DeSales Networking Breakfast Featuring Ed Turzanski

April 21st ~ 7:37 AM - 9:00 AM

The Union League at Torresdale

3801 Grant Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19114

Edward A. Turzanski

National Security, Intelligence & Political Analyst

Topic: "Virtue as a Necessary Element of National Security"

The DeSales Network is proud to welcome Edward A. Turzanski to the Networking Breakfast on April 21, 2023. The event will start at 7:37 am with continental breakfast and networking followed by a presentation by Ed Turzanski on "Virtue as a Necessary Element of National Security." You will have the opportunity to ask questions and learn from Ed and each other.

Edward A. Turzanski Over a four-decade-long career, Edward A. Turzanski has been a practitioner, researcher, historian, professor, essayist and commentator in the fields of Intelligence, Espionage, National Security and Foreign Policy. He is a Life Member of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers, having served with the U.S. Intelligence Community during the Reagan Administration with postings throughout the Middle East, Central Asia and Eastern Europe. During the George W. Bush Administration, he served on the U.S. Department of Justice’s Anti-Terrorism Advisory Committee (ATAC) for the Third District and the Department of Homeland Security’s Port Security Committee for Philadelphia. He is also a Life Member of the Naval War College Foundation and the National Association of Scholars. Mr. Turzanski is a Member of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition Advisory Board and a Senior Fellow with the Foreign Policy Research Institute where he was its first John Templeton Fellow. His commentary on National Security, Intelligence, Political and Diplomatic affairs has been heard over more than four-dozen media outlets across North America, and on the BBC’s World Service, CBC and CTV News in Canada, Fox News Channel and National Public Radio. Mr. Turzanski is a 1977 graduate of Northeast Catholic High School for Boys and was inducted into its Alumni Hall of Fame in 2012.

The Mission of the DeSales Network

To honor the memory of Fr. William Guerin, OSFS, the DeSales Network will offer engagement and social opportunities for spiritual growth for Gospel-minded people in the spirit of St. Francis de Sales to fuel the grace that, in the words of Fr. Guerin, “gets you to heaven."

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