & Sustainment)

James Balocki SES, Executive Director, Marine Corps Installations Command at US Marine Corps

James Balocki SES

Executive Director, Marine Corps Installations Command
US Marine Corps

Dr. Robert Mantz, Senior Official, Contested Logistics Technologies Critical Technology Area at Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering

Dr. Robert Mantz

Senior Official, Contested Logistics Technologies Critical Technology Area
Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering

Dr. Nicholas Martin, Director of the Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA) at US Department of War

Dr. Nicholas Martin

Director of the Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA)
US Department of War

Annie Kammerer, Chief of the Nuclear Power Branch Office of the Chief of Engineers (OCE) at Department of the Army Headquarters (HQDA)

Annie Kammerer

Chief of the Nuclear Power Branch Office of the Chief of Engineers (OCE)
Department of the Army Headquarters (HQDA)

Douglas G. Smith, Director of Aerospace Energy at DLA Energy

Douglas G. Smith

Director of Aerospace Energy
DLA Energy

James L. Hartle, Principal Director, Operational Energy Policy and Chief of Staff at Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Operational Energy Safety and Occupational Health

James L. Hartle

Principal Director, Operational Energy Policy and Chief of Staff
Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Operational Energy Safety and Occupational Health

Nathan T. Cornell, Program Manager for Operational Energy at Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Energy and Environment)

Nathan T. Cornell

Program Manager for Operational Energy
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Energy and Environment)

Lindsey H. Hicks, Strategic Energy Program Manager, Quality Research and Development Division at DLA Energy

Lindsey H. Hicks

Strategic Energy Program Manager, Quality Research and Development Division
DLA Energy

Lieutenant Colonel Alex Jehle, Systems Program Manager for On-Orbit Servicing, Mobility, and Logistics at US Space Force

Lieutenant Colonel Alex Jehle

Systems Program Manager for On-Orbit Servicing, Mobility, and Logistics
US Space Force

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