Commander Kirk Lippold, USN (Ret.), Commanding Officer of the USS Cole when it was attacked by al Qaeda in the port of Aden, Yemen, is the keynote speaker for the Concrete Executive Leadership Forum set for July 25-28, 2013 at The Breakers, Palm Beach, Florida. The forum is an event of the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC), St. Louis, Missouri, in partnership with Concrete Construction and Concrete International magazines.