(March 7, 2006) Washington, D.C. - Representatives of the University of Southern California (USC) discuss the university's CREATE Homeland Security Center of Excellence with Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard.  The center is funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The center's mission is to assess the risks of terrorism, develop tools to analyze the economic and societal consequences of terrorist attacks and provide guidance on how to counter terrorism and make the nation safer.  Pictured from left to right:  USC Trustees Gregory Brakovich (Chief Executive Officer, KBS Capital Markets Group) and Ann Hill (Attorney at Law); Chairman of USC's Board of Trustees Stanley P. Gold (President and CEO, Shamrock Holdings, Inc.); Congresswoman Roybal-Allard; USC Trustee Frank H. Cruz (Vice Chairman, Corporation for Public Broadcasting); USC Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs C.L. Max Nikias; and USC Trustees Jeffrey H. Smulyan (Chairman of the Board, Emmis Communications) and Bruce Ramer (Partner, Gang Tyre Ramer & Brown).