Monthly Luncheon February - From Dallas to Butler

Monthly Luncheon

Registration opens 12/11/26

From Dallas to Butler

 Lew Merletti

Former Director of the Secret Service

This presentation will cover the failures of Secret Service leadership leading up to the Butler assassination attempt on President Trump. Lew Merletti  will then compare the similarities between the assassination of President John F. Kennedy (Dallas) and the Butler attempt as well as a comparison of assassins Lee Harvey Oswald (Dallas) and Thomas Matthew Crooks (Butler, Pennsylvania). Throughout his presentation a focus on "Leadership or Failed Leadership" will be emphasized.

Lewis C. Merletti, the nineteenth director of the U.S. Secret Service and a former member of the Counter Assault Team (CAT), the paramilitary force of the U.S. Secret Service.

Merletti's unconventional-warfare expertise comes from his combat experiences in Vietnam as a Green Beret.”

Mr. Merletti currently leads the Advisory Board for Cleveland based Ashwood Risk Management Solutions and Ashwood Force Protection Services, advising on complex security issues and high-threat environments for private individuals and corporate industry. He also advises larger tactical and security companies, such as SureFire, as an Advisory Board member. Merletti’s clients often require physical, cyber, and other technical security services and assessments in both domestic and international high-risk areas.

Cancellation Policy: No refund if cancellation is within 7 days of the event.

Questions? Email Michael Sobol.