twc.edu
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Future Careers
8:30am – 9:00am Framing the Issues
Jordan Butcher, Faculty Lead
9:00am – 9:45am The Importance of a Dynamic Workforce in National Security
This talk will focus on the future workforce and the knowledge and skills that will be required. It will also
focus on how you can build your career and the important first steps you can take. A central focus will be
the way in which the workforce is changing to meet the new security needs we have been learning about
throughout this seminar.
Speakers:
Charles Carithers, Principal, Cornerstone Government Affairs
Nicole Tisdale, Founder and Principal, Advocacy Blueprints
Moderated by Christina Kulich, Faculty Lead, Suffolk University
10:00am – 10:45am Career Spotlight: Entrepreneurship in National Security
This talk will highlight a personal journey through national security that emphasizes the role of being an
entrepreneur. In national security innovation and creativity are essentia and sometimes this requires a
single person with an idea to make a difference.
Speaker: Vidhya Ramalingam, Founder and CEO of Moonshot
Moderated by Timothy Roberts, Faculty Lead, University of Pikeville
11:00am – 12:00pm Closing Remarks and Activities
Jordan Butche, Faculty Lead
Unless noted, all activities will take place in the Blinken Auditorium on the P1 level of The Washington Center's Residential and
Academic Facility (RAF) – 1005 3rd St., NE Washington, DC 20002
