| Secretary of Homeland
Security Tom Ridge announced the appointment of 18 individuals
to serve as members of the Homeland Security Advisory Council
(HSAC). The Council will provide advice and recommendations
to the Secretary on homeland security-related issues. *The
HSAC will convene for the first time as a Department of Homeland
Security entity on June 30, 2003 at the Mayflower Hotel in
Washington, DC.
Secretary Ridge has selected Joseph J. Grano, Jr. of New
Jersey to serve as Chair of the HSAC. He is currently the
chairman and CEO of UBS Paine Webber and a veteran of the
U.S. Special Forces. He received a Bronze Star for his service
in Vietnam, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor and the USO Gold
Medal Award for Distinguished Service. Mr. Grano previously
served as Chair of the President's Homeland Security Advisory
Council (PHSAC) which was dissolved on March 31, 2003.
William H. Webster, of the District of Columbia will serve
as Vice Chair. In 1977, Webster became director of the FBI
after serving as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Eighth Circuit. In 1987, Webster became the director of
the CIA, which he led until 1991. Since then, Webster has
practiced law at the Washington, D.C. firm of Milbank, Tweed,
Hadley and McCoy. Judge Webster served as vice chairman of
the PHSAC from 2002-2003.
Other members of the HSAC include:
- Richard A. Andrews of California is the Senior Director,
Homeland Security Projects, for the National Center for Crisis
and Continuity Coordination. From 1991 to 1998, he served
as the director of the Governor's Office of Emergency Services
for the State of California, and was the president of the
National Emergency Management Association from 1995 to 1996.
- Kathleen M. Bader of Michigan is a Business Group president
with Dow Chemical Company and the corporate vice president
for Quality and Business Excellence. She joined Dow in 1973
and has held a variety of positions in sales and operations.
- David Arthur Bell of New York is chairman and CEO of the
Interpublic Group of Companies, the world's largest marketing
and communications and services company. Bell is the current
chairman of the Ad Council.
- Dr. Jared Cohon of Pennsylvania is the president of Carnegie
Melon University. He is a national authority on environmental
and water resource systems analysis. He served as a member
of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board and was named
chairman in 1997. In 1992, he was named the dean of the School
of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University.
- Dr. Ruth David of Virginia is presently president and chief
executive officer of ANSER, Inc., an independent, not-for-profit,
public service research institution. From 1995 to 1998, she
was deputy director for Science and Technology at the CIA
and she began her professional career at Sandia National Laboratories.
She currently serves on the Defense Science Board, the National
Security Agency Scientific Board, the National Research Council
Naval Studies Board and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Technical Advisory Board.
- Lee Herbert Hamilton of Indiana is the director of the Woodrow
Wilson International Center for Scholars. Prior to being named
director of the Wilson Center, Hamilton served for 34 years
as a U.S. Congressman from Indiana's 9th District. While in
Congress, he served as a member of the Committee on Foreign
Affairs where he served as the ranking Democrat for 10 years
and was the committee chairman during the 103rd Congress.
Hamilton also served as chairman of the Joint Economic Committee,
and as a member of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,
the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress and the
Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with
Iran.
- Governor Michael Leavitt is the 14th governor of the State
of Utah. He was first elected in 1992, reelected in 1996 and
then became only the second governor in Utah history to be
elected to a third term in 2000. Leavitt is also a past chairman
of the National Governors' Association. His state was lauded
for its efforts while hosting the 2002 Olympic Winter Games
in Salt Lake City.
- James T. Moore of Florida, is currently the commissioner
of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and serves as
Gov. Jeb Bush's homeland security adviser. He was first confirmed
as commissioner in 1988, after serving with the department
since 1973. During his tenure, he has served as a Standards
and Training specialist, the director of the Division of Staff
Services and deputy commissioner.
- James Rodney Schlesinger of Virginia has a long and distinguished
record of public service. He has served as Secretary of the
Energy, Secretary of Defense, Director of Central Intelligence,
and chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. Schlesinger
is currently the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the
MITRE Corporation.
- Sidney Taurel of Indiana is the chairman, president and
CEO of Eli Lilly and Company. He joined the Lilly subsidiary
Eli Lilly International Corporation in 1971, and has held
various positions in Brazil, France, Eastern Europe and London.
In 1986, he became president of Eli Lilly International Corporation
and then executive vice president of the Pharmaceutical Division
in 1991.
- Dr. Lydia Waters Thomas of Maryland is president and CEO
of Mitretek Systems, Inc., and she was previously vice president
and general manager responsible for the company's Center for
Environment, Resources and Space. Dr. Thomas served two terms
on the Environmental Advisory Board to the Chief of Engineers,
U.S. Corps of Engineers and was chairperson of the Chemicals
Regulation Sub-Group of the United States Energy Association.
In February 2003, Dr. Thomas was recognized as "Black
Engineer of the Year" by the Black Engineer Selection
Panel.
- Mayor Anthony Williams was elected mayor of the District
of the Columbia in 1998. Before his election, he was chief
financial officer of the District of Columbia, and was previously
the chief financial officer of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
His additional past positions include deputy state comptroller
of Connecticut, executive director of the Community Development
Agency in St. Louis, assistant director of the Boston Redevelopment
Authority and adjunct professor at Columbia University.
Ex Officio members of the HSAC serve in order to bridge efforts
with other key federal advisory boards. HSAC ex-officio members
will include:
- Norman R. Augustine of Maryland is currently a member of
the Board of Directors of Conoco Phillips, Black & Decker,
Procter & Gamble and Lockheed Martin and a member of the
Board of Trustees of Colonial Williamsburg, MIT and Johns
Hopkins University. 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. Augustine represents the Panel on Science and Technology
of Combating Terrorism, on the President's Council of Advisors
on Science and Technology on the HSAC.
- Dr. Vance D. Coffman of Maryland is Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer of Lockheed Martin Corporation.
Coffman also serves as the Chairman of the Aerospace Industries
Association for the year 2003. Coffman represents the National
Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee on the HSAC.
- Richard K. Davidson of Nebraska is the Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Union Pacific Corporation since January1,
1997. He joined Union Pacific Railroad in 1982. He also serves
as a trustee and director of the Malcolm Baldrige National
Quality Awards Foundation. Davidson represents the National
Infrastructure Advisory Committee on the HSAC.
Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge has announced the
appointment of Christopher J. Furlow to serve as Executive
Director of the Homeland Security Advisory Council. Furlow
had previously served the Bush Administration as Director
for state affairs in the White House Office of Homeland Security
and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Legislative
and Intergovernmental Affairs. Furlow is a native of Baton
Rouge, Louisiana and is a graduate of Louisiana State University.
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