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Chairman Emeritus, TXU Corporation
Mr. Erle Nye serves as Chairman Emeritus of TXU Corp and has years of experience in the engineering, financial, legal, operations, and regulatory fields.
Mr. Nye holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University, a Juris Doctor from Southern Methodist University, and a Doctor of Dental Surgery, Honoris Causa from the Baylor College of Dentistry. Mr. Nye also serves as Co-Chair of the CEO Task Force on Critical Infrastructure Protection.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Pipeline Trading Systems, LLC. (former Vice Chairman, The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc.)
Mr. Alfred R. Berkeley, III serves as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pipeline Trading Systems, LLC, calling on over 25 years of experience in the financial industry. Prior to joining Pipeline, Mr. Berkeley served as President and then Vice-Chairman of The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. from 1996 to 2003. Before working at NASDAQ, Mr. Berkeley served as Managing Director of Alex Brown & Sons, a leading investment bank. Mr. Berkeley co-founded the firm's Technology Group in 1975.
Mr. Berkeley received his Master of Business Administration Degree from the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania and his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia. He also served as an officer in the United States Air Force.
President and Chief Executive Officer, El Paso Water Utilities
Mr. Edmund G. "Ed" Archuleta has served in management at El Paso Water Utilities since January 1989. He is responsible for all aspects of water, wastewater and reclaimed water service to the greater El Paso metropolitan area. He reports to and implements strategic policies set by the five-member Public Service Board.
From 1974 to 1989, he worked for the City of Albuquerque in various positions in the Water Resources Department, and subsequently became Assistant Director of Operations for the Public Works Department. He had previously planned and designed water and wastewater projects while working as a consulting engineer at firms in Iowa and in Albuquerque.
A registered Professional Engineer in Texas, New Mexico, and Iowa, Mr. Archuleta earned BS and MS degrees in Civil Engineering from New Mexico State University and a Master of Management degree from the University of New Mexico.
President and Chief Executive Officer, FedEx Express
David J. Bronczek serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of FedEx Express, the world's largest express transportation company. He assumed his current position in February 2000 after serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the company. He also serves on the Strategic Management Committee of FedEx Corporation. Mr. Bronczek joined FedEx in 1976 and held positions in operations and sales before being named a managing director of operations in 1983. Mr. Bronczek moved into international operations in 1987, when he was promoted to Vice President and General Manager for Canada. In March 1993, he was named Senior Vice President of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Under his leadership, FedEx Express expanded service and strengthened its core network in the region, while EMEA contributed to a profitable international business.
A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Mr. Bronczek graduated from Kent State University. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the International Air Transport Association; a member of the Board of Directors for International Paper; Vice Chairman for the Board of Visitors of the University of Memphis; a member of the Board of Governors for National Safe Kids Campaign; and serves on the Honors Advisory Board for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is also a member of Memphis Tomorrow.
President and Chief Operating Officer, Northrop Grumman
Wes Bush serves as President and Chief Operating Officer for Northrop Grumman Corporation. Bush was appointed President in May 2006 and Chief Operating Officer in March 2007.
He also serves on the company's corporate policy council. He was appointed Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the company in 2005. In 2003, he was appointed Space Technology Sector President and held complete general management responsibilities for that business. Prior to the acquisition of TRW by Northrop Grumman, Bush had served since 2001 as president and CEO for TRW's UK-based global Aeronautical Systems.
Mr. Bush joined TRW in 1987 as a systems engineer and held a series of increasingly responsible roles. He became Vice President of TRW Space & Electronics' planning and business development in 1998, where his duties included managing the organization's planning, resource management, and strategic development initiatives.
Beginning in 1999, Bush was Vice President and General Manager of the telecommunication programs division. In this position, he was responsible for managing the development and production of telecommunication systems and products with an emphasis on advanced satellite and terrestrial wireless communications.
From 2000 to 2001, he served as vice president and general manager of TRW Ventures, an organization focused on leveraging TRW's advanced technologies to create new business opportunities in commercial markets. Prior to joining TRW, Bush held engineering positions with both the Aerospace Corporation and Comsat Labs. He earned a bachelor's degree and a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also is a graduate of UCLA's Executive Management Program.
Chairman, Edmonds Enterprise Services, Inc.
Lt. Gen. Air Force (ret.) Albert J. "Al" Edmonds serves as Chairman of Edmonds Enterprise Services, Inc. and recently retired as President of U.S. Government Accounts for EDS' Operations Solutions business line.
From 1997 to 1998, Lt. Gen. Edmonds was President of TRI-COR Industries, directing daily operations and managing new business development. From June 1994 to 1997, he was Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). Lt. Gen. Edmonds also served as manager of National Communications Systems (NCS) and directed the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC).
Lt. Gen. Edmonds earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Morris Brown College and a Master of Arts degree in Counseling Psychology from Hampton University. He is a distinguished graduate of the Air War College and completed the National Security Program at Harvard University. In 1990, Lt. Gen. Edmonds received an Honorary Doctor of Science degree from Morris Brown College.
Chief of Police (retired), City of Albuquerque, New Mexico
The city of Albuquerque, New Mexico appointed Gilbert G. Gallegos Police Chief on December 1, 2001. He retired on March 30, 2005. Prior to this appointment, he served as the Region I Drug Enforcement Coordinator, responsible for coordinating drug enforcement efforts in cooperation with Federal, state, and local agencies in New Mexico.
Mr. Gallegos brings over 40 years of progressive responsibility in law enforcement, beginning with the Albuquerque Police Department in December 1964.
Principal, Essential Management
Ms. Grayson has focused much of her career on finance, policy, regulatory compliance and risk management of technology companies and federal, state, local and tribal government entities. She began her career with Honeywell Aerospace and Defense in 1980 as Manager of General Accounting.
Expanding her work in the field of finance and accounting for technology innovation companies, she joined Spacehab, Inc. in the mid 90’s. Spacehab was formed as a public-private partnership. Sponsored by NASA, the International Space Station contributing nations and private sector investors, it functioned as a proof of concept for enabling government and private sector pharmaceutical and research organizations to perform microgravity research projects on board the space shuttle and the international space station.
She joined V-ONE Corporation in 1999 and became President, CEO and Director of V-One Corporation in 2000. V-One Corporation was a pioneer in the design and development of application layer security software products for federal, state, local and tribal governments as well as commercial entities. In her role as President and CEO, she worked closely with certain federal agencies in the requirements and design of security products and developed significant expertise in cyber security, data integrity and information sharing in wired, wireless and satellite networks and design of secure data transport architectures.
In 2002 Ms. Grayson was invited to join the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, serving at the request of the President. She is an expert in cyber security and information sharing and has participated in several comprehensive studies designed to provide the President, through the Secretary of Homeland Security, with advice on the security of the critical infrastructure sectors and their information systems.
Ms. Grayson also serves on the board of directors for public and private companies and is on the Dean’s Council and Advisory Board of the School of Business at the State University of New York in Buffalo.
President and Chief Executive Officer, ACI Worldwide
Mr. Heasley was named President and Chief Executive Officer of Transaction Systems Architects in March 2005. He is a 31-year veteran of payment systems and financial services. Before joining the company, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Paypower LLC. From 2000 to 2003, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of First USA Bank, the credit card subsidiary of Bank One. Prior to joining First USA, Mr. Heasley spent 13 years in executive positions at U.S. Bancorp, including six years as Vice Chairman and the last two years as President and Chief Operating Officer. Before joining U.S. Bancorp, Mr. Heasley spent 13 years at Citicorp, including three years as President and COO of Diners Club, Inc.
Mr. Heasley served as Chairman of the Board of Visa USA from 1996 until November 2003 and was a member of the Board of Visa International during the same period. Mr. Heasley also serves or has served as a director of Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Ohio Casualty Corporation, Fair Isaac Corporation, Kintera Inc., The Schwan Food Company, Inc., and Public Radio International. Mr. Heasley holds a B.A. from Marist College and an M.B.A. from Bernard Baruch Graduate School of Business.
Executive Vice President, ExxonMobil Refining & Supply Company
Mr. D. M. (Denny) Houston is Executive Vice President of ExxonMobil Refining and Supply Company. Mr. Houston is located in Fairfax and has primary responsibility for managing supply, marine transportation and pipeline businesses for the Corporation on a global basis.
Before the merger of Exxon and Mobil, Mr. Houston was Vice President, Supply and Transportation of Exxon Company, International, headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey.
Mr. Houston holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois and an Honorary Doctorate of Public Administration Degree from Massachusetts Maritime Academy. He joined Exxon Company, U.S.A., in 1974 and progressed through several engineering and supervisory assignments at the Baton Rouge Refinery.
From 1979 to 1981, Mr. Houston held various coordinating positions in Exxon Company, U.S.A.'s headquarters in Houston. He transferred to the Baytown Refinery in 1983 as Technical Manager and subsequently was assigned as the Mechanical Superintendent. In 1985, he returned to Houston, where he served as the Planning Manager in the Refining Department and later became the Operations Manager in the Supply Department. Mr. Houston was appointed Deputy Managing Director of Esso Singapore Private Limited in 1988 and then Chairman and Managing Director in 1989.
Mr. Houston transferred to Exxon Company, International's Florham Park, New Jersey headquarters in 1992 as General Manager of the Supply Department. In 1994 he was named Vice President, Supply and Transportation, Exxon Company, International.
Police Commissioner, New York Police Department
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg appointed Raymond W. Kelly as Police Commissioner of the City of New York in 2002. He previously served as Commissioner from 1992 to 1994.
Commissioner Kelly formerly served as Senior Managing Director for Global Corporate Security at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. Before that, he served as Commissioner of the U.S. Customs Service. From 1996 to 1998, Commissioner Kelly was the Under Secretary for Enforcement at the U.S. Treasury Department. Commissioner Kelly spent 31 years in the New York City Police Department, serving in 25 different commands.
Commissioner Kelly is a combat veteran of the Vietnam War and retired as a Colonel from the Marine Corps Reserves after 30 years of service. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Manhattan College, a Juris Doctor from St. John's University School of Law, a Master of Law degree from the New York University Graduate School of Law, and a Master of Public Administration degree from Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government.
Executive Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer, Chief Information Officer, Corporate Director of Shared Services, Dow Chemical
Mr. D. E. (Dave) Kepler is Executive Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) and Chief Information Officer (CIO) and corporate director of Shared Services for The Dow Chemical Company. He is also corporate director of Shared Services. In this capacity, Kepler has global responsibility for all Shared Services functions including Customer Service, Information Systems, Purchasing, Six Sigma, Supply Chain, Work Process Improvement and Environment, Health and Safety (EH&S).
As CSO, Kepler is charged with leading the company's push toward achieving its 2015 Sustainability goals and responsible for guiding sustainable business development. In addition, Kepler chairs the Corporate Environmental Advisory Council (CEAC), an organization formed to provide an outside-in perspective related to sustainability issues at Dow. The council is comprised of leaders in government, academia and business. He is also a member of Dow's Management Committee and chairs its Sustainability Committee.
Mr. Kepler is a member of the Board of Directors of Teradata Corporation. He also, serves on the Board of Directors of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and is the Great Lakes Regional Vice Chairman. In addition, he is on the Executive Board of the Chemical IT Council and leads its Cyber Security Program. He is a member of the American Chemical Society and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. At Dow's headquarters in Midland, Michigan, he continues to be active in the United Way of Midland County and currently chairs the Alexis de Tocqueville Society.
Mr. Kepler received a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.
President and Chief Executive Officer, Stanford Hospital and Clinics
Ms. Marsh came to Stanford from the University of California at Davis (UCD). At UCD, she served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Hospital and Clinics at the U.C. Davis Medical Center and the Chief Operating Officer of the U.C. Davis Health System from 1999 to 2002.
Ms. Marsh earned her Bachelor of Arts in History at University of Rochester. She earned her Master of Public Health Administration degree and a Master of Business Administration degree in Accounting from Columbia University.
President and Chief Executive Officer, PVS Chemicals, Inc.
Mr. James B. Nicholson serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of PVS Chemicals, Inc., a privately held chemical manufacturing and distribution company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan. Before joining PVS in 1972, Mr. Nicholson held positions with First National Bank of Chicago in London, England and Dublin, Ireland.
Mr. Nicholson also serves as the Chairman of the Board of LaSalle Bank Midwest, N.A. and of the Amerisure Companies. Additionally, he is a member of the Boards of the Handleman Company and Cooper Natural Resources.
Mr. Nicholson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Stanford University, a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago, and a Master of Science degree in Economics from the London School of Economics.
Former General Manager, IBM Internet Security Systems
After IBM acquired Internet Security Systems in 2006, Mr. Thomas E. Noonan became General Manager of IBM Internet Security Systems. Prior to the merger, Mr. Noonan served as the Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Internet Security Systems, Inc. (ISS), a leading global provider of information protection solutions that secures IT infrastructure and defends key online assets from attack and misuse. Prior to co-founding ISS, Mr. Noonan held senior management positions while at Dun and Bradstreet Software.
Mr. Noonan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech and a business degree from Harvard.
Governor, State of Minnesota
Governor Tim Pawlenty attended the University of Minnesota and practiced law in the private sector. His public service career includes serving as a criminal prosecutor, Eagan City Councilmember, and ten-year member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. In 1998, he was elected House majority leader.
Since his election in 2002, Governor Pawlenty led Minnesota from a $4.5 billion deficit to more than $1 billion in positive balances. Since April 2003, his administration helped create approximately 100,000 jobs and investment in Greater Minnesota has been boosted by the Governor's Job Opportunity Building Zones (JOBZ) tax-free business zone initiative.
Chief Executive Officer, News Distribution Network, Inc.
Mr. Greg Peters serves as Chief Executive Officer of News Distribution Network, Inc. He previously served as the Chief Executive Officer at M1 Global Solutions. Until September 2007, Mr. Peters served as a Managing Partner at Collective IQ, a specialty merchant banking organization, and as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Internap Network Services Corporation from April 2002 to November 2005. During that time, he also served as a member of the company's Board of Directors.
Mr. Peters held senior management positions at Mahi Networks, Advanced Fibre Communications, Adtran, and AT&T Network Systems.
Mr. Peters received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance and Accounting from the University of Georgia and his Master of Business Administration degree in International Management from the American Graduate School of International Management, Thunderbird Campus in Glendale, Arizona. Mr. Peters has continued his educational efforts in executive programs at Harvard, Stanford, and Columbia Universities.
President, CB Richard Ellis Eastern Division
Mr. Jim Reid is President of CB Richard Ellis' U.S. Eastern Division, with oversight of all CBRE lines of business operating within this area. The Eastern Division includes over 60 offices in key markets such as Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston and Washington, DC.
The Division represents one of CB Richard Ellis' largest operating units with annual revenues exceeding $1 Billion. From 2001 to June 2002, Mr. Reid was Chairman, EMEA Division for CB Richard Ellis' operations across Europe, Middle East and Africa. At the time, the EMEA Division was an approximate $170 million business with 1200 employees located in 21 countries with services including property sales and leasing, property management, corporate services, valuation, investment management, research and consulting.
From 1998 through 2000, Mr. Reid was Executive Managing Director, Investment Properties for the EMEA Division. In this capacity, Mr. Reid directed an organization of approximately 60 investment acquisition and sales professionals. This team completed approximately $5 billion in investment transactions in 2000.
From 1993 through 1997, Mr. Reid was Senior Vice President and Regional Manager- Investment Properties for the northeastern United States (including the key markets of New York, Boston and Washington DC). Earlier in his career, Mr. Reid held leadership positions at Cushman & Wakefield, Jones Lang Wootton and Charles E Smith Companies, a major Washington, DC area developer and owner.
Mr. Reid received his Bachelor of Science - Commerce from the University of Virginia and his Master's of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Emeritus, ConAgra Foods, Inc.
Mr. Bruce Rohde serves as Chairman of Romar Capital Group and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Emeritus of ConAgra Foods, Inc. He became ConAgra Foods' President and Vice Chairman in 1996. He was named Chief Executive Officer in 1997 and Chairman in 1998. He retired as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for ConAgra in October 2005 and became the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Emeritus.
Mr. Rohde is a member of the Board of Directors of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Creighton University, and current Vice-Chairman and past Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Strategic Air and Space Museum. He is a member of Harvard's Private and Public, Scientific, Academic, and Consumer Food Policy Committee (PAPSAC), and the STRATCOM Consultation Committee. He is a past member of the Board of Directors of Grocery Manufacturers of America (GMA).
Mr. Rohde received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Creighton University in 1971. He earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Creighton School of Law in 1973. He also holds a Certified Public Accountant certificate.
President, James Madison University
Dr. Linwood H. Rose is the President of James Madison University. He began his professional career with James Madison University in 1975 and his assignments there have included responsibilities in every division of the University.
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation
Mr. Rose was elected Chairman on March 21, 2002. He was made President and Chief Executive Officer on December 7, 2000. In June of 1999, he was made President and Chief Operating Officer, responsible for all operations and marketing activities.
He had been Senior Vice President and Chief Operations Officer since August 1997, and he was responsible for coordinating transportation, maintenance, quality, purchasing, labor relations and information services activities. From May 1996 to August 1997, Rose served as Senior Vice President-Merchandise Business Unit.
He joined Burlington Northern Railroad (BN) in 1993, and was named Vice President-Vehicles and Machinery in June 1994. In January 1995, he was named Vice President-Southern Region Field Marketing for the Merchandise Business Group. He was appointed Vice President-Chemicals following the merger of Burlington Northern Inc. and Santa Fe Pacific Corporation in September 1995.
Before joining BN, Rose was Vice President-Transportation for Triple Crown Services (a Norfolk Southern subsidiary) where he had functional responsibility for all facets of the truck/rail operation. Prior to that, he held various positions with Schneider National and International Utilities, a trucking conglomerate. He began his railroad career in 1981 as a Corporate Management Trainee with Missouri Pacific Railroad and was appointed an Assistant Trainmaster.
Rose holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Missouri, where he majored in marketing and minored in logistics. He is a member of the Board of Directors of AMR Corporation; a member of the Board of Directors of Centex Corporation; a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of American Railroads; a member of the Board of Directors of American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity; a member of the Texas Governor's Business Council; a member of Business Roundtable; a member of The Business Council; and a member of the Board of Trustees of Texas Christian University.
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Symantec Corporation
Mr. John W. Thompson serves as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Symantec Corporation.
Prior to joining Symantec, Mr. Thompson had a distinguished career with the IBM Corporation where he held senior executive positions in sales, marketing, and software development. He completed his undergraduate studies at Florida A&M University and he holds a Master Management Science degree from MIT's Sloan School of Management.
Vice Chairman, Constellation Energy; Chairman, UniStar Nuclear Energy
Mr. Michael (Mike) J. Wallace is Vice Chairman of Constellation Energy and Chairman of UniStar Nuclear Energy, a strategic joint venture between Constellation Energy and the EDF Group, an energy market leader in Europe.
Prior to joining Constellation Energy Group, Mr. Wallace was Managing Director of Barrington Energy Partners, LLC, a strategic consulting firm specializing in energy industry transactions and advisory services. He co-founded the firm in 1998 and has advised energy company executives on mergers and acquisitions, transaction financing, and market and investment opportunities.
Before joining Barrington Energy, Mr. Wallace had more than 25 years of senior executive and utility operations experience. From 1993 to 1999, he was Senior Vice President with Unicom/ComEd of Illinois, a $7 billion utility serving 3.4 million customers. He was also ComEd's Chief Nuclear Officer, responsible for the operation of the company’s 12 nuclear generating units at six power plant sites.
Mr. Wallace began with Unicom/ComEd in 1974 as a principal engineer, managing various responsibilities associated with the design, procurement, and construction of power plants. He became Plant Manager in 1979, then Executive and Manager in 1982, and Vice President in 1990. In his tenure he had responsibility for the completion of the Braidwood and Byron Nuclear Stations of Commonwealth Edison.
Mr. Wallace has a B.S. in electrical engineering from Marquette University and a M.B.A. from the University of Chicago, with a specialization in finance. He also served as a naval officer in the U.S. Navy nuclear submarine force.
He is Chairman of the Nuclear Energy Institute’s (NEI) Security Working Group, Chairman of the Nuclear Sector Coordinating Council under the Department of Homeland Security’s National Infrastructure Protection Plan, Chairman of the Partnership for Critical Infrastructure Security (PCIS), Member of NEI’s New Plant Oversight Steering Committee, Director of Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited (NEIL), and Chairman of UniStar Nuclear Energy.
Senior Vice President-Aircraft Operations, Southwest Airlines Corporation
Mr. Wells is the Sr. Vice President Operations at Southwest Airlines, located in Dallas, Texas. Greg has oversight of the Operations Control Center, Flight Dispatch, and Ground Operations. The Operations Center is the heartbeat of the company's day-to-day activities, maintaining operational control of more than 3,400 departures daily.
Mr. Wells is responsible for the Ground Operations Department, including Cargo Management and Airport Performance Improvement; the Flight Dispatch Department; the Operations Coordination Center; and Ontime Performance Initiatives. Greg also serves as the Company's Emergency Director.
Wells has been with Southwest Airlines over 25 years, with a broad background of operational experience including that of Southwest's station manager in both San Jose and Phoenix where he lead all aspects of the airline's operations in those cities. In 1996, Wells earned the role of regional ground operations director then became senior ground operations director in 1997. He assumed the helm of flight dispatch in 1999 as its director. In 2001, Greg was promoted to Vice President of Safety, Security and Flight Dispatch. In September 2004, Greg was promoted to Vice President of Ground Operations and later to Senior Vice President Ground Operations.
President, Salt River Project
Mr. Williams began his career with the Salt River Project (SRP) in 1964 as a Council member. He joined the SRP board in 1974 where he served until 1994. He then became Vice President and served in that capacity until being named President in 2006
A Phoenix, Arizona native, Mr. Williams received his Bachelor's in Sciences Degree in Agriculture from Arizona State College at Tempe (now Arizona State University) in 1954.
His service to the community and other organizations includes work with the American Public Power Association, Colorado River Water Users Association, National Water Resources Association, Laveen Village Planning Committee, Board of Directors Farmers Gin, Farm Services Administration Maricopa County Community Committee.
Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Spectra Energy Transmission
Ms. Martha Wyrsch serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Spectra Energy's transmission group. Before Spectra Energy's spin-off with Duke Energy, Martha served as President of Duke Energy Gas Transmission (DEGT). She joined Duke Energy in September 1999 as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for Duke Energy Field Services.
Prior to joining Duke Energy, Martha held positions at KN Energy, now Kinder Morgan Inc. as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary as well as at the law firm Davis, Graham & Stubbs as an associate. She began her career in 1980 as a legislative assistant to Senator Alan K. Simpson of Wyoming.
Ms. Wyrsch, a native of Laramie, Wyoming, received a Juris Doctor degree from George Washington University and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature from the University of Wyoming. She also completed the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program.
Secretary, Department of Homeland Security
Janet Napolitano was sworn in on January 21, 2009 as the third Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Prior to joining the Obama Administration, Napolitano was mid-way through her second term as governor of the state of Arizona. While governor, Napolitano became the first woman to chair the National Governors Association, where she was instrumental in creating the Public Safety Task Force and the Homeland Security Advisors Council. She also chaired the Western Governors Association. Napolitano previously served as the Attorney General of Arizona and the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona.
Napolitano's homeland security background is extensive. As U.S. Attorney, she helped lead the domestic terrorism investigation into the Oklahoma City Bombing. As Arizona Attorney General, she helped write the law to break up human smuggling rings. As governor, she implemented one of the first state homeland security strategies in the nation, opened the first state counter-terrorism center and spearheaded efforts to transform immigration enforcement. She's also been a pioneer in coordinating federal, state, local and bi-national homeland security efforts, and presided over large scale disaster relief efforts and readiness exercises to ensure well-crafted and functional emergency plans.
Napolitano graduated from Santa Clara University in 1979, where she won a Truman Scholarship, and received her Juris Doctor (J.D.) in 1983 from the University of Virginia School of Law. After law school she served as a law clerk for Judge Mary M. Schroeder of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit before joining the law firm of Lewis and Roca.
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection, Department of Homeland Security
Director of the Partnership and Outreach Division, Department of Homeland Security
Mr. Jim Caverly is Director of the Partnership and Outreach Division (POD), which resides within the Office of Infrastructure Protection of the Department of Homeland Security. The Partnership and Outreach Division is responsible for sustaining core sector expertise, maintaining operational awareness, and fostering working-level relationships with industry, state, local and tribal government, as well as Federal agencies representing vital infrastructure interests. Mr. Caverly joined DHS at its inception, having previously worked for the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies for over 25 years. During his tenure at DOE, Mr. Caverly was involved in a broad range of energy-related issues, including energy emergency planning, critical infrastructure protection, international energy security, domestic energy supply, nuclear safeguards and security, and national security policy and planning.
Mr. Caverly is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the Naval War College, and served for three years on the faculty of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at the National Defense University.
Designated Federal Officer (DFO) for the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, Department of Homeland Security
Ms. Wong currently serves as the Director of the Partnership Programs and Information Sharing (PPIS) within the Partnership and Outreach Division (POD) within the Office of Infrastructure Protection. She also currently serves as a Designated Federal Officer for the National Infrastructure Advisory Council to the President. Ms. Wong formerly served as the Acting Director of the Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office (CIAO) in the U.S. Department of Commerce. The Office merged into the Department of Homeland Security on March 1, 2003.
In 1997, Ms. Wong served as a commissioner on the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection as a private industry representative, with experience in both the energy and information technology industries. She held a position as head for information assets and risk management with Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) Company, where she oversaw the development and implementation of corporate policies, standards and business processes to manage and protect the company's information technology assets, as well as corporate-wide acquisition for information technology service and products. From 1993 to 1996, Ms. Wong led PG&E's 900-1200 person corporate computer and network operations department. In this position, she managed the company's entire corporate computing and telecommunications infrastructure, one of the largest private networks in the country. Earlier in her career, Ms. Wong led the design and development of data base management and network operating systems, some of the first to go into operation in industry. The McGraw-Hill Publishing Companies selected Ms. Wong as one of the "Top One Hundred Women in Computing for 1996."
Ms. Wong holds a Master of Finance degree and a Bachelor of Science degree in computer sciences and mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley.
Senior Director for Cyber Security and Information Sharing, Homeland Security Council
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