24 February 2025 –
The National Defense University community is invited to attend the Chancellor's Lecture Series featuring Lieutenant General (Ret.) Charles Hooper. The event will take place from 1200-1300 Monday, February 24, 2025. In-person attendance in Marshall Hall, room 155A/B, is encouraged.
LTG (R) Hooper is a senior counselor for The Cohen Group following a distinguished 41-year military career. He most recently served as the Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). In this role, he led the agency through the sale of all US weapons, military equipment, support services, and training packages to foreign governments, which included oversight of 20,000 people globally and over $50 billion in annual sales. As DSCA’s leader, Lieutenant General Hooper built strong relations with officials from allied nations around the world—not just defense officials, but with leaders from foreign ministries and finance ministries as well, among others.
A native of Willingboro, New Jersey, General Hooper is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and holds a Master of Public Administration degree from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is also a graduate of the US Army War College and the UK Ministry of Defense Chinese Language School, Hong Kong.
All lecture series events are part of PEC-6170, the Practicum, Experiential learning, and Capstone Exercise course. The purpose of the CLS is to complement the student curriculum and enhance CIC program learning outcomes.