SOLD OUT: Two Generals

The World Affairs Council is pleased to partner with the Rainier Club to offer a lunch discussion on current national security challenges with General (ret.) Barry McCaffrey and General (ret.) Peter Chiarelli, who each have over forty years of defense and national security experience.

About the Speakers

General Barry McCaffrey served in the United States Army for 32 years. When he retired in 1996, he was the most decorated General serving in the United States Army, having been awarded 3 Purple Heart Medals for wounds received in combat, 2 Distinguished Service Crosses (the nation’s second highest award for valor), and 2 Silver Stars for valor. He served overseas for more than 12 years ---and 4 combat tours with the 82nd Abn Division, the Vietnamese Airborne Division, the 1st Cavalry Division, and the 24th Mech Infantry Division.

For five years after leaving the military, General McCaffrey served as the director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.

Upon leaving government service, he served as the Bradley Distinguished Professor of International Security Studies from 2001-2005; and an Adjunct Professor of International Security Studies from 2006-2010 at the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY. He served as an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Sciences from 1973-1976 teaching American Government and Comparative Politics.

General Peter W. Chiarelli U.S. Army (Retired) is the former Chief Executive Officer of One Mind, an organization that advocates for all affected by brain disease and injury. Chiarelli previously served as the 32nd Vice Chief of Staff in the Army, where he was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Army and its 1.1 million active and reserve soldiers. Other military positions included commander of the Multi-National Corps-Iraq and Senior Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.

In 2013, Chiarelli received the Patriot Award, the Congressional Medal of Honor Society's highest honor for his work to help soldiers and families suffering from the invisible wounds of war. Chiarelli holds a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from Seattle University, a Master of Public Administration from the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington, and a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategy from Salve Regina University. He is also a graduate of the College of Naval Command and Staff, and the National War College.