Media Advisory: Student Veterans of America (SVA) 2022 National Conference
Events
01/06/2022
January 6, 2021, Orlando, Fla.—NatCon is the largest annual convening of student veterans in the country. The 14th Annual NatCon will be held January 6-8, 2022 at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort near Orlando, Florida.
Schedule of Speakers
Thursday, January 6 at 4:00 p.m. ET
- President Joe Biden*
- Remi Adeleke (Former Navy SEAL, author, speaker, and actor)
- Jared Lyon (National President and CEO, Student Veterans of America)
- Meg Kabat (Senior Advisor for Families, Caregivers, and Survivors at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)**
Friday, January 7 at 11:30 a.m. ET
- VA Secretary Denis McDonough**
- Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona*
- Senator Jon Tester*
- Philomena Mantella (President, Grand Valley State University)
- Darrell T. Allison, J.D. (Chancellor, Fayetteville State University)
- Marybeth Gasman (Executive Director, Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions)
- Jamie Gray Hyder (Actress, Model, and Producer)
Saturday, January 8 at 3:00 p.m. ET
- Sebastian Junger (Award-Winning Journalist, Director, and Best-Selling Author)
- Saturday, January 8 at 6:00 p.m. ET (no live stream)
- Nate Boyer (Green Beret, Texas Longhorn, Seattle Seahawk & Cofounder of Merging Vets & Players)
* indicates pre-recorded remarks
** indicates live virtual remarks