Panel Discussion III: Shaping the Future of
Civil Affairs – The Way Forward
Karen Guttieri
Moderator: Dr. Karen Guttieri, Security and Development Policy Lead with the Peace Innovation Lab
at Stanford University and author of Masters of Peace
• Major General Daniel Ammerman, Commander, U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne)
• Brigadier General Ferd Irizarry II, U.S. Army
Reserve Command, G-3/5/7
• Brigadier General Hugh Van Roosen, Director,
Institute for Military Support to Governance
(IMSG), U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special
Warfare Center and School
• Lieutenant Colonel Louis “Rocky” Simon, Director, U.S. Marine Corps Civil-military operations School
The state of Civil Affairs (CA) at the close of 2014
might be characterized as a moment of acceptance of
institutional conditions and, at the same time, investment in small scale, practical steps to strengthen the
community. The third and final panel of the Civil Affairs Symposium in Valley Forge focused on “Shaping
the Future of Civil Affairs.” The panelists discussed
the state of the community affected by a mixed recent
past that results from a convergence of institutional
and policy trends, as well as ways forward for the CA
community. To sharpen this effort, they focused on
four priorities: training and education; functional specialty revitalization; public-private partnerships; and,
civil information management. These are practical ar23