Brent Gleeson is a Navy SEAL combat veteran, award-winning entrepreneur, author, and acclaimed speaker on topics ranging from leadership and building high performance teams to culture, resilience, and organizational transformation. Upon leaving SEAL Team 5, Brent turned his discipline and battlefield lessons to the world of business and has become an accomplished entrepreneur, best-selling author and acclaimed speaker on topics ranging from leadership and building high performance teams to culture and organizational transformation. He is the author of two previous books: TAKINGPOINT: A Navy SEAL’s 10 Fail Safe Principles for Leading Through Change (Atria, February 2018) and EMBRACE THE SUCK: The Navy SEAL Way to an Extraordinary Life (Hachette Go, December 2020).

Session: Thursday General Session, November 6 at 9:30 a.m. Sponsored by Wonderful Logistics Center.

Dr. LaSalvia brings two decades of academic and industry experience to his role as Head of Commercial Real Estate Economics at Moody’s Analytics. He is responsible for his team’s production of market analysis and forecasting across all U.S. geographies and property types. In addition to Thomas’s broad market expertise, his keen interest lies within the subdiscipline of optimal location theory and its effects on neighborhood performance. Dr. LaSalvia regularly presents his research to a variety of industry stakeholders, and his insights are frequently featured in leading periodicals. Before joining Moody's, Thomas was appointed Lecturer of Economics at The College of William & Mary, focusing his research and teaching in the fields of Urban and Real Estate Economics.

Session: Closing General Session, November 7 at 9:15 a.m.