2019 Webster Award

General Michael V. Hayden (Ret.), a retired four-star general who served as director of the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency, was awarded The Honorable William H. Webster Distinguished Service Award on November 6, 2019 at a special event at the new home of the International Spy Museum in L’Enfant Plaza. More than 500 attendees took part in this unique celebration and fundraising event for the Museum, which included a keynote address by former CIA Director George Tenet. 

2019 Webster Distinguished Service Award Recipient

General Michael V. Hayden, USAF (Ret.)

General Michael V. Hayden is a retired four-star general who served as director of the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency when the course of world events was changing at a rapid rate. As head of the country’s premier intelligence agencies, he was on the frontline of global change, the war on terrorism and the growing cyber challenge. In addition to leading the CIA and NSA, General Hayden was the country’s first principal deputy director of national intelligence and the highest-ranking military intelligence officer in the country. Hayden also served as commander of the Air Intelligence Agency and Director of the Joint Command and Control Warfare Center and served in senior staff positions at the Pentagon, US European Command, the National Security Council, and the US Embassy in Bulgaria. He was also the deputy chief of staff for the United Nations Command and US Forces in South Korea. Hayden has been a frequent expert and commentator on major news outlets and in top publications, valued for his expertise on intelligence matters like cyber security, government surveillance, geopolitics, and more. 

2019 Co-Chairs

Jill Singer, AT&T
Michael Morell, Beacon Global Strategies LLC

We are deeply grateful to our sponsors for this event, including:

AT&T
Carahsoft
Federal Data Systems/Dell EMC
Jacobs
Cisco Systems
George Mason University, Schar School of Policy and Government
In-Q-Tel Inc.
Perspecta Inc.

Click here for a complete list of 2019 Webster Award Sponsors

 

2019 Webster Award Event Photos

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2019 Webster Awardee General Michael V. Hayden and family

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General Michael V. Hayden, Former DNI James Clapper, Former DCI George Tenet, SPY Executive Director Chris Costa

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Admiral William H. McRaven and The Honorable Susan M. Gordon

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Michael Morell, Peter Earnest, Gen. Michael V. Hayden, James Clapper, George Tenet, Chris Costa

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SPY Advisory Board Member Melissa Mahle, SPY Board Member Mary Kraft, SPY Advisory Board Member Jonna Mendez, Susan Shapero

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Ambassador John Negroponte, Judge William H. Webster, William H. Webster Jr., Lynda Webster

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Stephanie Glakas-Tenet and George Tenet

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Co-Chairs Jill Singer and Michael Morell

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Emcee Wolf Blitzer

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2019 Webster Award Event - Spy Museum Ballroom

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