2026 Speakers

Katharine (Kitty) Cushing

Founder & President
Newport Global Summit

Bio
Steve Forbes

Chairman
Forbes Media LLC

Bio
Rye Barcott

Author
Courage Can Save US
Co-Founder & CEO With Honor

Bio
Brett Johnson

CEO
Benevolent Capital
Chairman
Rhode Island FC & Centreville Bank Stadium
Director
Ipswich Town FC

Bio
Billy Thalheimer

Co-Founder & Co-CEO
REGENT CRAFT

Bio
Carolyn Rafaelian

Founder
Rafaelian Inc

Bio
Elizabeth Ames

Author, Producer & Journalist

Bio
Miguel Armaza

Co-Founder & General Partner
Gilgamesh Ventures
& host of the Fintech Leaders Podcast

Bio
Dr. Semir Beyaz

Assistant Professor
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Bio
Chase Bly

Vice President
FODIS

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James C. Bly, Jr.

Founder, Principal & Chairman Emeritus
FODIS

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David Booth

Founder & Chairman Dimensional Fund Advisors

Bio
Michael Clinton

Founder & CEO
ROAR Forward

Bio
Henry P. Davison, II

Managing Director
Chilton Trust

Bio
Sofia Douzoglou

Vice President, Private Wealth Group
CIM Group

Bio
Ben DuPont

Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Chartline Capital Partners

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Robert Dupree

Co-Head of Infrastructure & Impact
CIM Group

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Janine Gasper

Chief Nursing Officer,
Infinite Medical
Co-Founder
Infinite Hope

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Louise Guido

Managing Director
SOHO 584

Bio
Nikolas Gvosdev

Professor, National Security Affairs
U.S. Naval War College

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Timothy W.A. Horan

Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer – Fixed Income & Chief Economist
Chilton Trust

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Philip K. Howard

Chair
Common Good

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Emily Jansen

Founder
Emily Jacob Agency

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JP Keating

Managing Partner & Founder
proChain Ventures

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Jack Bradley Matheson

Founder
Newport Junior Global Summit

Bio
John Messervey

Private Advisor to America's Leading Families

Bio
Edward Mier, MBA

General Partner & Co-Founder
Pointer.Capital

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Howard Morgan

Chair & General Partner
B Capital

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Diana Oehrli, ACC

Writer & Host
The Pressures of Privilege
Trustee & Executive Director
Gruben Charitable Foundation

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Harry Philbrick

Executive Director
Newport Art Museum

Bio
Abi Prakash

Managing Director,
Private Capital Advisory
Raymond James

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Lindsey Press

Global Head of Investor Relations
HGGC

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Andrew Reilly

Managing Director
VCFA

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Michaela Reilly

Host
The Phychedlic Mom Podcast

Bio
R. Todd Ruppert

Founder & CEO
Ruppert International

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Robert Seliger

Founder & CEO
Arctevity

Bio
Ben Sorkin

Founder & CEO
Flux Marine

Bio
Kara Sundlun

Emmy Award-winning news anchor and talk show host
WFSB-TV

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George Tilghman

Founder & Managing Partner
GT3 Ventures

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BG Peter Zwack (Ret.)

Russia and Eurasia specialist, Speaker, & Writer
Global Fellow, Kennan Institute
Wilson Center

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Rainer Zitelmann

Historian, Sociologist, & Author

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