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William H. Webster was sworn in as director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on May 26, 1987. In this position he headed the United States intelligence community and directed the CIA until September, 1991. Following his departure from the CIA, he joined the law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, LLP in Washington, DC.
Webster served as United States attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri from 1960 to 1961. In 1970, he was appointed a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and in 1973 was elevated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. During his service on the bench, Webster was chairman of the Judiciary Conference Advisory Committee on the Criminal Rules and was a member of the Ad Hoc Committee on Habeas Corpus and the Committee of Court Administration. He resigned on February 23, 1978 to become director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, where he served for nearly a decade before moving on to lead all foreign intelligence agencies of the United States as CIA director.
On July 1, 1991 Judge Webster was presented the Distinguished Intelligence Medal and on July 25, 1991 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the National Security Medal.
Webster earned bachelor’s degrees in history and political science, as well as an honorary Doctor of Laws degree, from Amherst College in Massachusetts. He received his law degree from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, in 1949. He served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy in World War II and again in the Korean War.
James R. Schlesinger served as the 12th Secretary of Defense from July, 1973, to November, 1975, under Presidents Nixon and Ford. He became America’s first Secretary of Energy under President Carter.
In 1969, Schlesinger joined the Nixon administration as assistant director of the Bureau of the Budget, devoting most of his time to Defense matters. In 1971 President Nixon appointed Schlesinger a member of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and designated him as chairman. In this position, Schlesinger instituted extensive organizational and management changes in an effort to improve the AEC's regulatory performance. In February, 1973, he became director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
When Jimmy Carter became president in January, 1977, he appointed Schlesinger as his special adviser on energy and subsequently as the first head of the new Department of Energy in October, 1977. He launched the Carbon Dioxide Effects and Assessment Program shortly after the Department of Energy’s creation.
Schlesinger is publisher of The National Interest and chairman of the executive committee of The Nixon Center. He also serves as a director of British Nuclear Fuels, an international nuclear energy business. Schlesinger holds a bachelor’s and doctorate degree in economics from Harvard University.
Richard Andrews is the senior director for homeland security at the National Center for Crisis and Continuity Coordination (NC4™), a corporation focused on advancing public-private sector collaboration.
Most recently, Andrews served as director of the California Office of Homeland Security and Homeland Security Advisor to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. From 1991 to 1998, he directed the Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES) for California. As director of OES, Andrews managed the emergency response and recovery efforts for 19 presidential and 24 gubernatorial disasters, including: the Los Angeles Riots; the Northridge, Landers-Big Bear and Humboldt earthquakes; the Oakland-East Bay Hills and Southern California firestorms; and statewide flooding in 1995, 1997 and 1998. He also guided the development of California's Standardized Emergency Management System, an integrated, statewide operational management system used by all public agencies. In November, 2003, Andrews presented testimony to the 9/11 Commission on strategies for enhancing public-private partnerships in emergency management.
A past president of the National Emergency Management Association and former executive director of the California Seismic Safety Commission, Andrews holds a doctorate in history from Northwestern University.
Norman R. Augustine began his career in defense security in 1958 with Douglas Aircraft Company as a program manager and engineer. From there, he moved on to civil service as assistant director of defense research and engineering to the Secretary of Defense and both assistant secretary and under secretary of the Army, consecutively.
Augustine joined the Martin Marietta Corporation in 1977, serving in a variety of leadership posts over the next 18 years. In 1995, Martin Marietta Corporation and Lockheed Corporation merged to form Lockheed Martin Corporation and Augustine, formally chairman and CEO of Martin Marietta Corporation became president of Lockheed Martin Corporation and subsequently CEO and chairman. Retiring as an employee of Lockheed Martin in August, 1997, he joined the faculty of the Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science where he served as lecturer with the rank of professor until July, 1999.
Augustine served as chairman and principal officer of the American Red Cross for nine years and is a former chairman of the National Academy of Engineering, the Association of the United States Army and the Defense Science Board. He was a member of the United States Commission on National Security in the 21st Century (Hart/Rudman Commission) and was awarded the National Medal of Technology by the President, as well as being five times honored with the Department of Defense’s highest civilian decoration, the Distinguished Service Medal.
Augustine attended Princeton University where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering.
Kathleen Bader is a Board Member of Textron, Inc. Ms. Bader was formerly president and CEO of NatureWorks, LLC, which makes proprietary, corn-based resins and was formerly known as Cargill Dow, LLC, an equal joint venture between The Dow Chemical Company and Cargill, Incorporated and now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cargill. She joined Dow in 1973 and held numerous sales, marketing, operations and business management positions in Dow's global and North America operations. Bader became business group president and corporate vice president, Quality & Business Excellence in 2000 and chairman, president and CEO of Cargill Dow LLC in February 2004. She assumed her leadership role at NatureWorks, LLC, in February, 2005, following Cargill's acquisition of Dow's interest in Cargill Dow.
Bader is a member of the International Board of Directors of Habitat for Humanity and the Dean's Council at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. She earned a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from Saint Mary's College of Notre Dame and holds a master's of business administration from the University of California at Berkeley.
Elliott Broidy is a commissioner for the Los Angeles City Fire and Police Pension Fund and serves on the governing boards of several large charitable and educational organizations, including the Los Angeles Police Foundation.
Broidy is Chairman and CEO of Broidy Capital Management, a private investment company which he founded in 1991, specializing in private equity investment and marketable securities. He is also founder and Chairman of Markstone Capital Partners, an $800 million private equity fund dedicated to investing in traditional industries within the Israeli economy. Broidy is chairman of ESI Holdings, Inc., an event management and logistics company, and serves on the board of directors of Foley Timber and Land Company and Vantis Capital Management, LLC, a registered investment advisor.
He is a certified public accountant and received a bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance from the University of Southern California.
Chuck Canterbury serves as President of the Fraternal Order of Police, the largest police labor organization in the country.
Canterbury retired in January 2004 from the Horry County Police Department of Conway, South Carolina, where he most recently had oversight of the Operations Bureau. He began his police career in 1978 and over his 25-year tenure he worked in the Patrol Division, the Criminal Investigations Division and served as the Training Division Supervisor, during which he was certified as an Instructor in basic law enforcement, firearms, chemical weapons, and pursuit driving.
Canterbury has testified before Congress on a number of Law Enforcement and FOP issues. In March of 2003, President Bush appointed Canterbury to the National Medal of Valor Board, which selects Medal of Valor winners from among Americas Bravest Police Officers. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Coastal Carolina University in Interdisciplinary Studies.
Frank J. Cilluffo manages the George Washington University's homeland security programs as associate vice president for homeland security. Cilluffo joined GW from the White House, where he served as special assistant to the President for homeland security. Shortly following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Cilluffo was appointed by President George W. Bush to the newly created Office of Homeland Security. He was a principal advisor to Governor Tom Ridge and directed the President’s Homeland Security Advisory Council and its four Senior Advisory Committees.
Prior to his White House appointment, Cilluffo spent eight years in senior policy positions with the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), a Washington based think tank. At CSIS he chaired or directed numerous committees and task forces on homeland defense, counterterrorism, transnational crime, and information warfare and information assurance.
Cilluffo’s current leadership positions include: counselor to the Center for the Study of the Presidency; term member with the Council on Foreign Relations; senior fellow with the Council on Competitiveness; member of the board of directors of the ComCARE Alliance; and he served as a fellow at the World Economic Forum. He holds a bachelor’s in International Affairs from the George Washington University and is also currently an Adjunct Professor there, teaching in the Elliott School of International Affairs.
Jared Cohon is president of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is a national authority on environmental and water resource systems analysis. His research interests focus on multiobjective programming, a technique for decision-making in situations with multiple conflicting objectives, and energy facility siting, including nuclear waste shipping and storage. In addition to his academic experience, he served as legislative assistant for energy and the environment to Sen. Daniel P. Moynihan (D-NY). In June 1995, President Bill Clinton appointed Cohon to the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board and in 1997, elevated him to Chairman.
In 1969, Dr. Cohon earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. He worked as a construction inspector in Philadelphia and as an engineering assistant for the Philadelphia Water Department before attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to earn his master's in civil engineering in 1972 and a doctorate in civil engineering in 1973. Cohon began his teaching career immediately thereafter at Johns Hopkins University. In 1992, he became dean of the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and professor of environmental systems analysis at Yale University. Cohon assumed his duties as the eighth president of Carnegie Mellon University in July, 1997. He is a registered professional engineer.
Dr. Ruth A. David is president and CEO of ANSER, an independent, not-for-profit, public service research institution providing study and analytic support on national and transnational issues. In November, 1999, David initiated ANSER's Homeland Defense Strategic Thrust to address the growing national concern of multi-dimensional, asymmetric threats from rogue nations, sub-state terrorist groups and domestic terrorists. In May, 2001 the ANSER Institute of Homeland Security was established to enhance public awareness and education and contribute to dialogs on a national, state, and local levels.
From 1995 to 1998, David was deputy director for Science and Technology at the Central Intelligence Agency. As technical advisor to the Director of Central Intelligence, she was responsible for research, development, and deployment of technologies in support of all phases of the intelligence process. She represented the CIA on numerous national committees and advisory bodies, including the National Science and Technology Council and the Committee on National Security.
David received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Wichita State University and a master’s and doctorate in electrical engineering from Stanford University.
Louis Joseph Freeh (born January 6, 1950 in Jersey City, New Jersey) currently serves as the President of The Freeh Group, is a consultant to the Dupont Company, and a Board Director for Bristol Myers Squibb. Freeh served as senior vice chairman and general counsel at MBNA from 2001 until January, 2006.
President Bill Clinton nominated Freeh to be the Director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 6, 1993, and he served as FBI Director from September 1, 1993, until he resigned on June 25, 2001.
During his time as Director the bureau was involved in investigating a number of high-profile cases including: FBI performance of the Branch Davidians incident, Ruby Ridge killings, death of Vince Foster, Montana Freemen, Atlanta Olympic bombing, the Campaign Finance Scandal, the Oklahoma City bombing and the prosecution of Timothy McVeigh, TWA Flight 800 airplane crash investigation, apprehension of Unabomber, Theodore Kaczynski, and the investigation of Robert Hanssen.
He took over an agency suffering from public criticism and was a strong proponent of the view that the FBI must itself obey the law and respect constitutional rights. Freeh received his bachelors degree from Rutgers University in 1971.
He and his wife, Marilyn, have 6 sons.
Lee H. Hamilton is president and director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and director of The Center on Congress at Indiana University. Hamilton served for 34 years in Congress, representing Indiana's Ninth District. During his tenure, he served as chairman and ranking member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs (now the Committee on International Relations), chaired the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East from the early 1970s until 1993, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran.
Since leaving the House, Hamilton has served as a commissioner on the United States Commission on National Security in the 21st Century (the Hart/Rudman Commission), and was co-chair of the Commission to Investigate Certain Security Issues at Los Alamos. Recently, Hamilton served as vice-chair of the 9/11 Commission and co-chaired with Governor Tom Kean the 9/11 Public Discourse Project, to monitor implementation of the 9/11 Commission’s recommendations.
Hamilton is a graduate of DePauw University with a bachelor’s in history and holds a law degree from Indiana University.
The Honorable Glenda E. Hood is former Florida Secretary of State and Mayor of Orlando. She has dedicated her adult life to making her community and state a better place to live, work and raise a family.
Glenda Hood was first elected to public office in 1982 as an Orlando City Council member, reelected in 1986 and 1990. She was also president of her own public relations firm. The first woman elected Mayor of Orlando in 1992 and serving three terms, Mayor Hood was the chief executive officer for the City with responsibility for a workforce of 3,200 employees and an annual budget of $526 million.
Shortly after September 11, 2001, Governor Bush appointed Mayor Hood to chair the Florida Domestic Security Advisory Panel. In April 2002, President Bush commended Hood for establishing one of the nation’s first Citizens Corps, a volunteer disaster preparedness initiative.
Mayor Hood was tapped by Governor Jeb Bush to be Florida Secretary of State in December 2002 while serving her third term as Mayor of Orlando. Secretary Hood was immediately thrust into the international spotlight as the public official charged with ensuring the integrity of Florida’s elections system. She spearheaded a highly successful voter education campaign which led to greater citizen involvement, higher turnout and increased voter confidence. She has been widely credited for overseeing the seamless 2004 election cycle, as well as for assisting counties in election preparation during hurricane recovery efforts.
An Orlando native and fourth generation Floridian, Hood received her BA degree in Spanish from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, and completed the Executive Program at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, the Society of International Business Fellows Program at Georgia State University and the Mayor’s Urban Design Institute at the University of Virginia.
Herb Kelleher is a founder of Southwest Airlines Co. and currently serves as executive chairman, a position he has held since March, 1978. From September 1981 through June 2001, Kelleher also served as president and CEO of Southwest Airlines.
Kelleher earned an English degree with honors from Wesleyan University, where he was an Olin Scholar and from New York University Law School, where he was a Root-Tilden Scholar.
Supervisor Don Knabe was first elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in November of 1996 and was re-elected in 2000 and 2004. Since taking office, Knabe has worked to represent the Fourth District of Los Angeles County and to implement his Five Point Plan: Taking Back Our Streets; Streamlining County Government; Jobs; Protecting the Safety Net; and Improving Our Quality of Life.
Following September 11, 2001, Knabe was appointed by the White House as a member of the State and Local Officials Senior Advisory Committee to the President's Homeland Security Advisory Council. In 2006, Knabe was appointed to the California Emergency Council by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Don is both a past President of the Coliseum Commission and past Chairman of First 5 Los Angeles. He is a Member and past Chairman of the Urban County Caucus of the California State Association of Counties, an Executive Board Member of the California State Association of Counties, and sits on the Board of Governors for L.A. Care Health Plan. In addition, he is the Vice Chairman of the Health Sub-Committee for the National Association of Counties.
Supervisor Knabe is a leader in regional transportation serving on the Board of Directors for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), the Southern California Regional Rail Authority (Metrolink) and the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority (ACTA). He is also the immediate past Chairman and Member of the Southern California Regional Airport Authority (SCRAA) and a Member of the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) Aviation Task Force.
John Magaw most recently served as undersecretary for security at the Department of Transportation. He was responsible for implementation of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001, which augmented transportation security nationwide in air, land, water and rail modes.
Magaw served as acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in early 2001, and as acting deputy director following the appointment of Joe Allbaugh as director, through September, 2001. He then led the Office of National Preparedness within FEMA, until December, 2001.
Magaw was Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, where he coordinated and directed policy and organizational changes that allowed the bureau to be more diversified and efficient, as they recovered from the Waco, Texas, tragedy. His extensive background in law enforcement began in 1959, as a trooper with the Ohio State Patrol. He then became a special agent with the U.S. Secret Service in 1967 and later served as deputy special agent in charge of the Vice Presidential Protective Division and then head of the Washington Field Office. Magaw was in charge of all protective operations for the President and First family before being appointed Director of the Secret Service.
Magaw holds a bachelor’s in education from Otterbein College and is a life member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
Mayor Patrick McCrory has distinguished himself as a leader in the areas of public safety, economic development, housing, and transportation. He has been recognized nationally for his leadership in developing Charlotte’s 25-year transportation and land use plan. Since September, 2001, McCrory has been called upon by President Bush and the Department of Homeland Security to identify public safety partnerships between local and federal government and to develop a local Citizens Corp.
McCrory serves as president of the Republican Mayors and Local Officials Organization and chair of the U.S. Conference of Mayors Housing and Community Development Committee. He holds bachelor’s degrees in political science and education and an honorary doctorate degree from Catawba College.
Erle Nye chairman emeritus of TXU Corp. His experience spans engineering, financial, legal, operations and regulatory areas of the energy industry.
Nye chairs the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, erves on the board of directors of the Edison Electric Institute and is past chairman of the board of directors of the Electric Power Research Institute, North American Electric Reliability Council, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, and the Nuclear Energy Institute. Nye served on the advisory committee to the President’s Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection and on the U. S. Department of Energy’s Electric System Reliability Task Force.
In February, 1997, Nye was appointed by Governor George Bush to serve a six-year term on the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents and was elected as chairman of the board of regents in May 2001. He was reappointed as a regent in 2003 by Governor Rick Perry. Nye is a registered professional engineer and a member of local, state, and national bar associations. Nye holds a bachelor’s in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University, a law degree from Southern Methodist University, and a doctorate degree from the Baylor College of Dentistry.
Sonny Perdue was sworn in as Georgia’s 81st Governor on January 13, 2003. During Perdue’s first term, Georgia created over 200,000 new jobs and posted the highest graduation rate and SAT scores in state history. After a first term marked by numerous accomplishments, Governor Perdue won re-election by an overwhelming margin in November 2006.
Sonny was born on December 20, 1946, in Perry, Georgia, to a lifelong farmer and a classroom teacher. He graduated from Warner Robins High School and earned a doctorate in veterinary medicine in 1971 from the University of Georgia. Following his service as a Captain in the United States Air Force, Perdue became a successful small business owner, concentrating in agribusiness and transportation. Today, those businesses have grown to include several locations across the Southeast.
For all of his success in business and public service, Governor Perdue is proudest to serve as devoted husband, loving father, and grandfather. Sonny is married to the former Mary Ruff of Atlanta, Georgia. The couple has four children and seven grandchildren. Additionally, Sonny and Mary have served as foster parents for eight newborns awaiting adoption. The Perdue’s attend the First Baptist Church of Woodstock, where they have taught a Sunday school class for young couples emphasizing the importance of faith in building a strong and lasting marriage.
Richard (Rick) Stephens is Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Administration for The Boeing Company. Stephens is responsible for companywide Human Resources and company administration and is a member of the Boeing Executive Council.
Stephens was appointed to lead Human Resources and Administration in September, 2005. He previously served as senior vice president of Internal Services and president, Shared Services Group. Prior to these assignments he was vice president and general manager, Integrated Defense Systems Homeland Security and Services.
In a career with Boeing that spans 25 years, he has led a number of businesses, including Space and Communication Services, Reusable Space Systems, Naval Systems and Tactical Systems, submarine combat systems, Space Shuttle, and a number of service and support-related programs.
He is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, serves as the Boeing executive focal for the University of Southern California and is vice chairman of the Orange County Business Council. Stephens serves on a number of non-profit and business focused boards and has been recognized for his long-standing leadership to local and national organizations regarding the use of science and technology education programs to develop the workforce of the future.
Dr. Lydia W. Thomas is president and CEO of Mitretek Systems, Inc., a scientific research and engineering, nonprofit organization. Thomas joined MITRE, a large defense contractor and Mitretek’s parent company, in the 1970’s. In 1996, MITRE concentrated its non-defense technology businesses into one nonprofit entity, forming Mitretek Systems. Thomas has shaped programs on energy, environment, public safety, health, and national security in her time with both companies.
Thomas co-chaired the R&D Investment Panel for a defense science board summer study on defense technology, and she served a three-year term on the Scientific Advisory Board of the U.S. Defense Department's Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program. Thomas served two terms on the seven member Environmental Advisory Board to the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Thomas holds a bachelor’s in zoology from Howard University, a master’s in microbiology from American University and a doctorate degree in Cytology from Howard University.
Since November 1997, Dr. Williams has served as vice president for health affairs and executive dean. As such, he is responsible for the administration and oversight of the various entities comprising the academic health center: the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, the School of Public Health and Health Services, the Office of Health Research, Compliance & Technology Transfer, and the University Hospital, in conjunction with the majority owner of that facility, Universal Health Services, Inc. In August 1999, George Washington University President Stephen J. Trachtenberg appointed Dr. Williams, Professor of Anesthesiology and of Health Services Management and Policy, to the position of Dean, School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He assumed this academic appointment in addition to his administrative responsibilities as Vice President for Health Affairs (VPHA) at The GWU Medical Center. As Dean, Dr. Williams was responsible for the administration and oversight of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, including the Office of the Dean, consisting of seven associate and assistant deans who are responsible for the administration and oversight of student services, educational policy, curricular projects, student affairs and education, health science programs, admissions, and graduate medical education. In January 2003, GW President Trachtenberg announced the appointment of Dr. Williams, Vice President for Health Affairs, to the position of University Provost. In this capacity, Dr. Williams will be a spokesman for the University and will stand in for President Trachtenberg in his absence. Dr. Williams continues to serve as Vice President for Health Affairs.
Robert L. Woodson, Sr., is founder and president of the Center for Neighborhood Enterprise (CNE). Often referred to as the godfather of the movement to empower neighborhood-based organizations, Bob Woodson's social activism dates back to the 1960's, when as a young civil rights activist, he developed and coordinated national and local community development programs. During the 70's he directed the National Urban League's Administration of Justice division and then served as a Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
For more than 35 years Woodson has been a source of guidance and support for grassroots organizations around the world. He was instrumental in paving the way for resident management and ownership of public housing, and brought together task forces of grassroots groups to advise the 104th Congress, the Pennsylvania Legislature, and the Wisconsin Assembly. He is consulted by cabinet officials, numerous governors, members of Congress, academicians, business leaders, and the news media.
Among the many awards Woodson has received is the prestigious John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship, often referred to as the "genius" award. He is the author of hundreds of articles and several books, including The Triumphs of Joseph: How Community Healers are Reviving Our Streets and Neighborhoods, published by The Free Press in January, 1998.
This page was last reviewed/modified on January 30, 2009.
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