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The current roster of MCS Distinguished Speakers includes:

PAUL D. McCARTHY
President, MCS 
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Paul McCarthy is the founder and president of McCarthy Creative Services.  He is anauthor and co-author, creative editor, novelist, anthologist, publishing consultant, magazine writer, essayist, book critic, literary, film and television agent, and public speaker.

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Edward C. Tracy
MCS Vice President, Director of Programs,
Marketing & Production
Program Development & Speakers Division
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Ed Tracy lectures on organizational development, special events and fund raising, and has moderated numerous panels and programs on a variety of topics.

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Frederick J. Chiaventone

The 13th Count of Castel Vecchia is a novelist, screenwriter, military historian, consultant, retired cavalry officer and Professor Emeritus for International Security Affairs at the US Army's Command and General Staff College.
With his vast experience in the field he has become an internationally recognized expert on guerilla warfare, counter-terrorism, peacekeeping operations, and broadcast media.

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Ed Ruggero

After graduating from West Point in 1980, Ed Ruggero was commissioned in the United States Army and served as an infantry officer in a variety of positions around the world. Awarded a Master’s Degree in English from the University of North Carolina in 1987, Ed joined the faculty at West Point, where he taught writing and literature. In 1990 he was selected for promotion and further schooling at L’Ecole Militaire in Paris; that same year also saw the publication of his first book, 38 North Yankee, a novel about a modern Korean War. Ed left the service in 1991 to pursue a career as a writer, public speaker and trainer.

His writings on leadership, his story-telling talents and the success of his first five novels (including The Common Defense, Firefall, Breaking Ranks and The Academy) brought him to the attention of the Pentagon, and early in 1998 Ed co-authored the newly revised manual, Army Leadership, which is used throughout the service to teach the subject at all levels. For the past several years, Ed has also been a highly sought-after keynote speaker, addressing business and professional organizations on all aspects of leadership, leader development and character development.
Ed lives near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with his wife, Marcia Noa, son Colin and daughter Dealyn.

JOHN WESTERMANN

John Westermann is a retired Long Island police officer who was decorated three times for excellence and bravery. He is the author of five crime novels, including EXIT WOUNDS, which is currently filming in Toronto, starring Steven Seagal, DMX, and Jill Hennessy, and which will be a major Warner Bros. release in 2001.

Mr. Westermann, who flunked out of Trinity College in Hartford, has taught fiction writing seminars at Dowling College, The Latin School in Chicago, and the Boston Center for Adult Education. He has appeared on NPR, New York and Co., WABC-TV, and News 12 in Long Island.

John Westermann on location of his new movie EXIT WOUNDS
Photo: Kristen Kreis

His article “Lessons I’ve Learned” appeared in the April 1994 issue of Writer’s Digest. His short story “Trauma Bells are Ringing” won the 1999 Blaggard Award from New Mystery Magazine. Mr. Westermann lives on Long Island with his twelve-year old son Jake.

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