Gary L. Gregg II, Ph.D., is the Mitch McConnell Chair in Leadership at the University of Louisville and the Director of the McConnell Center. He is the author or editor of a dozen nonfiction books, including Reflection and Choice: The Federalists, the Anti-Federalists and the Debate that Defined America (McConnell Center Books, 2020), and Patriot Sage: George Washington and the American Political Tradition (ISI Books, 1999), which Human Events magazine named as one of the top ten books of that year. A prolific public speaker, he has also authored nearly a hundred op-eds and essays as well as the young adult novel The Stag and the Spear (Butler Books, 2024). He has served on numerous educational boards, including those of The Philadelphia Society, Air University (which oversees all educational programs of the U.S. Air Force), and the University Bookman. Since 2014, he is the Director and Lead Faculty for the U.S. Army’s Strategic Broadening Seminar at the University of Louisville, which affords him ample opportunity to discuss George Washington’s leadership lessons and other topics.