Meet the Speakers | Military Simulation Training Summit

2026 Conference Chair

Brigadier General William Glaser
Former Director, Synthetic Training Environment CFT
US Army (Ret.)

2026 SPEAKERS

Brigadier General Christine Beeler
Commanding General
Capability Program Executive Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (CPE STRI), US Army

Jennifer Sinclair
Deputy Commander, Force Readiness Command (FORCECOM)
US Coast Guard

Captain Robert Betts
Commanding Officer, Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD)
US Navy

Liz Bledsoe
Program Manager, Training Devices
Capability Program Executive Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (CPE STRI), US Army

Christopher Boyle
Director of Training Technologies for U.S. Fleet Forces Command
US Navy

Colonel Natasha Coleman
Project Manager Cyber, Test, and Training
Capability Program Executive Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (CPE STRI), US Army

Christopher McGroarty
Chief Engineer, Advanced Simulation, US Army Combat Capabilities DEVCOM SC
US Army

Colonel Ryan Harrington
Commanding Officer, Expeditionary Warfare Training Group, Atlantic
US Marine Corps Training Command

Elizabeth Tygart
Product Manager Synthetic Training Systems
Marine Corps Systems Command PM Training Systems

Kevin Cogan
Innovation Director, Department of the Air Force Chief Model & Simulation Office
US Air Force

Colonel Stephen Banks
Branch Head for Modelling and Simulation Learning Technologies
NATO Headquarters Supreme Allied Commander Transformation

Dale Whittaker
Project Lead International Programs Office
Capability Program Executive Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (CPE STRI), US Army

Erin Goodrich Baker
Central Florida Tech Bridge Director/ Central Florida Tech Grove Program Manager
US Navy

Lloyd Kleinman
Training Technology, International Programs
US Navy

Lieutenant Colonel Adam Willis
Program Manager Biological Technologies Office
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Dr. Melanie Lazarus
Dean, US Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine
US Air Force

Rory O'Brien
Chief, ISTD
U.S. Army

Heather Priest
Senior Scientific Technical Manager for LVC Training Solutions
US Navy

Wim Huiskamp
Chief Scientist NATO Modelling & Simulation Group
NATO

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