New Video: Spotlight on Ethical Leadership at 2024 Award Gala

In an inspiring acceptance speech, CISA Director and Marshall Award in Ethical Leadership honoree Jen Easterly outlined the need for strong, principled, visionary leadership in response to the threats facing our country and democracy at home and abroad. Watch highlights of Easterly’s remarks:

On April 12, more than 200 guests, including four VMI cadets in full dress uniform, gathered at the Army Navy Country Club in Arlington, VA to support the Marshall Center and honor Easterly.

Read the full recap here.

Minchew and Price Honored for Service to Their Community

Two longtime supporters of the Marshall Center – Randy Minchew and Steve Price – have just been named Loudoun Laureates. The Loudoun Laurels organization promotes increased educational support for traditionally underserved populations and honors lifetime stewardship and leadership contributions made by citizens of Loudoun County for the benefit of the community.

Minchew has been an active board member of the Marshall Center since November 2020. He currently serves as chair of the Development Committee. Minchew was a founding member and two-term chairman of the Loudoun County Economic Development Commission, as well as a founding member and co-chair of the Rural Economic Development Task Force. He also served three terms in the House of Delegates representing Loudoun County and the Town of Leesburg.

Price served on the board of the Marshall Center for 15 years. As president, he oversaw the six-year renovation of historic Dodona Manor, the home of George and Katherine Marshall. In his role as general counsel to the Land Trust of Virginia, he was instrumental in securing the protection of thousands of undeveloped acres in Loudoun County. As chair of the Virginia Piedmont Heritage Area Association, he expanded educational outreach in schools across the Heritage Area.

Congratulations, Randy and Steve, for your selfless service!

Off Duty Outdoor Speaker Series Returns!

May 15: CIA Historian Nicholas Reynolds to Discuss “Ernest Hemingway's Secret Adventures”

Join us Wednesday, May 15 from 5:30 – 7 p.m. for an in-person discussion of “Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy: Ernest Hemingway’s Secret Adventures, 1935-1966” with Nicholas Reynolds.

While he was the historian at the CIA Museum, Nicholas Reynolds—a longtime American intelligence officer, former U.S. Marine colonel and Oxford-trained historian—began to uncover clues suggesting Nobel Prize-winning novelist Ernest Hemingway was deeply involved in mid-20th-century spycraft. Reynolds’s captivating narrative “looks among the shadows and finds a Hemingway not seen before” (London Review of Books), revealing for the first time a hidden side of Hemingway's life: his troubling recruitment by Soviet spies, followed by a complex set of secret relationships with American agencies.

Join us for a live presentation and Q&A session at Dodona Manor with the author on this fascinating topic!

Off Duty is an outdoor speaker series hosted by the George C. Marshall International Center. Each event features a speaker discussing a topic that touches on history adjacent to George C. Marshall and the times in which he lived. The events run around 90 minutes, with light refreshments and opportunities for networking before and after the discussion.

Camp Marshall: June 24-26

Summer Leadership Experience for High School Students

Build your leadership skills at this free, 3-day event for emerging high school leaders!

For the first time ever, the Marshall Center will host a three-day camp for high school students as part of our Ethical Leadership Program. Camp Marshall will take place June 24-26 on the grounds of Dodona Manor in Leesburg.

Camp Marshall will mix history, team building, leadership exercises and fun to inspire leaders of the future. We encourage members to share this opportunity with their networks.

May 16: Foreign Policy Forum with Les Janka

Adventures With Henry: An Insider’s View Of The Kissinger Years And Legacy

Join us on Thursday, May 16 from Noon – 1 p.m. ET for a Zoom discussion with international affairs expert Les Janka: “An Insider’s View Of The Kissinger Years And Legacy.”

Janka, the former President of Raytheon Arabian Systems Company, distinguished himself in his 40-year career as a high-level U.S. government official, government relations consultant and business executive. He served in the White House as Special Assistant to the President, Senior Staff Member on the National Security Council, White House Deputy Press Secretary and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense in the Pentagon.

In the nonprofit sector, he has served on the board of directors of American Near East Refugee Aid, the Marshall Center and the Tangier American Legation Museum.

A frequent lecturer and author on the Washington political scene, Middle East affairs and the formulation of U.S. national security policy, Janka holds a BA in Economics from the University of Redlands and an MA in Middle East Studies from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.

Rooted in Service

Scouts Plant Peace Garden at Dodona