Meet the Speakers | Military Simulation Training Summit

2026 Conference Chair

Brig. Gen. Ret. William Glaser
Director, Synthetic Training Environment, CFT
U.S. Army

Brigadier General Christine Beeler
Commanding General
US Army PEO STRI

Colonel Anthony Graham
Commander
Air Force Agency for Modeling & Simulation (AFAMS)

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

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

Col Nicholas Waldron
Branch Head, Experimentation and Wargaming
Headquarters Supreme Allied Commander Transformation

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

Erin Goodrich Baker
Central Florida Tech Bridge Director/ Central Florida Tech Grove Program Manager
U.S. Navy Fleet Reserve

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

Kevin Cogan
Innovation Director, Department of the Air Force Chief Model & Simulation Office
U.S. Air Force

Dale Whittaker Subject to Final Approvals
Project Lead International Programs Office
PEO STRI, US Army

Capt. Robert Betts
Commanding Officer, Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD)
U.S. Navy

Lloyd Kleinman
Training Technology, International Programs
Surface Combat Systems Training Command

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

Rory O'Brien
Chief, ISTD
MCoE, DOTD Fort Benning

Heather Priest
Senior Scientific Technical Manager for LVC Training Solutions
United States Navy

Brigadier General Christine Beeler Subject to Final Approvals
Program Executive Officer for Simulation Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI)
US Army

Colonel Anthony Graham
Commander of the Air Force Agency for Modelling and Simulation (AFAMS)
US Air Force

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

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