Ms. Tracy Walder worked as Staff Operations Officer (SOO) at the Central Intelligence Agency's Counterterrorism Center Weapons of Mass Destruction Group. During her time at the CIA, Ms. Walder traveled to Afghanistan, Jordan, Uzbekistan, Algeria, Morocco, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, and England.

She received many awards for her service from both the CIA and from foreign intelligence offices as well. Among her awards were four Exceptional Performance Awards from the Director of the CIA, two Special Activity Awards, a Meritorious Unit Citation Award, a DCI Counterterrorism Center Medal, and two Operation Enduring Freedom Targeting Awards.

After the CIA, Ms. Walder became a Special Agent at the FBI's Los Angeles Field Office specializing in Chinese counterintelligence operations and has also created courses on national security & foreign policy for young women. She now works as an adjunct professor of Criminal Justice and Domestic Terrorism at Texas Christian University and Global Terrorism at Ursuline Academy.

Lieutenant General (three-stars) Bingham retired in September 2019 from the United States Army following a 38-year career in the military. 

Some of her accomplishments include:

• Army Assistant Chief of Staff, Installation Management
• First female Garrison Commander at Fort Lee
• First female to serve as Quartermaster General
• Army ROTC Distinguished Military Graduate, University of Alabama Aug ’81, Bachelor of Science degree in Commerce and Business Administration
• Two Master’s Degrees: Administration from Central Michigan University, National Security Strategy and Resources from the National Defense University
• 2019 Joint Women’s Leadership in Excellence Meritorious Service Award

Lieutenant General Gwen Bingham is a U. S. Army retired 3-star General and a native of Troy, Alabama. She graduated from Army ROTC as a Distinguished Military Graduate from the University of Alabama in August 1981 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Commerce and Business Administration. She commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps. Bingham has a Master’s degree in Administration from Central Michigan University and a Master’s degree in National Security Strategy and Resources from the National Defense University.

Bingham deployed to Kuwait and Afghanistan in April 2010 in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. She has been a trailblazer serving as the first woman to hold numerous positions as a General Officer. They include: The Army’s 51st Quartermaster General and Commandant of the US Army Quartermaster School; Commanding General, White Sands Missile Range; and Commanding General, Tank-automotive and Armaments Life Cycle Management Command.  On 30 June 2016, she was confirmed by the Senate for promotion to Lieutenant General and assignment in the Pentagon as the Army Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management. 

Bingham’s professional affiliations include:  Council on Foreign Relations, member; National Association of Corporate Directors, Governance Fellows; Blue Star Families Board of Directors (Vice-Chair); Owens and Minor, Incorporated Board of Directors; Military Child Education Coalition, Life Member; Association of the United States Army, Life Member; ROCKS, Incorporated, Life Member; and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, Life Member.

Bingham is the recipient of the 2019 White House Correspondents “Be Fearless” Award; the 2019 Joint Women’s Leadership in Excellence Meritorious Service Award; the 2018 Ellis Island Medal of Honor; the 2018 Women in Defense Service to the Flag award and the 2014 Rock of the Year award. She and her husband, Dr. Patrick J. Bingham, have two adult children: Dr. Tava M. Bingham and Mr. Phillip J. Bingham.  She and her husband reside in Leander, Texas. 

Following graduation from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, the late General Neal was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps.  For the next thirty-five years, Neal commanded at every level within the Marine Corps; battery, battalion, brigade, and as the Second Marine Division Commander. 

He served two tours in the Republic of Vietnam and was twice decorated with the United States’ third-highest award for gallantry, the Silver Star Medal. During Operation Desert Storm, Neal served as the Deputy Director of Operations for General Schwarzkopf and was also responsible for briefing the international press on the war. Neal was promoted to four stars and assigned as the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps before his retirement in 1998.

Subsequent to his retirement he has been the President of three companies dealing with the licensing of Intellectual Property. Neal was the Senior Mentor for the United States Marine Corps for five years and was a Senior Fellow for the National Defense University. Additionally, Neal was the Chairman of the Board for the Military Officers Association of America and is presently on the Board of Directors for Humanetics Corporation, for Steel Partners Holding, LP, and is on the Board of Trustees for Norwich University.

Neal held a B.S. in History and Education from Northeastern University, an M.Ed. from Tulane University, and is a graduate of The National War College. Neal recently published a memoir “What Now, Lieutenant?” that is on the Commandant of the Marine Corps Professional Reading list.