Vice Admiral Adam M. Robinson

Vice Admiral Adam Robinson, a native of Louisville, Ky., is the Chief of the Navy Medical Corps. He entered the naval service in 1977 and holds a Doctor of Medicine from the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, through the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program. Following completion of his surgical internship at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, he was commissioned.

Vice Adm. Robinson’s first assignment was as a General Medical Officer, Branch Medical Clinic, Fort Allen, Puerto Rico, before reporting to the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., in 1978 to complete a residency in General Surgery. His subsequent duty assignments included: Staff Surgeon, U.S. Naval Hospital, Yokosuka, Japan, and Ship’s Surgeon, USS Midway (CV-41).

After completing a fellowship in Colon and Rectal Surgery at Carle Foundation Hospital, University of Illinois School of Medicine (1984-85), Vice Adm. Robinson reported to the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, as the Head of the Colon and Rectal Surgery Division. While there, he was called to temporary duty in 1987 as Ship’s Surgeon in USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) and in 1988 as Ship’s Surgeon in USS Coral Sea (CV-43).

Vice Adm. Robinson reported to Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, Va., in 1990 as the Head of the General Surgery Department and Director of General Surgery Residency Program. He was appointed Acting Medical Director for the facility in 1994. While at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Vice Adm. Robinson earned a Masters in Business Administration from the University of South Florida. In 1995, Vice Adm. Robinson reported to the Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, as the Force Medical Officer serving in that capacity for two years. Following that assignment, he reported to Naval Hospital Jacksonville in 1997 as the Executive Officer. In January 1999, as Fleet Hospital Jacksonville Commanding Officer, Vice Adm. Robinson commanded a detachment of the fleet hospital as a medical contingent to Joint Task Force Haiti (Operation New Horizon/Uphold Democracy).

Dr. Ahsha Tribble

Dr. Tribble is the Chief of the Climate Services Division which is the lead organizational unit overseeing National Weather Service (NWS) climate services and prediction operations plans, policies, and procedures. It is the primary link to the public and the climate user community to identify and validate climate service needs, mitigate climate related disasters, and establish operational requirements for climate observations.  She is also responsible for ensuring the 122 NWS field offices have the climate tools and information they need to serve the public on a regional and local basis.
 Dr. Tribble was selected for the first Executive Officer position established at the NOAA National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami, Florida. The duties in this position ranged from strategic and scientific planning and budgeting to handling Congressional correspondence and liaising with NOAA and NWS Headquarters on matters regarding the NOAA hurricane program.  She was also served as Co-Lead for the NOAA Hurricane Forecast Improvement Project.

Mr. David Owens

David K. Owens is Executive Vice President, Business Operations, at the Edison Electric Institute. Mr. Owens has responsibility over the strategic areas of energy supply and the environment, energy delivery, energy services, and international affairs. The group focuses on a broad range of issues that affect the future structure of the industry and new rules in evolving competitive markets.  Previously, Mr. Owens served as EEI's Senior Vice President of Finance, Regulation, and Power Supply Policy, focusing on enhancement of industry representation on such issues as the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA), the Public Utility Holding Company Act (PUHCA), the Federal Power Act, cogeneration and independent power production, transmission access, and bulk power and transmission pricing, which affect the national interest. He also has responsibility for representing the industry in the areas of finance, ratemaking, regulation, accounting, and taxes. Mr. Owens holds a BS and Masters Degree from Howard University and a Masters in Engineering Administration from George Washington University.

Mr. Gerald McElvy

Gerald McElvy serves as both the Deputy Manager for Public Affairs for the ExxonMobil Corporation and as President of the ExxonMobil Foundation, the primary philanthropic arm of Exxon Mobil Corporation.  The Corporation recently announced its support for the National Math and Science Initiative with a commitment of $125 million.  The initiative is a non-profit entity, overseen by a board of eminent persons in the field of math and science education, created to raise funds to facilitate the national scale-up of programs that have demonstrated improvement in math and science education in the United States.

A board member of the Texas Business and Education Coalition, McElvy serves on the Executive Advisory Council at the University of Houston’s Bauer College of Business as well.  He is also a Board Member of Reasoning Mind, an innovative, web-based middle school math education program.