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March 9, 2010: Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus will be the keynote speaker on the first day of the CNA-JHU/APL co-sponsored symposium "Climate and Energy Imperatives for Future Naval Forces" to be held March 23-24 at The Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory’s Kossiakoff Center in Laurel, Md. (registration required)
March 4, 2010: The CNA-authored 35th annual Population Representation in the Military Services Fiscal Year 2008 available on line
December 30, 2009: Luther Lau, formerly acting chief financial officer, treasurer and vice president, CNA Contracts and Financial Management, is named the company's chief financial officer, treasurer and senior vice president
November 13, 2009: Project Management Institute's College of Performance Management establishes "Gary Christle Excellence in Leadership" award
November 4, 2009: Materials availability. Materials from CNA's "Climate Change, State Resilience and Global Security Conference are available on line
November 4, 2009: CNA Hosts "Climate Change, State Resilience and Global Security Conference" bringing together security leaders from around the world to explore climate change-related issues facing the U.S., China, and Latin America
October 13, 2009: Dr. Paul E. Speer, formerly vice president and director of Research for CNA's Institute for Public Research (IPR), is named president of CNA's Center for Naval Analyses
September 30, 2009: The Centers for Disease Control awards CNA Health Research & Policy an 8½-year, $12.3M contract to conduct the Legacy for Children Longitudinal Follow-up Study
June 29, 2009: CNA's Sherri Goodman is promoted from vice president to senior vice president, General Counsel and Board Secretary
June 8, 2009: Dr. Katherine A. W. McGrady, formerly CNA executive vice president and director of research, is named the company's first chief operating officer
May 18, 2009: CNA's Military Advisory Board releases the report Powering America’s Defense: Energy and the Risks to National Security finding that fossil fuels and the national electrical grid threaten military, economic, and climate security
May 13, 2009: Media Advisory: CNA's Military Advisory Board to release Powering America’s Defense: Energy and the Risks to National Security on Monday, May 18, 10:00 a.m. at the Newseum Conference Center, Washington, DC
April 20, 2009: Vice Admiral (ret.) Kevin J. Cosgriff, former Commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, and William Balderson, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air Programs, have joined CNA as senior fellows
April 17, 2009: Dr. Ellen B. Mandinach, senior project director at CNA and interim director of Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia, has been chosen one of 44 Fellows of the American Educational Research Association (AERA)
March 25, 2009: General Robert Magnus, a former aviator who was second in command of the Marine Corps before retiring from active duty in 2008, joins CNA as a Distinguished Fellow
March 11, 2009: Dr. Martin Feldstein appointed by President Barack Obama to his Economic Recovery Advisory Board, joins CNA as a Distinguished Fellow
March 6, 2009: CNA Field Representative, Dr. Jay Smith, Receives NDIA 2008 Navy Tester of the Year Award
February 20, 2009: CNA Resource Analysis releases its Retirement Choice Calculator and Retirement Choice Report for 2009
December 24, 2008: On December 16, 2008, the Board of Trustees of CNA elected Ambassador Rozanne L. Ridgway as its new Board chair, effective March 19, 2009. She will replace the Honorable William K. Brehm, who has served as chair since March, 13, 2003 and as a trustee since 1994. Brehm will continue to serve as trustee
November 25, 2008: CNA appoints Constance Custer as vice president, Communications and Public Affairs
October 27, 2008: Retired Commander of U.S. Central Command, Admiral William J. Fallon, joins CNA as a Distinguished Fellow
April 1, 2008: CNA Senior Project Director, Ellen B. Mandinach, Ph.D., co-edits Data-Driven School Improvement: Linking Data and Learning a landmark book on the use of data to improve education based on a three-year NSF-sponsored study
October 16, 2007: CNA's Final Report for the Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission: Compensation, Survey Results, and Selected Topics released
October 16, 2007: Kenneth J. Krieg, former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, and Admiral John B. Nathman, former Commander of the Navy's U.S. Fleet Forces Command, join CNA as senior fellows
September 27, 2007: General Gordon R. Sullivan, USA (Ret.), Chairman of the Military Advisory Board to CNA report National Security and the Threat of Climate Change, testifies before Congress that climate change is a "significant threat to our national security"
April 17, 2007: CNA Military Advisory Board Chairman, General Gordon Sullivan (USA, ret.), issues statement applauding UN Security Council debate on the national security threats posed by climate change
April 16, 2007: Climate Change Poses Serious Threat To U.S. National Security
March 27, 2007: CNA establishes China Studies Center, creating one of the largest China analysis programs in the country; inaugural event features remarks by Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.)
September 27, 2006: Tim Beres, former director of preparedness programs for the Department of Homeland Security, joins CNA
May 8, 2006: Sarah L. Friedman, a former official at the National Institutes of Health, joins CNA to direct the Appalachian Regional Education Laboratory, a major Department of Education contract recently awarded to CNA
April 20, 2006: Vincent Taylor, former DOT assistant secretary, to head CNA's Human Capital Management Center
March 14, 2006: The U.S. Department of Education has awarded CNA's Education Center a $26 million contract to run the Appalachian Regional Education Laboratory
February 27, 2006: Noted educator Robert "Bud" Spillane to lead CNA's Education Center
December 12, 2005: Former HHS deputy Matthew Payne joins CNA's Health Care Operations and Policy Research Center
November 17, 2005: CNA honored for its family-friendly workplace policies
June 14, 2005: Commarts.com, the online version of Communication Arts magazine, names www.cna.org as its "Site of the Week"
May 25, 2005: A newly released CNA study examining non-citizens in the military finds that immigrant enlistees are highly successful, which could bode well for future recruitment efforts; Employment and Training Reporter features economist Louis Jacobson's recommendations on fixing problems in the Workforce Investment Act
March 28, 2005
November 18, 2004: New CNA Study Finds National Board Certification is Effective Indicator of Teacher Quality
November 1, 2004: Department of Education Awards CNA $2 Million to Help States Improve Ability to Meet Educators Top Needs
October 25, 2004: CNA to Examine Home and Community Based Health Services — Research to Focus on Access, Finances, Services and Quality
October 12, 2004: Department of Health and Human Services Awards CNA $2.3 Million to Help States Improve Background Checks on Long-Term Care Workers
August 26, 2004: CNA's National Security Senior Seminar Series To Begin Fall Session
July 30, 2004: Carole Magoffin, expert in health services delivery, research, and program development, joins CNA
July 12, 2004: The CNA Corporation's Education Center Evaluates Teaching American History Programs
June 21, 2004: National Reconnaissance Office Honors CNA Analyst Dr. Gary Federici
Award recognizes contribution to study of space systems
June 4, 2004: CNA Analysts Contribute to New Book on Military Transformation
May 19, 2004: Center for Naval Analyses President Honored by Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington
March 30, 2004: Prominent Virginia Non-Profit Research Institutions Form Partnership — Combined annual research budget of over $325 million
March 22, 2004: CNA Appoints Christine Fox as President of its Center for Naval Analyses
February 17, 2004: Homeland Security Awards $7.4 Million to CNA to Develop U.S. Preparedness Measures
November 14, 2003: D.C. Department of Health Conducts Bioterrorism Preparedness Exercise
November 5, 2003: Alexandria Non-Profit Honors Staff Embedded During Operation Iraqi Freedom
October 23, 2003: Washingtonian Magazine Names CNA a "Great Place to Work"
October 1, 2003: CNA announces new President of the Institute for Public Research
July 24, 2003: CNA Vice President Sam Kleinman testifies to the Senate Subcommittee on National Parks on Competitive Sourcing

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