The 2023 Border Security Expo, a two-day event for border security-related officials, agencies, and communities to share information and ideas, network, and access cutting-edge solutions and products to help them conduct more efficient and effective security operations, is held from May 10 to May 11, amid the expiration of Title 42.
On Day One:
8:30 am – 9:30 am: Opening Plenary
Welcome Remarks:
Senator John Cornyn, Texas (video message)
Mayor Oscar Leeser, El Paso
Scott Good, Chief Patrol Agent, El Paso Sector, U.S. Border Patrol
Remarks:
Benjamine “Carry” Huffman, Acting Deputy Commissioner, CBP
Eric Hysen, CIO, DHS
9:30 am – 10:30 am
Opening Keynote Panel: The State of the Border
Opening Video Remarks: Anduril
Moderator:
Ron Colburn, The Border Patrol Foundation Board of Directors; Former National Deputy Chief, U.S. Border Patrol
Panelists:
Raul Ortiz, Chief, U.S. Border Patrol
Gloria Chavez, Chief Patrol Agent, Rio Grande Valley Sector, U.S. Border Patrol
Hector Mancha, Director of Field Operations, El Paso, CBP
11:00 am – 12:00 pm:
The Border of the Future
Moderator:
Bobby Brown, Senior Partner, Capital Defense and Associates
Panelists:
Manuel Padilla, Jr., Executive Assistant Commissioner, Operations Support Office, CBP
David BeMiller, Chief of Law Enforcement Operations, U.S. Border Patrol Headquarters
Ruynard Singleton, Executive Director, Program Management Office Directorate, U.S. Border Patrol
Juan Acosta, Assistant Director, Headquarters Field Operations, ERO, ICE
Biometrics: DHS Working Together:
Moderator:
Patty Todaro Bolin, Managing Partner, ICS Advisory
Panelists:
David M. Jennings, (Acting) Deputy Chief, Identity & Information Management Division (IIMD), Immigration Records & Identity Services (IRIS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
Beth Cappello, Deputy Chief Information Officer, DHS
Ntina K. Cooper, Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner (Acting), Enterprise Services, CBP
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
How You Can Help Enable the DHS Mission: Current Acquisitions & Resourcing Trends for DHS Needs
Moderator:
Elaine Duke, Principal, Elaine Duke & Associates, LLC
Speakers:
Bill Weinberg, Assistant Administrator for Contracting and Procurement and Head of Contracting Activity, TSA
Paul Courtney, Chief Procurement Officer, DHS
Kerri Bishop, Chief of the Contracting Office, MST, Procurement Directorate, CBP
Sarah Todd, Executive Director of Acquisition Policy & Legislation, DHS
Shawn O’Donnell, Supervisory Contracting Officer, DHS/ICE
Investing in the Workforce (Part 1)
Moderator:
Patty Todaro Bolin, Managing Partner, ICS Advisory
Panelists:
Ryan J. Scudder, Acting Executive Assistant Commissioner, Enterprise Services, CBP
Rose Brophy, Acting Executive Director, Workforce Care, CBP
Peter Jaquez, Executive Director, Workforce Care Designate, CBP
