THURSDAY

September 7

7:30 a.m.- 8:30 a.m. - Continental Breakfast  

8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. - Army Color Guard from The 3rd US Infantry (The Old Guard) for music SSB is 21 and 22

• Remembrance/Invocation - Rev. JD Sims, OCC

9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. - Welcome Remarks

• Jackie Garrick - Founder of WoA 

9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - Working with an attorney

• Julie Reed -  FCA Whistleblower

9:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. - Whistleblower Laws and Legal Processes - Who Gets What? 

• Tom Devine, Government Accountability Project -  Federal employees and their rights  

• Richard Condit & Cleveland Lawrence III, Mehri & Skalet  - Private sector protections and rewards

• Renee Brooker - Qui Tam Rewards

• Dan Guttman - International whistleblower laws

11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. - Box Lunch - WoA Business Meeting 

• Meet Dobby from Giraffe Conservation Foundation & Video 

• Giraffe Award Winners Announced

• Announce Be A Giraffe Contest

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. - US Government  Resources, Referrals and Rightdoing 

• Shanna Devine, - House Whistleblower Ombuds Office - Working with elected officials 

• Melanie Devoe, & Tracy Gostyla - Commodity Futures Trading Commission, CFTC Reward Programs

• Tristan Levitt - EMPOWER, OSC and the MSPB

• James Whittaker - House Veterans Affairs Committee - Investigations & Legislation

2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. - Break

2:45 p.m.- 4:30p.m. - Peer Support Skills and Networking 

• Ekta Srinivasa - Peer support in health care

• Jackie Garrick - Diagnosing Retaliation 

• Catherine Mattice - Civility Partners (by video)

4:30 p.m. - 5:00p.m. - Intro to National Whistleblower Day Recognition

5:00 - 6:00pm - Rose Garden Advocacy Walk to the White House Fence (Live Stream) 

FRIDAY

September 8

7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. - Breakfast Day 2 Welcome

9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Global Imperative - Whistleblower Rights & Protections

• Georgina Halford-Hall - Founding Member of Whistleblowers UK

• Pamela Forward -  President and Executive Director, Whistleblowing Canada Research Society

• Cynthia Stimpel - Executive Director of The Whistleblower House 

• Vanessa Hall - Entente, Australia, Building Trust & Coaching Rightdoing

• Jenny Foster - Better Working Lives for All Committee, Ireland, Anti Bullying Movement

• Heidi Haugland Walker - Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority

• Carlos Jaico - Centrum Iustitia, Peru, Protections, Rights and Awareness

• Aris Danikas - CEO & co-founder at Blue Print For Free Speech Greece & Human Rights Advocate

11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. - Box Lunch Meeting - WPA Certification - Christian Greene

12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - A Safe Place to Work: Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Cultures

• Dorothy Suskind - Workplace Bullying: Closed Circles and Big Tent Belonging

• Andrew Samuels - ISO Compliance

• Dr. Tonisha M. Pinckney - DEI

2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. - Military & Veteran: Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Cultures

• Richard Brookshire- Veterans Stigma and Transition

• Paul Sullivan - Claim Sharks 

• K. Denise Rucker Krepp - Sexual Assault is a Crime; USCG example

3:15 p.m. - 4:30 - Peer Support Skills: Owning Your Own Narrative

• Jackie Garrick - Diagnosing Retaliation 

• Heidi Weber - Whistleblower Revolution

• Rebekah Jones - Movie Rebekah Jones Whistleblower

• Ted Blickwedel - Broken Promises

• John Kirakou - Working with the Press

4:30 p.m. - Closing Remarks - Jackie Garrick 

5:00 p.m. - Adjourn