2026 Summer Institute

General David Petraeus

Keynote Speaker, Former CIA Director

General David H. Petraeus (U.S. Army, Ret.) is a former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and one of America's most decorated military commanders. He commanded coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and oversaw the development and implementation of the Surge strategy. General Petraeus holds a PhD from Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School and is currently a partner at KKR.