On Tuesday, July 8, at 2:00 p.m. ET, the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative will publicly launch its task force’s inaugural report, “Resilience first: Strengthening individuals, securing the United States, and protecting the free world.” Task force members will discuss what national security resilience means across multiple levels: international, national, state and local, and individual.

This panel will be followed by a conversation focused on how the United States, Canada, and Mexico can bolster their homeland security resilience ahead of the 2026 World Cup, organized with support from the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center. 

Both conversations support the Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative’s work to advance resilience as a core tenet of US and allied national security policy and practice.

The panels will be followed by a reception in the Adrienne Arsht Sky Lobby to celebrate the report’s launch.

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Speakers

Jenna Ben-Yehuda
Executive Vice President
Atlantic Council

Adrienne Arsht
Executive Vice Chair
Atlantic Council

Marta Kepe
Nonresident Senior Fellow,
Atlantic Council;
Senior Defense Analyst,
RAND Corporation

Jeanne Benincasa Thorpe
Former Director of National Security and Resilience,
Nixon Peabody

Elizabeth Sizeland
Executive Director, Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative Task Force,
Atlantic Council;
Former Deputy National Security Advisor,
United Kingdom

Samantha Vinograd
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative
Atlantic Council;
Former Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism and Threat Prevention,
US Department of Homeland Security

Matthew Kroenig
Vice President and Senior Director, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security,
Atlantic Council

*Additional speakers will be announced

Agenda

2:00–2:10 p.m. ET | Welcome remarks

Speakers

Jenna Ben-Yehuda
Executive Vice President,
The Atlantic Council

Adrienne Arsht
Executive Vice Chair
The Atlantic Council

2:10–3:00 p.m. ET | Resilience First Task Force report launch

Speakers

Elizabeth Sizeland
Executive Director,
Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative Task Force
Atlantic Council;
Former Deputy National Security Advisor,
United Kingdom

Jeanne Benincasa Thorpe
Former Director of National Security and Resilience,
Nixon Peabody

Marta Kepe
Nonresident Senior Fellow,
Atlantic Council;
Senior Defense Advisor;
RAND Corporation

3:00–3:55 p.m. ET | The 2026 FIFA World Cup and strengthening homeland resilience

Speakers

Speakers will be announced shortly.

Moderated by

Samantha Vinograd
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative,
Atlantic Council;
Former Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism and Threat Prevention,
Department of Homeland Security

3:55–4:00 p.m. ET | Closing remarks

Matthew Kroenig
Vice President and Senior Director, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
Atlantic Council

4:00–5:00 p.m. ET | Reception

In-person attendees, may join us in the Adrienne Arsht Sky Lobby for drinks and hors d’oeuvres to celebrate the report launch and learn more about the future work of the Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative.

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