Rear Admiral James J. Shannon

Craig Fugate

Anthony Fauci

Dr. Fauci was appointed Director of NIAID in 1984. He oversees an extensive research portfolio of basic and applied research to prevent, diagnose, and treat infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections, influenza, tuberculosis, malaria and illness from potential agents of bioterrorism. NIAID also supports research on transplantation and immune-related illnesses, including autoimmune disorders, asthma and allergies. The NIAID budget for fiscal year 2013 was approximately $4.5 billion. Dr.

Michelle Moore

Michelle Moore serves as Federal Environmental Executive, and is responsible for promoting sustainability and environmental stewardship throughout the federal government's operations. Housed within the President's Council on Environmental Quality, the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive was created by Executive Order in 1993. Prior to joining CEQ, Michelle was Senior Vice President of Policy and Public Affairs at the nonprofit U.S. Green Building Council, the developers of the LEED certification system.

David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P

David Blumenthal, MD, MPP serves as the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology under President Barack Obama.  In this role he is charged with building an interoperable, private and secure nationwide health information system and supporting the widespread, meaningful use of health IT. 

Alonzo R. Peña

Alonzo R. Peña is the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Jon Weinstein

Jonathan Weinstein, PMP, President

Why I started Line of Sight: I couldn’t stand working for the "Man" any more AND Tim and I had a vision of a really great place to work with great people on cool projects and figured it was up to us to create that place.

What floats my boat: A wry sense of humor (the Brits know comedy); REAL New York pizza; big problems that I can dive into and fix; my wife and two sons, oh…and anything baseball, including coaching Little League.

Leaders Speak: A Special Edition of The Business of Government Hour

Join us for a Memorial Day Special Edition - Leaders Speak - on Leadership and Public Service with such guests as Admiral Thad Allen, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and Former Governor Tim Kaine.

To learn more about our guests:

Read our magazine article on Admiral Allen titled, A Conversation with Admiral Thad Allen.

Listen to a recent interview with Admiral Allen,

David Venturella

David Venturella is the executive director for ICE’s Secure Communities program, which was announced in March 2008. The program is designed to change immigration enforcement by using technology to share information between law enforcement agencies and by applying risk-based methodologies to focus resources on assisting all local communities remove high-risk criminal aliens.

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