SIXTH ANNUAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
JUNE 13-17, 2005
RANCHO MIRAGE, CA
AGENDA
Monday, June 13, 2005
7:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.Golf – Best Ball Game
12:00noon - 5:00 p.m.Registration Opens
Celebrity Foyer
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.WIFLE Business Meeting
Open to All WIFLE Members
Celebrity F&G Rooms
6:00 p.m.- 7:30 p.m.Welcome Reception
in Exhibit Hall
Celebrity A, B, C & D Rooms
Tuesday, June 14, 2005 – Leadership Training Emphasizing Core Competencies
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.Registration – Celebrity Foyer
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.Exhibit Hall - Celebrity A, B, C & D Rooms
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.Opening Ceremony
Celebrity E, F, G & H Rooms
Presentation of Colors:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Honor Guard
National Anthem:
Agent Curtis Hemenway
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Welcome:
Margaret M. Moore, Executive Director, WIFLE
Sheree L. Mixell, President, WIFLE
Keynote Speaker
Debra W. Yang, United States Attorney
Central District of California
Building Partnerships & Leading Change
10:00 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.Break
Plenary Sessions:
Celebrity E, F, G & H Rooms
10:10 a.m. - 11:25 a.m.Leadership Keynotes - Career Employees’ Achievements Michele Leonhart, Deputy Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration
Barbara Riggs, DeputyDirector, U.S. Secret Service
Edgar Domenech, Deputy Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
Strategic Planning, Flexibility and Resilience
11:25 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.Break
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.Leadership and Performance
Lee R. Heath, Chief, U.S. Postal Inspection Service
12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.Boxed Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.Leadership Workshops – choose two of four
A. FBI Panel of Women – PENTTBOM Investigation: Counterterrorism, the Changes, the Challenges
Amy Jo Lyons, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mary Galligan, Supervisory Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Joan Marie Turchiano, Supervisory Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Leading Change
B. Women, Violence and the Media
Wendy Murphy, CBS Legal Analyst
Communication and External Awareness
C. Recruiting Women in Federal Law Enforcement
“IRS Recruiting Efforts”
Dan Orzechowski, Recruiter/Appeals Officer, Internal Revenue Service
“Why the FBI Needs More Women Agents”
James Knights, Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Innovation
D. The First Federal Women in Charge (A Research Report on 50 Federal Women)
Dr. Dorothy Schulz, JohnJayCollege of Criminal Justice
Adaptability
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.BREAK
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.Repeat Workshops A,B,C, D
Wednesday, June 15, 2005, Leadership Training Emphasizing Core Competencies
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.Exhibit Hall - Celebrity A, B, C & D Rooms
.Plenary Sessions:
Celebrity E, F, G & H Rooms
9:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.mEmerging Lessons from al Qa’aida and the Arab Terrorist Mindset, and Guantanamo Case Study
Lea Bauer, Special Agent, U.S. Secret Service
Dr. R. Scott Shumate, Psy.D., Counterintelligence Field Activity Department of Defense
Mark E. Smithberger, Black Hawk Systems
Dr. Susan A. Keverline, Ph.D., Research Psychologist, U.S. Secret Service
Problem Solving, Strategic Thinking and Leveraging Diversity
10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.BREAK
11:00a.m. – 11:45 a.m.The Patriot Act
Mary Beth Buchanan, United States Attorney
Western District of Pennsylvania
Continual Learning, Honesty/Integrity
11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.Opening and Securing the Embassy at Kabul, Afghanistan Justine Sincavage, Special Agent, U.S. Department of State
Diplomatic Security Service
Decision Making, Negotiating, Interpersonal Skills
12:30p.m. - 1:30 p.m.Boxed Lunch
Leadership Workshops - Results Driven, Building Business Acumen
Track A - Using Technology During Your Investigations - Planning and Organizing Work
1:30 p.m.- 2:30 p.m.The Use of Deception in Law Enforcement Operations,
and Privacy and Video Surveillance
Jeffrey Fluck, Legal Instructor, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.The Law of Installing and Monitoring Tracking Devices,
Handling Digital Photographs For Use in Criminal Trials
Keith Hodges, Legal Instructor, Federal Law Enforcement TrainingCenter
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.Break
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.Case Organization and Presentation Training Program
Judi Langford, Senior Instructor, Federal Law Enforcement TrainingCenter
Track B - Investigators Collaborate - Developing a Successful Team, Entrepreneurship and Partnering
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.Public/Private Partners Coalition
Linda J. Reid, Marine Security Analyst, Princess Cruises and Cunard Line
Inés DeRomana, Senior Policy Coordinator, UC Education Abroad Program
Mary Hackman, U.S Department of State, Diplomatic Security Service
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.Target Corporation - Making Communities Safer
Judy Braunstein, Investigations Team Leader
Lora Setter, Regional Investigation Team Leader
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.Break
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.Ecstasy InternationalDrug Trafficking
Jean Morhbacher, Assistant United States Attorney, Central District of California
Mary Cooper, Special Agent, Drug Enforcement Administration
Deanne Reuter, Special Agent, Drug Enforcement Administration
Elizabeth W. Kempshall, Special Agent, Drug Enforcement Administration
Track C - Investigating Terrorism - Technical Credibility, Problem Solving and Innovation
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.Bioterrorism Investigations
Janet Stout, Postal Inspector, U.S. Postal Inspection Service
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.Terrorism Financing
Rebecca Sparkman, Executive Assistant to the Chief, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.Break
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.Conducting Operations in a War Zone
Major S. Kristine Burnett, Chief, Security, Counterintelligence, and Special Programs, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force
Jeanmarie V. Sentell, Special Agent,
Naval Criminal Investigative Service
Nicole Gallagher, Special Agent, Diplomat Security Service
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.Award Reception
for Awardees, Agency Heads, and Invited Guests
NEXTEL – Sponsor
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.Awards Banquet – Ambassador Ballroom
Presentation of Colors:
U.S. Secret Service/Uniformed Division Honor Guard
Keynote Speaker:
Carl J. Truscott, Director
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
Special Presentation of the Julie Y. Cross Award by
Barbara Riggs, DeputyDirector, U.S. Secret Service
Thursday, June 16, 2005You and Your Federal Career Day
Plenary Sessions:
Celebrity E, F, G & H Rooms
9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.Keynote Speaker
Innovations in Leadership - Creating a Culture to Excel
Nancy J. Jardini, Chief, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation
9:50 a.m. -10:00 a.m.Break
10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.Defining the Approach to Law Enforcement Training
Connie L. Patrick, Director
FederalLawEnforcementTrainingCenter
10:50 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.Julie Y. Cross Panel – Heroism – APersonal Account from
Past Award Recipients
Jenna Maguire, Special Agent, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
Samantha Mikeska, Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Susan Goggin, Special Agent, U. S.Secret Service
Margarita Serna, Deputy U.S. Marshal, U.S. Marshal Service
12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.Lunch on Your Own
1:30 p.m.- 2:30 p.m.Investing in TSP for Both FERS and CSRS Employees
Saundra K. Harman, President, S. Harman & Associates, Inc.
2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.Department of Homeland Security – A Law Enforcement Community for the 21st Century
Carmen Walker, Director, EEO, Department of Homeland Security
Open Forum on Issues Facing Women in Federal Law Enforcement